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Activists Boycott Hershey Candy To Support HIV-Positive Teen Rejected From School

AP | PETER JACKSON | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Hershey Boycott, Pennsylvania Schools, Hershey, Video, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Teen Rejected From Hershey School, Hershey Candy, Milton Hershey School, Hiv-Positive Student, Aids Law Project, Hershey Candy Boycott, Education News

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Amid the Easter weekend surge in candy sales, AIDS activists Friday stepped up their calls for a boycott of Hershey candy to protes...

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Hershey's Not as Sweet as We Thought

David Macaray | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Hershey, Hersheys, Student Workers, Exel, Kit-Kats, Business News

For one, what sort of "international cultural exchange program" involves the participants doing manual labor in a factory? What is so "culturally" beneficial about lifting cases of Kit-Kats on the graveyard shift at a Hershey plant?

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The New Blue Collar: Temporary Work, Lasting Poverty And The American Warehouse

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Blue Collar Workers, Holidays, Walmart, U.S. Economy, Hershey, Poverty, Warehouses, Economy, Jobs, Target, Retail, Labor Unions, Home Depot, Warehouse-Workers, Working Class, Outsourcing, Video, Labor, Temp-Workers, Costco, Temp Work, Retail Sales, Christmas, Slidepollajax, Unions, Business News

JOLIET, Ill., and FONTANA, Calif. -- Like nearly everyone else in Joliet without good job prospects, Uylonda Dickerson eventually found herself at the...

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Amusement Parks In Pennsylvania: A Huffington Post Travel Guide

The Huffington Post | Debbie Bookstaber | Posted 12.09.2011

Read More: Pennsylvania Travel, Video, Hershey, Pennsylvania, Elmo's World, Storm Runner, Sesame Place, Amusement Parks, Hershey Park, Themed Guides, Langhorne, Travel News

Amusement parks in Pennsylvania are historic, diverse and representative of the Keystone State's unique character. As part of a Huffington Post Travel...

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Small Kitchen College | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Leftovers, Candy, Hershey, Jolly Rancher, Halloween, Butterfingers, Flirting, Bark, New York City, Apples, Sibling, Pancakes, Roommates, Tootsie Rolls, Cookies, Cupcakes, Reeses, Homemade, Starburst, Chocolate, Diy, Sisters, Blondies, College News

Photo Credit: Small Kitchen College Do you know what it means to have a sibling 6 years younger than you are? Aside from being super confused when ...

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QR Codes in Education

Lee Kolbert | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: QR Codes, Youtube, Hershey, Teaching, Partners in Learning Network, Microsoft, Education News

In July, I had the great pleasure of being one of the judges for the Microsoft Partners In Learning 2011 U.S. Innovative Educators Forum.

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Disgruntled Hershey Guest Workers Knew What To Expect, Says Non-Profit CEO

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Hersey Chocolate Workers, Outsourcing, Hershey, Video, Hersey Workers, Hershey Workers, Pennsylvania, Afl-Cio, Visas, Guest Workers, J-1, State Department, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Whatever their expectations were for their big summer in America, hundreds of young students from Eastern Europe and Asia wound up worki...

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Hershey Controversy Highlights Troubled Visa Program, Widespread Subcontracting

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 10.19.2011

Read More: Hershey, Foreign Students, J-1 Visas, State Department J-1, Visas, Hershey Unions, Guest Workers, Labor Unions, J-1, Hershey Labor Controversy, State Department, Hershey Labor, Business News

WASHINGTON -- A group of experts on labor and international law assembled in Hershey, Pa., on Friday to investigate claims from foreign students that ...

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Foreign Students Protest Working Conditions At Hershey Warehouse

AP | MARK SCOLFORO | Posted 10.18.2011

Read More: Foreign Students Hershey, Foreign Students Protest Hershey, Hershey, Hershey's, National Guestworker Alliance, Activism, Hershey's Working Conditions, Impact News

HERSHEY, Pa. — Foreign students working at a candy warehouse protested conditions and pay Thursday, chanting on Chocolate Avenue under streetlig...

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Student Guestworkers Allege Exploitative Conditions At Hershey Plant

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: Video, Hershey, Labor, Foreign Students, SEIU Local 668, Visa, Chocolate, Seiu, Afl-Cio, Unions, Labor Unions, J-1, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Three Pennsylvania labor leaders were detained by police Wednesday during a protest of working conditions for foreign students at a Hers...

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Couples Leave Jobs, Homes To Become Houseparents At Milton Hershey School

The Patriot-News | Nick Malawskey | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Hershey Pennsylvania, Milton Hershey School, Houseparents, Pennsylvania Schools, Education, Hershey, Hershey Schools, Education News

Two months ago in Arizona, Michelle and John Bjorklund gave away most of their furniture. The rest of their personal belongings they packed into color...

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Hackers Crack Hershey's Website, Change One Recipe

Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Web Hacking, Hershey, Hershey's Website Hacked, Hershey Chocolate, Hersheys Website Hacked, Hershey Chocolate Recipes, Hacking, Food News

Hacking stories have not been hard to come by recently. Hacking is difficult and illegal, so most people don't do it without a solid reason. Often, th...

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Which Charity Director's Salary Went From $35K To Half A Million?

