The fury over food stamp reform rages in Congress – and across KansasKansas.comSubsidies. The political debate has raged over cuts to food stamps without as loud a conversation about deep cuts to other subsidies in the farm bill – the ones that go to farmers. But those subsidies provide billions to farmers in a booming…
Armed robbery at Palo Alto post office investigatedabc7news.comOfficials say their 24-hour dispatch center received a 911 call about an armed robbery at the Palo Alto Post Office at 2085 East Bayshore Road on Tuesday. The two victims, a married couple in their fifties, had immediately returned home after the …Police Release Sketch Of Suspect In…
Eastern Ky. Post Office BurnsLEX18 Lexington KY News… Operations Manager Bryiant Clevenger says it's a loss to the community. Post office box mail will have to be picked up at the Phelps Post Office, but other services are available at a Village Post Office that opened in Stopover on Thursday …Fire destroys post office in…
Examiner.com Wife hires hit man to kill husband: Pays with postage stamps collectionExaminer.comA Manhattan woman was arrested Thursday after allegedly trying to hire a hit man to kill her husband in exchange for $60,000 in rare stamps and jewelry. Elena Sava-Adams, 57, apparently hated her overweight husband Irving Adams, 66, to the point that ……
Scotsman Royal Mail turned into unwitting drug couriers – reportScotsmanIn addition, it is also “leading the way” in the distribution of new psychoactive substances, known as legal highs', turning organisations such as the Royal Mail and Parcelforce into unwitting drugs couriers. Over 130 websites, such as the Silk Road … More: continued here
THE Royal Mail and Parcelforce are being turned into unwitting drugs couriers, according to a landmark new report on substance abuse from an influential think tank. More: continued here
Mirror.co.uk Royal Mail strike looming for first time in four yearsMirror.co.ukA strike at Royal Mail is looming for the first time in four years – and could hit deliveries in the run-up to Christmas. All 130,000 workers are to be balloted on a programme of industrial action over pay, pension rights and Government plans to…
A strike at Royal Mail is looming for the first time in four years – and could hit deliveries in the run-up to Christmas. All 130,000 workers are to be balloted on a programme of industrial action over pay, pension rights and Government plans to privatise the service. More: continued here
End of an era: East Lake Post Office closes as landlord questions moveChattanooga Times Free PressEvery morning for the past 14 years, Dan Winton has come to the East Lake post office to pick up the checks, bills and other mail for ASA Enterprises, a tractor trailer facility just a few blocks from the East…
The Communication Workers Union will announce a timetable for the ballot, which will be held before the end of September. More: continued here