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Troutdale’s Mayor, Jim Kight, said the new facility will need about 650 workers, 500 of which will come from FedEx’s Swan Island shipping facility. That means FedEx could hire up to 150 new people by the end of this year. More: continued here

Norm Milliard says the Post Office as a home away from homeBethel Citizen, MEBy Michael Daniels During his time as Bethel’s postmaster, Norm Milliard has taken in stride events ranging from the blossoming of the electronic communications era, to a political storm over the location of a new post office. … …

Just the other day I wrote about Obama’s newly appointed CIO, Vivek Kundra, and his love affair with Google, RIM, and Apple. Well, Microsoft may be in luck after all. This morning twelve FBI agents reportedly stormed the Washinton, D.C. CTO’s office, where Kudra left his post last week. According …

The “Three Rs” take on a more modern meaning today as the U.S. Postal Service makes it easier for Post Office Box customers across the country to recycle their mail. More: continued here

Authorities say a package containing marijuana, shipped via FedEx, was intecepted in Va. Beach. More: continued here

Todmorden Royal Mail office debate – vow to fight any threat of …Todmorden Today, UKBy Staff Copy More than 40 people attended a public meeting at Todmorden Town Hall to discuss the future of the Rise Lane delivery office in response to rumours – which Royal Mail has denied – that …

EBay Inc. has been struggling to improve its online marketplace, and the company acknowledged Wednesday that it still has a long way to go. More: continued here

EBay Inc, fending off worries that its best days are over, hopes to transform itself by galvanizing growth at its PayPal payments system and jump-starting its lagging core business, top executives said on Wednesday. More: continued here

Food nutrition programs don't lead to obesity: USDAReutersBy Christopher Doering WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Food stamps, school lunch and other public nutrition programs do not contribute to an obesity epidemic affecting millions of children and adults, despite blame levied by critics, US and academic officials … More: continued here

MiamiHerald.com Post Politics HourWashington Post, United StatesWith Rangel, it could be a while, because the initial portion of the investigation was based around stories in the Post about his fundraising from his congressional office for a university wing named after him, and also his cut-rate rent deals in a …Earmark hypocrisy?MSNBCCapitol …