FedEx could cancel contracts for $6.7 billion in American-made planes if Congress makes it easier for unions to organize the delivery giant's workers.
In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing last week, the delivery company disclosed that future commitments to buy Boeing 777s are contingent on FedEx Express' continued coverage by the Railway Labor Act.

FedEx delivering Christmas trees to 45 military bases

This holiday season, FedEx aims to plant some holiday spirit among America's armed forces by partnering with Christmas tree growers to ship live-cut trees to more than 45 military bases.

Killer Roads

More than 100 people die every day on America's killer roads. The routine act of driving has become the riskiest thing most Americans do. Yet sometimes the deadliest roads seem disarmingly safe -- a small country lane winding gently through rolling hills or a perfectly straight superhighway stretching across a vast desert landscape.

Counting the dead along America's killer roads

Fixing America's killer roads

Being safer on the road

The 20 most dangerous roads grouped by county

Causes of fatal accidents

The kinds of roads upon which Americans perished

Fatal accidents involving drinking, speeding according to road type

Editorial: Making America's deadliest roads less deadly

Wild hogs

America's wild hog population is exploding and spreading across the country, more than doubling in size and range in the past 20 years. Two decades ago, somewhere between 500,000 and 2 million wild pigs roamed the United States in 17 states. Now the population numbers between 2 million and 6 million in 44 states.

Aided by hunters, destructive wild pigs spreading

How to stop the spread of wild pigs

Wild pigs found in 44 states -- and counting

Location of wild hogs by state

Editorial: The wild hogs are here -- and they're hungry

Quick labs

As Americans struggle to take charge of their health care -- and hold down their medical costs -- a growing number are bypassing the doctor and going right to the source for diagnostic tests.

Consumers get medical test results straight from labs

Nursing Home Ratings

A statistical analysis of the federal government's first-ever ratings of nearly 16,000 nursing homes reveals an uneven level of quality across the nation and shows how complicated it is to find a good nursing home.

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