Delivery Companies Struggle With Snow
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Snowstorms and freezing rain that hit the Ohio Valley in mid-week have complicated plans for delivering thousands of packages nationwide in time for Christmas, delivery companies said yesterday.
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By PHIL GODIN  TORONTO (CP) - As much of central Canada swelters in unseasonably hot weather, many Albertans are hauling out their winter boots and shovels to deal with a wet shroud of heavy snow.
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(Nationwide) Dec. 25, 2004 - Americans already at their Christmas destinations are thankful to be through the holiday weather. It&#39;s caused problems nationwide, as bitter cold, snow and ice are creating travel
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Bad weather, smashed infrastructure and logistical snarls have made it difficult to get food and medical supplies to survivors.
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GILFORD, N.H. -- Like farmers and postal workers, ski resort operators take a fatalistic attitude toward the weather. And late last week, when several inches of rain was dumped on New England, it wasn't looking so good for what many resorts say is their largest grossing weekend.
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The auto parts retailer struggles through a difficult second quarter.
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United Parcel Service Inc. , the world's largest package delivery company, said on Tuesday it plans to hire nearly 70,000 temporary workers to help handle an estimated 340 million packages from Thanksgiving to Christmas, exceeding year-ago forecasts.
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Authorities struggled to remove abandoned cars and reopen slick highways across the nation's midsection after a record snowfall buried the region and stranded holiday travelers and shoppers.
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Holiday travelers were stuck with long waits for flights at several major airports Wednesday as severe weather hit the eastern half of the United States.
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A Midwest snowstorm forced airlines to delay or cancel hundreds of flights across the nation yesterday as passengers continued to face obstacles to their holiday travel plans.
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Snow and ice storms have stranded hundreds of thousands of people Â most of them migrant workers hoping to leave for the Chinese New Year Â and more blizzards threatened Monday to wreck what for many is a rare chance to see family.
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JOHNSTON, Iowa - Outside the headquarters of  Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc, the pavement is iced over  and workers arriving for the day are bundled up against the  cold.
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By Ana Breton Deseret Morning News  Friday's snowstorm caused a slushy morning commute for Wasatch Front motorists and triggered widespread power outages after heavy snow and wind snapped power lines.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 14 -- Blowing snow and sleet glazed windshields and roads across the Northeast and the Midwest on Wednesday, messing up Valentine's Day flower deliveries and wrecking couples' plans for romantic dinners.
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The Postal Service says that a shortage of baggage handlers, computer problems and snowstorms delayed the delivery of thousands of letters and packages.
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Thanksgiving Eve travelers were slowed by snow-covered highways in the Midwest and thunderstorms in the South on Wednesday, as millions of people took to cars, buses, trains and airlines.
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United Parcel Service Inc. UPS.N,  the world's largest package delivery company, said on Tuesday  it plans to hire nearly 70,000 temporary workers to help handle  an estimated 340 million packages from Thanksgiving to  Christmas, exceeding year-ago forecasts.