The .* lets your match cross over section boundaries.
$stayinsection acts just like .* but will not allow crossing over your section boundary of "\n\n"
Just a slightly advanced regex trick :) 

#!/usr/bin/perl

# http://perlmonks.org/?node_id=1159215

use strict;
use warnings;

my $stayinsection = qr/(?:(?!\n\n).)*/s;

$_ = do { local $/; <DATA> };

print "<$1> <$2>\n" while
  /First Name:\s+([A-Za-z0-9 _ ( )]*)${stayinsection}Last Name:\s+([A-
+Za-z0-9 _ ( )]*)${stayinsection}Location: Central USA/g;

__DATA__
First Name: John
Last Name: Doe
Occupation: Network Administrator
Location: West Coast

First Name: Jane
Last Name: Doe
Occupation: Human Resources
Location: East Coast

First Name: James
Last Name: Doe
Occupation: Technical Support Engineer
Location: Central USA

First Name: Jane
Last Name: Doe
Occupation: Human Resources
Location: East Coast

First Name: Another
Last Name: Doe
Occupation: Technical Support Engineer
Location: Central USA

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In reply to Re: Storing String from Line Before Regex Match by tybalt89
in thread Storing String from Line Before Regex Match by Nico

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