Philly.com | Bob Fernandez | Posted 09.22.2011

Read More: Charity, Hershey, Hershey Co., Leroy Zimmerman Salary, Leroy S. Zimmerman, Hershey Charity, Hershey Charity Director, Impact News

When Leroy S. Zimmerman was named in late 2002 to the board of the small state-chartered Pennsylvania bank that managed the assets of the Hershey char...

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Hershey's Air Delight: Candymaker Launches New Aerated Milk Chocolate

Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Hershey, Hershey's Air Delight, Hersheys Chocolate, Aerated Chocolate, Hershey's, Hersheys, Air Delight, Food News

Hershey's has recently debuted a new riff on its chocolate bars and kisses: aerated chocolate. "Your taste buds have never experienced chocolate bubbl...

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Why I am Marching at Hershey's Store in Times Square

Ariana Taveras | Posted 08.06.2011

Read More: Hershey, Hersheys, Chocolate, Food News

Hershey needs to catch up with its competitors in instituting actual cocoa purchasing policies that reduce Hershey's connection to child labor, forced labor and trafficking. It is time to get serious.

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Candy Charity Scandal? Ex-Hershey Official Claims Corruption

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Philanthropy, Robert-Reese, Hershey, Hershey Charity, Hershey Charity Corruption, Milton Hershey School, Hershey Charity Scandal, Bob Reese and Hershey Trust, Robert Reese Hershey, Impact News

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A former official involved with the multibillion-dollar charitable trust that controls the Hershey candy company is claiming ...

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Valentine's Chocolate Please, Hold the Child Labor

Regina Varolli | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Valentine's Day Chocolate, Valentine's Day Gifts, Child Labor, Fair Trade Chocolate, Miki Mistrati, Human Trafficking, Fair Trade USA, Child Trafficking, The Dark Side of Chocolate, Chocolate, Cacao Plantations, International Labor Rights Forum, Cocoa Plantations, U. Roberto Romano, Project Hope and Fairness, Slave Labor, Global Cocoa Project, Fair Trade Certified, Child Labor in Chocolate, Green & Black's Organic, Cocoa, Hershey, M&M Mars, Nestle, Food News

The worst forms of child labor, even children that have been trafficked into slavery, are prevalent in the growing and harvesting of cacao in West Africa.

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The Faithful Shopper: Retail Lost and Found

Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harlem, Target, Macy's, Federated Department Stores, Bloomingdale's, Jcpenney, East Harlem, Manhattan Mall, Nordstrom, New York City, Hmv, Best Buy, Apple, Compusa, Tower Records, Circuit City, Fortunoff, Seaman's Furniture, Raymour & Flanagan, Service Merchandise, Levitz, Steve & Barry's, Tj Maxx, Marshalls, Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks, Rem Koolhaus, Forever21, Forever 21, Prada, Soho, H & M, Dior, Topshop, AllSaints Spitalfields, Fifth Avenue, Times Square, Hershey, Nintendo World, Pop-Tarts, Swarovski, Playstation, The Time Warner Center, Nolita, Brooklyn, Limelight Marketplace, Happy New Year, Madison Avenue, The Shops at Columbus Circle, 2011, New Year Highline, Meatpacking, New York News

The end of this year also marks the end of the decade, and so it seems appropriate to look back at how New York City retail has changed over these very dramatic 10 years.

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Hershey Sues Williams Sonoma Over Chocolate Bar-Resembling Baking Pan

Posted 05.25.2011

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From The Associated Press: PHILADELPHIA — When is a rectangle a case of intellectual property? The Hershey Co. says it's when the rectangle is ...

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Mission 2010: A Year Without Candy

Dana Kennedy | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Hershey, Candy-Corn, Candy, Junior Mints, Sugar, Abstinence, Diabetes, Jack LaLanne, Snickers, Alcoholic Anonymous, Addicts, Healthy Living News

I live in one of the most sophisticated places on earth -- France -- but my vice is more suited to Sesame Street. I'm a candy addict.

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Teabaggers and Teabaggees (VIDEO)

Mike Papantonio | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hershey, Pap Attack, Tea Party, Nashville, Poll, Mike Papantonio, Fox News, Speaker, GoLeft.Tv, Golefttv, Ring of Fire, Sarah Palin, Politics News

To put into perspective what a non-event the Nashville meeting was, you need to understand that fewer than 600 people showed up for what was supposed to be the event that changes American politics.

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Candy Girls: Pumpkin Spice Kisses

Westword | Westword | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hershey, Kisses, Home News

During last year's introduction of Hershey's autumn-themed candies, we tested the Candy Corn Kisses and found them tastier than expected...

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Hershey's Profit Rises On Lower Costs, Higher Prices, Ad Push

AP | MARC LEVY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hershey, Hershey Profits, Hersheys, Business News

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Hershey, the nation's second-biggest candy maker, said Tuesday that its fourth-quarter sales and profits rose, helped by dropp...

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McCain Injures Fingers Making Quotation Marks Sign, Suspends Campaign

Matt Mendelsohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John McCain, Hershey, Joe McCain Rant, Election Humor, Humor, Satire, Entertainment News

Campaign officials immediately suspended all operations until a new and safer method of expressing smarmy derision could be located

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Hershey Raises Its Candy Prices

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hershey, Hershey Chocolate, Hershey Prices, Business News

Candy maker Hershey Co (HSY.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) said on Friday it was raising U.S. prices by roughly 10 percent and warned that t...

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