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U.S. Postal Service imposes fuel surcharge
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WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Postal Service filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission on March 25 regarding a time-limited price change to better align its costs of transportation with the market. A statement from the USPS says an 8% increase was approved by the Governors of the ...
As Michigan falls further behind, some ask: Time to overhaul high school?
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Michigan’s high-school graduation rate reached a new high last year, but test scores indicate only 27% of students left prepared for college. Pointing to that seemingly contradictory data and other concerning metrics, education groups — and a former Michigan governor — are proposing to ...
Today in History: 1865, Abraham Lincoln fatally shot at Ford’s Theatre
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Today is Tuesday, April 14, the 104th day of 2026. There are 261 days left in the year. Today in history: On April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth during a performance of the play "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theatre in Washington; ...
The day an irregular compass reading changed everything
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Compiled from Marquette Regional History Center articles Following the Revolutionary War, the U.S. General Land Office was formed in 1812 to survey public lands. The newly created U.S. government, which needed funds, wanted to distribute the land to war veterans as a reward and to sell land to ...
Among the best
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HOUGHTON — U.S. News and World Report released its graduate school rankings on Tuesday. Michigan Technological University ranked number 89 among other prestigious graduate engineering programs across the United States, such as University of Michigan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ...