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02/6/2013
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Postal Service to end Saturday mail delivery
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Postal Service is planning to drop Saturday delivery of first-class mail by August, a congressional source said on Wednesday.
Alabama boy rescued from bunker is recovering from ordeal
MIDLAND CITY, Alabama (Reuters) - He played with a toy dinosaur and laughed with family and friends. His school district planned a birthday celebration, and his classmates returned to kindergarten.
Obama to name REI chief Sally Jewell for Interior secretary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will nominate the chief executive of Recreational Equipment Inc, Sally Jewell, as the next Interior secretary, an administration official said on Wednesday.
Top New York judge calls bail system unfair to poor
ALBANY, New York (Reuters) - New York Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman has urged lawmakers to overhaul the state's bail laws, saying the current system was unfair to indigent defendants charged with low-level crimes.
Boy Scouts of America expected to vote on ending on gay membership ban
DALLAS (Reuters) - Boy Scouts of America board members are expected to vote on Wednesday on whether to end a longstanding and controversial ban on gay membership.
Winter rains shy away from drought-stricken Plains
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A shift back to drier weather is expected in most of the key wheat growing areas of the drought-stricken U.S. Great Plains hard red winter wheat region, an agricultural meteorologist said on Wednesday.
Insight: Shrinking U.S. labor unions see relief in marijuana industry
WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The medical marijuana shop next to a tattoo parlor on a busy street in Los Angeles looks much like hundreds of other pot dispensaries that dot the city.
Home Depot to hire 10,000 more seasonal workers in spring
(Reuters) - Home Depot Inc said it will hire 10,000 additional seasonal workers for its key spring selling season as it sees higher sales growth during the period.
Fed says internal site breached by hackers, no critical functions affected
WASHINGTON/BOSTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve said on Tuesday that one of its internal websites had been briefly breached by hackers, though no critical functions of the U.S. central bank were affected by the intrusion.
California Supreme Court considers hazy pot rules
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California Supreme Court justices on Tuesday suggested that state law might empower local governments to ban medical marijuana shops, in a case set to determine how far cities and counties can go in clamping down on the industry.
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