MATTOON (JG-TC) — The postal lobby and post office box section of the U.S. Post Office will be closed at noon Saturday for maintenance, according to a press release from Postmaster Ken Steury. More: continued here
Ben Crane leads the FedEx St. Jude Classic after making five of his seven birdies on his back nine Thursday. More: continued here
New post office found in Kentucky vapor shopWBIR-TV"You can come here and get all your first class postage stamps, or you can come here to drop off priority packages," Adron Wilson said, who is running the new post office in Fourmile. It sits inside a small, brown shack off Highway 25E. "11.5 feet wide ……
ThinkProgress USDA To Georgia: You Can't Drug-Test Food Stamp RecipientsThinkProgressIn the latest expansion of government drug tests, Georgia passed a law in March requiring the testing of some food stamp applicants and recipients. But this week, a USDA official told Georgia they can't implement the law. “[Food and Nutrition Service …Feds: Georgia can't tie food…
Switching food stamp subsidies from sweetened drinks to fruits, vegetables can …The Denver ChannelProhibiting the use of federal food stamps to purchase sugar-sweetened beverages and subsidizing the purchase of fruits and vegetables with the coupons would improve nutrition, foster weight loss and drive down rates of Type 2 diabetes among the …and more » More: continued here
WGNO Should Food Stamps be Used to Buy Soda? Study Says NoWGNOWASHINGTON (CNNMoney) – Banning soda and other sugary drinks from food stamps would lead to significant drops in obesity and diabetes rates among the poor, according to a new study. It would prevent at least 141,000 kids from getting fat and another … More: continued…
Shopping center to replace former San Marcos post officeAustin American-StatesmanWhat was once a post office in the heart of downtown San Marcos will be redeveloped into a shopping center anchored by Austin-based Torchy's Tacos. The building, at 301 N. Guadalupe St., has been vacant for more than a year after the U.S. Postal … More:…
Canada Post may be moving the post office out of Tyee Plaza. City council received a letter from the corporation May 21, explaining that Canada Post is considering relocating the post office to its delivery operations building on Ironwood Street which is next to Shar-Kare. More: continued here
CNNMoney (press release) Food stamp soda ban can save 141000 children from obesityCNNMoney (press release)Basu started the study to explore criticism that the federal food stamp program, officially called Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), subsidizes the purchase of sugary drinks that offer no nutritional value. 1 in 5 rely on food stamps…Should you be allowed…
eBay CEO: PayPal Will Have to Integrate Digital CurrenciesCoinDeskJohn Donahoe, CEO of online e-commerce marketplace eBay and its subsidiary PayPal, has once again hinted strongly that he sees the integration of bitcoin into his companies' offerings as inevitable. His new statements suggest that bitcoin may be more … More: continued here