San Francisco Chronicle Congress Has 13 Work Days Before Election for Must-Do BillsSan Francisco ChronicleThe House in May passed legislation that would replace automatic cuts to defense programs, which amount to half of the $1.2 trillion in cuts, with reductions to domestic programs including food stamps. Senate Democratic leaders oppose …

David W. Dyer Courthouse In Miami Symbolizes Underused Government …Huffington PostThe panel previously held hearings in the Washington, D.C., area spotlighting unused properties such as the Old Post Office Annex, the Cotton Annex and the Old Georgetown Plant. – all of which are GSA-owned and have sat vacant for years. …

San Francisco Chronicle Congress Breaks For 5 Weeks, But Much Work UndoneManufacturing.netThe House settled for a paltry restoration of expired disaster programs for livestock producers and tree farmers. The Senate wouldn't do even that, demanding instead a full five-year farm bill with 80 percent of it, or about $400 billion, …

Did Ebay just beat Amazon to the punch? The online auction house just launched same-day delivery for customers in the Bay English: eBay Logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Area, and the idea of “convenience” with internet shopping may never be the same. As first revealed by Techcrunch, Ebay is testing out …

San Francisco Chronicle EYES ON LONDON: Wambach, Phelps, Murray, DouglasBradenton HeraldLaura Trott, Britain's Olympic gold medal-winning track cyclist, will have two mailboxes painted in her honor after the country's Royal Mail postal service mixed up her place of birth. The Royal Mail is painting one of its famous red post …

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Royal Mail seeks digital consultanciesDesign WeekThe Royal Mail is looking to establish new digital marketing and digital communications agency rosters worth up to £11m. It is seeking to appoint three consultancies to the four-year framework, working on digital, marketing and design projects. Over … More: continued here

EYES ON LONDON: Wambach, Phelps, Murray, DouglasKansas.comThe Royal Mail is painting one of its famous red post boxes gold in the home town of each of Britain's gold medal winners. But after the postal service decorated a box in Harlow, in eastern England, Trott said her birthplace was actually 14 …

Business Insider Meet Yardsale, The Startup That Wants To Give You An Easy Way To Make …Business InsiderRyan Mickle: I'm an early eBay user since back in '99, left management consulting about 5 or 6 years ago to come back to Silicon Valley. I went to school in Berkeley and …

How grandparents can stay close to family even from afarUtica Observer DispatchSend your grandchildren cool art supplies, stationery, postcards, stamps, envelopes, stickers, stamps and whatever looks like creative fun. Social media. If you're brave, create social media accounts. Your older grandchildren will likely already have …and more » More: continued here