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Cuts to first-class mail to slow delivery in 2012 By Hope Yen Associated Press WASHINGTON—Unprecedented cuts by the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service will slow first-class delivery next spring and, for the first time in 40 years, eliminate the chance for stamped letters to arrive the next day. The estimated $3 billion in reductions, to be […]

November 2011 unemployment rate for whites decreased while it increased for African Americans White male unemployment lowered to 7.3% while African American male unemployment increased to 16.5% White female unemployment lowered to 6.9% while African American female unemployment increased to 12.9% Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics African American unemployment African American unemployment for November 2011 […]

Australia uranium sales to India ‘will improve ties’ AFP Australia’s ties with India are set to benefit from the ruling Labor Party’s decision to lift a ban on exporting uranium to the growing Asian power, Defence Minister Stephen Smith said Monday. Prime Minister Julia Gillard had pushed for the scrapping of the ban on exports […]

LSU vs. Alabama in BCS title game By RALPH D. RUSSO, AP College Football Writer Play it again, LSU and Alabama. The Crimson Tide edged out Oklahoma State in the final round of voting and will play the top-ranked Tigers in an all-SEC BCS national title game on Jan. 9 in New Orleans. The Cowboys […]

Tiger Woods wins first golf tournament since scandal erupted   Photo: Tiger Woods watches tee shot at third hole Sunday in Chevron World Challenge in Thousand Oaks. Credit: Allan Henry/US Presswire The Los Anegles Times Tiger Woods won his first golf tournament in two years Sunday when he sank a birdie putt on the 18th […]