KTUU With More Alaskans On Food Stamps, More Need Help Putting Thanksgiving Dinner …KTUUMore Alaskans are relying on food stamps to eat, according to the US Census Bureau. Census numbers show that the number of people in the state getting food stamps increased 10.6 percent between 2009 and 2010 …Food …
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Several local communities are trying to keep their post offices from being shut down. The proposed closures are part of a plan to help the post office deal with billions of dollars of debt. One of the More: continued here
Read More »Post office ‘time out’ provides longer evaluation period
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet Wednesday announced that the USPS has issued a temporary “time-out” on post office closings that will provide more time for the agency to examine potential effects of these closings on local communities and help Coloradans avoid frustrating and needless holiday season service interruptions. More: continued …
Read More »Beacon Hill Residents Rally to Save Neighborhood Post Office – Patch.com
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Read More »The secret post office – Seminole Voice
The secret post officeSeminole VoiceLocated off South County Road 419, in an unadvertised, washed-white strip building set back from the road and behind some trees, is the Chuluota United States Post Office contract branch. For the residents of Chuluota, this was their community post … More: continued here
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Competition: Win a Royal Mail Christmas Presentation Pack!Inspire MagazineThis year the Royal Mail's Christmas stamps depict the story of the Nativity. Mary holding the infant Jesus appears on the 1 st Class stamp, while an image of Joseph being visited by the Angel appears on the 2 nd Class stamp. …
Read More »Yum Brands’ Food-Stamp Bid Unlikely to Succeed – BusinessWeek
BusinessWeek Yum Brands' Food-Stamp Bid Unlikely to SucceedBusinessWeekBrands wants to let low-income Americans use food stamps at its Taco Bell and KFC restaurants. Now the US Agriculture Dept., which funds the food stamp program, has also voiced its opposition and is encouraging states not to give Yum a green light. …
Read More »Former FedEx worker kills self in shooting incident
A gunman walked into a southwest suburban FedEx shipping facility Thursday morning yelling for his wife, then fired several shots that sent panicked employees fleeing before he fatally shot himself, police said.Nobody else was injured in the Bedford Park shooting. The shooter, identified as 28-year-old Benyamin Robinson of Chicago, was …
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SFist Occupy BofA Tent For Sale on eBayNBC Bay AreaThe owners are offering it up for sale on eBay, with a different kind of "pitch." DON'T MISS THIS LIMITED OPPORTUNITY — AS SEEN ON TV! Deluxe single-family dwelling located in the heart of San Francisco's prestigious financial district. …Bank of …
Read More »Smart tunnel on stamps – New Straits Times
New Straits Times Smart tunnel on stampsNew Straits TimesKUALA LUMPUR: The Stormwater Management and Road Tunnel (Smart) tunnel will be immortalised in a special stamp and first day covers by Pos Malaysia from Nov 21. Haslina Che Hassan Che Nordin showing Pos Malaysia's latest stamp collection 'Smart Tunnel …Pos Malaysia …
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