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Mailing Deadlines, Anniversary of World's First Crossword Puzzle

Five things you should know today, Wednesday, Dec. 21

1. Today's weather will be partly cloudy with a high of 35 according to the National Weather Service.

2. The Better Business Bureau  that a questionable funeral supply company is targeting elderly veterans. A Lakeland man was charged more than three times the typical cost for funeral urns, according to the bureau.

3. Still have cards or presents to mail out before Christmas? Here are the U.S. Postal Service’s shipping deadlines.

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4. Know of any great holiday lights displays around Oakdale? Please let us know by adding them to the comments of this article.

5. The world’s first crossword puzzle appeared on this day in 1913 in the New York World. Follow this link to see the original puzzle.

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