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Bad Press for Hobby Lobby: Feds Investigate Illegal Imports

Owners of Hobby Lobby, a national crafts and hobbyist supply store with a substantial high tech in-house retail display manufacturing plant, are reported to be under investigation for illegal imports of antiquities. Federal agents intercepted a cache of ancient Cuneiform clay documents as they were being shipped by FedEx to Hobby Lobby headquarters in Oklahoma City.

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Supreme Court Upholds Obamacare

The Supreme Court rejected a challenge to Obamacare this morning. The closely followed case cements the Affordable Care Act, which has been of deep concern for wood manufacturing businesses large and small. A previous challenge to tenets of the law - brought by Conestoga Wood Specialties and Hobby Lobby - resulted in a judgement favoring the wood industry challengers on religious grounds over mandatory funding of birth control services.