New Yorker Effect of NC gay marriage amendment unclearDenver PostBy MARTHA WAGGONER AP RALEIGH, NC—North Carolina voters overwhelmingly passed a constitutional amendment that defines marriage as solely between a man and a woman, but not much is expected to change immediately. That's because North Carolina law …Anti-amendment vigil Wednesday night …
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Read More »FedEx To Present At Robert W Baird's Growth Stock Conference; Webcast At 2:20 PM
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Read More »Help Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger on May 12 – TheDay.com
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Read More »FedEx Files Permit App to Expand Sort Facility
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Read More »Your Post Office Won't Close, But It Will Rarely Open
Good and bad news for snail mail fans: To save money the U.S. Postal Service won't close your local branch, but it might reduce its hours to as little two a day. More: continued here
Read More »Farmers markets getting money to take food stamps – BusinessWeek
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Read More »EBay Wins Bid to Have Class Action Dismissed – Courthouse News Service
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Read More »A reprieve for the old Evinston post office – Ocala
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Read More »Post Office Announces Compromise To Keep Rural Locations Open
The U.S. Postal Service announced a new strategy on Wednesday (May 9) aimed at keeping rural post offices open, while tackling the objective of cutting costs. The USPS says it is losing close to $8.5 billion a year. The newly announced plan would keep post offices open, but with “modified …
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