Parade Magazine Small Town Post Offices: Going, Going… Gone?Parade MagazineNote: This article is adapted from a piece that first appeared in PARADE partner newspaper, St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The tiny post office in Truxton, Mo., a village of less than 100 amid a patchwork of farms in the flatland outside St. Louis, … More: continued here
Columbus County Line Road Post Office cleared after suspicious packageWLTZ 38 NBCColumbus Fire & EMS Hazardous Materials Technicians from Fire Station # 6(Brown Av.)prepare to enter the front entrance of the US Post office located on County Line Road in Columbus in response to an unknown suspicious package in the building.and more » More: continued here
CBS Local Old Chicago post office owners faulted bad air on trainsChicago Sun-TimesMonday, February 6, 2012 | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times Efforts to tackle dangerous pollution that threatens the health of commuters at Amtrak's Union Station are being delayed by the foot-dragging British owner of the neighboring Old Post Office building, …Durbin: Old post office not venting…
Commentary; Kansas has no excuses for food stamp debacleKansas City StarSocial and Rehabilitation Services officials are digging in their heels, defending a change in how food stamps are allotted. Kansas used to handle the benefits in a morally responsible manner. Now, hundreds if not thousands of US-born children have …and more » More: continued here
A £1m discrepancy in council pensionsThis Is WiltshireBy Josh Layton » A RETIRED Royal Mail worker has called on Swindon Council to explain an apparent £1m discrepancy in figures for its employee pension scheme. Terry Reynolds submitted a Freedom of Information Act request that was near-identical to one …and more » More: continued here
Hines Stamps Self as Ocala Contender After Non-USAC-Sanctioned Wins in ArizonaWhoWon.comby Dick Jordan INDIANAPOLIS — Tracy Hines of New Castle, Ind. is off to a roaring start in 2012 after taking three non-USAC sanctioned Sprint races in Arizona last week. He'll try to increase his all-time USAC “active” feature victory record this week … More:…
fox4kc.com McCaskill Touts Plan to Halt Rural Post Office Closuresfox4kc.comUS Senator Claire McCaskill says that shutting down rural post officers will do nothing to solve the US Postal Service's financial woes, and is outlining a plan that she says will save over 160 post offices in Missouri and make the Postal Service more …Sen. McCaskill…
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — The city's first federal post office was thought by many to be too far from Main Street. More: continued here
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said Monday he hopes the owner of the Old Post Office building is going to make good on his word to help vent harmful exhaust fumes from Union Station, located just below the building. More: continued here
Q4-2011 Retail eCommerce Nears $50 Billion (SCOR, AMZN, EBAY)24/7 Wall St.This report is the retail eCommerce showing non-Travel and the figure excludes auctions from eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) and others. The report also excludes autos and large corporate purchases to keep the data consistent through time.and more » More: continued here