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FYI, USPS drivers: You can get traffic tickets, too

A U.S. postal service truck. (AP) A government lawyer’s attempt to get dismissed nearly $700 in traffic tickets given to the U.S. Postal Service is being met with a hearty and humorous "heck no." In a Jan. 22 letter sent to both the city of East Cleveland, Ohio, and the company that operates the city's [...]

Man who hoaxed Manti Te'o says he was molested

The man who says he tricked Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o into falling for a fake woman he had created online says the hoax had ''everything to do'' with escaping from real life because he had been molested as a child.

For just a minute, Dow hits 14,000

NEW YORK (AP) — The Dow Jones industrial average briefly topped 14,000 on Friday morning, a milestone not seen since before the financial crisis rocked the markets and the world economy.


Unemployment rises, economy sluggish

The unemployment rate rose from 7.8 in December to 7.9 percent in January, but the economy added 157,000 new jobs last month, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' monthly report released Friday morning. The report indicates that job gains were seen in retail trade, construction, health care and wholesale trade, while employment edged [...]


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