Food stamps: John Kitzhaber's office defends decision to avoid cutsThe OregonianThe farm bill included cuts to food stamps through a program called “Heat and Eat” that's used in about 15 states. Participants who received at least $1 a year in federal energy assistance also got an increase in food stamps. …
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Rising winter woes related to mail delivery led police to place a Haslett …Lansing State Journal28 when she went to the post office at 2025 Central Park Drive, to pick up two weeks of mail she said had not been delivered to her Haslett residence, according to a Meridian Township …
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Steve Eaton: Rare purchase on eBay brings deep satisfaction, but solidifies …Deseret NewsIf you do any exploring on eBay, you soon realize there is a lot of things for sale that you really need. With me, it's often stuff I never knew I needed until I discovered it. Not too …
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Read More »Why Stop With Eliminating the Extra Point? – Wall Street Journal
Why Stop With Eliminating the Extra Point?Wall Street Journal… your senator, the head of your cable company or the head of the local Department of Public Works. Angry letters to anybody. Airline slogans proclaiming how much the company cares about its customers. Marriage counseling. Diets. The U.S. Postal Service.and more » …
Read More »Post box closed by Royal Mail chiefs – because dogs keep weeing on it
Postal chiefs have closed a postbox…because dogs keep WEEING on it. The postbox at the corner of Albert Road and Hartford Road in Bexley, south east London, had its slot locked shut and a ‘Closed’ notice pinned to it this week. More: continued here
Read More »Warren’s Post Office Proposal: Palast Aims at the Wrong Target – OpEdNews
Warren's Post Office Proposal: Palast Aims at the Wrong TargetOpEdNewsInvestigative reporter Greg Palast is usually pretty good at peering behind the rhetoric and seeing what is really going on. But in tearing into Senator Elizabeth Warren's support of postal financial services, he has done a serious disservice to the …Post …
Read More »Food stamps: Oregon official insists decision is ‘right thing to do’ – The Oregonian
Food stamps: Oregon official insists decision is 'right thing to do'The OregonianBut officials in Oregon and other states quickly figured out that they could reallocate a relatively small amount of energy aid to keep millions of dollars in food stamps. Oregon, for example, will allocate $2 million in federal energy …
Read More »Post office truck overturns. smashes another vehicle on Gulf Freeway
A post office truck overturned Friday afternoon on the Gulf Freeway at Tannif, nearly crushing another vehicle. More: continued here
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