Main Street sees uptick in holiday shoppers
Garden City sees more downtown spending as gasoline stays near three dollars and households cope with a weak economy. Beverly Schmitz Glass of Garden City Downtown Vision says shoppers are buying modestly priced items on Main Street, with several merchants reporting strong Sunday sales ahead of Christmas.
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Benefit checks to go paperless by 2013 switch dates
Washington officials set dates for moving Social Security and other benefits to electronic payments. New recipients begin May 1 next year while current beneficiaries must switch by March 1, 2013. About 58 million people receive benefits, with eight in ten already paid electronically, reducing lost or stolen checks.
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Census 2010 results signal slower U.S. growth and gains
The Census Bureau expects 2010 census results to show the slowest population growth in seven decades, with GOP-leaning states like Texas gaining House seats as migration to the South and West continues. The figures will be used to reapportion 435 seats and trigger state redistricting for the next decade.
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Holiday mailing surge swells Garden City post office
Garden City Post Office faced its busiest day of the year as Christmas Eve rush built lines out the door by noon and remaining long through the afternoon. Postmaster Donna Ramos reported package mailings up at least 25 percent and letters about 10 percent above normal amid about 30,000 mailings daily.
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