Why a $14/hour worker costs $20

You probably cost your boss a lot more than you think you do.

MONDAY Q&A: Indiana County Fair board member John McMullen tells about work behind the scenes

EDITOR'S NOTE: Since 1990, John McMullen has been on the board that organizes the annual county fair and has been vice president for about six years. Staffer Jason Levan recently sat down to discuss what goes on behind the scenes.

News in brief

Here are a selection of brief news items from this week’s paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn’t make it in the paper.

A barrel full of worms

Santa Banana, nobody in the Aquino administration, not even the police, wants to take the blame for the August 23 hostage crisis which made the country the subject of ridicule in the community of nations.

Bellemare countersues Charest for $900,000

The personal hostilities between Marc Bellemare and Premier Jean Charest escalated yet again Thursday as Bellemare filed a counter lawsuit against Charest that seeks $900,000 in damages.