guardian.co.uk Obama Budget Would Create $634 Billion Health-Care FundWashington Post, United StatesThe proposal would reduce the value of tax deductions by about 20 percent, a change which would generate about $318 billion over the next 10 years, according to administration documents provided to The Washington Post. Throughout the campaign, Obama …Video: Obama-Congress:" we will rebuild, we…
Downtown Houston post office up for saleHouston Chronicle, United StatesThe downtown operation is where all mail sent to city of Houston residents is sorted and delivered to area post offices. The postal service has not publicly put a price tag on the property. If it doesn’t receive an offer that meets its requirements, … More: continued…
Employees of a Baltimore post office were evacuated Wednesday after a third-floor fire. More: continued here
Associated Press – February 25, 2009 10:05 AM ET SANTA CRUZ, N.M. (AP) – A fire in the lobby of the Santa Cruz post office has closed the building until repairs can be made. More: continued here
GLOVERSVILLE – The city and the U.S. Postal Service have reached a tentative agreement regarding the ownership of the parking lot next to the post office, Mayor Tim Hughes said at a Common Council meeting Tuesday. Hughes said city and post office officials met Monday to discuss the lot and struck an agreement that needs…
Fire closes Santa Cruz post officeKVIA, TXAP – February 25, 2009 10:05 AM ET SANTA CRUZ, NM (AP) – A fire in the lobby of the Santa Cruz post office has closed the building until repairs can be made. Authorities say it was 1 of 2 fires in northern New Mexico post offices late Monday or…
Post office robber sent to crown courtScarborough Today, UKBy Laura Crothers A MAN has appeared before Scarborough magistrates charged with stealing almost £1000 from a post office. Mark Stafford, 25, who is serving a sentence in prison at Hull, pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary in relation to the … More: continued here
FSB warns against more Post Office closuresSpringFair.com Marketplace, UKby Charlotte Cowell FSB has urged the Government to prevent further Post Office closures, to ensure that small businesses have "an effective system" to work with. An official announcement from Westminster about the future of Royal is expected tomorrow, … More: continued here
New lease of life for Yarmouth Post OfficeThe Advertiser, UKThe old post office in Great Yarmouth's Beresford Road has been given a new lease of life as a health and beauty clinic. Former postmistress Barbara Ebanks was determined to make up for the loss of the branch, which was axed in Royal Mail's … More: continued…
The Miami Herald Obama Gets Strong Reviews for His Initial Weeks in OfficeWall Street Journal Blogs, NY… address tonight on the economy before a joint session of Congress, the Washington Post and ABC as well as the New York Times and CBS released their latest polling data indicating strong support for the president in his first…