Offering to do things you really don't want to do -- such as relocate anywhere or travel up to 100% of the time -- can turn off recruiters, warns Russ Riendeau, a senior partner at East Wing Search Group, an executive-recruiting firm in Barrington, Ill.

WSJ: Explaining Your Layoff to a Job Recruiter

"This is not easy, " Mr. Miller said in an interview, noting that resolving last-minute reasons for a wave-off on Friday could turn out to be expensive and time consuming.

WSJ: SpaceX Craft Rehearses Moves

Some residents in Dorset are calling on the county council to turn street lights back on at night time claiming the current switch-off is "dangerous".

BBC: Councillor Robert Gould, from Dorset County Council

Alitalia's trick this time seems to turn partly on spinning off non-flight operations, such as ground handling and maintenance, into a separate company called Alitalia Servizi.

ECONOMIST: State-funded parachutes for Italy's national airline

The ultimate in energy efficiency will come when power producers can turn on and off small substations at a moments notice based on real-time data on energy consumption at a household level, and consumers can make power purchasing decision based on real-time metering of their consumption.

FORBES: Gil Perez

But the part-time off spinner, Marcus North, made the ball turn and bounce.

BBC: Jonathan Agnew column

Turn off those annoying e-mail alerts--do not have a sign flash up on your screen every time a new e-mail comes in.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Combat is turn-based and easy to grasp, though it may take some time to figure out which skills piggyback best off one another.

FORBES: Etrian Odyssey IV Review

The mother of a nine-year-old girl, who died following an operation, has described the moment it was time to turn off her life support machine.

BBC: Marie and Ray Ferguson