FedEx to offer buyouts with up to 2 years pay

FedEx to offer buyouts with up to 2 years pay
FedEx to offer buyouts with up to 2 years pay

By SAMANTHA BOMKAMP
AP Business Writer

NEW YORK (AP) -- FedEx will be offering some employees up to two years pay to leave the company next year.
 
The voluntary program is part of an effort by the second-biggest package delivery company to cut annual costs by $1.7 billion within three years.
 
Employees who volunteer for the program will receive four

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GOP 'fiscal cliff' plan echoes failed budget talks

GOP 'fiscal cliff' plan echoes failed budget talks
By By ANDREW TAYLOR
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans are proposing a "fiscal cliff" plan that revives ideas from failed budget talks with President Barack Obama last year, calling for raising the eligibility age for Medicare, lowering cost-of-living hikes for Social Security benefits and bringing in $800 billion

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Mental exam ordered for Oklahoma bomb plot suspect

MIAMI, Okla. (AP) - A judge has ordered a mental evaluation for an Illinois man accused of plotting to bomb dozens of churches in northeastern Oklahoma.

Gregory Weiler had been set for a preliminary hearing Monday, but a judge delayed that until Dec. 17 so Weiler can have a competency evaluation. He was arrested after workers found the ingredients

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Chiefs had given counseling to Belcher, girlfriend

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Police say the Kansas City Chiefs had been providing counseling to linebacker Jovan Belcher and his girlfriend before he killed her and committed suicide over the weekend.

Police Sgt. Richard Sharp told The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/SDwg9m ) that the couple had been arguing over relationship and financial issues for

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U of M Faculty Senate to vote on same-sex benefits

U of M Faculty Senate to vote on same-sex benefits
U of M Faculty Senate to vote on same-sex benefits
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

The University of Memphis Faculty Senate is scheduled to vote on the issue of benefits for same-sex couples today.

Currently, spouses of full-time university employees can opt in to benefits including healthcare and education benefits such as discounted tuition.

If this measure passes, same-sex domestic partners will

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