Congress Cuts Food Stamps by $8 Billion, Expands Corporate Farm Welfare by …The Real News NetworkThe House and Senate reached an agreement on the farm bill to cut food stamps by $8 billion over the next decade. Conservation programs were also cut, by $4 billion. And while direct subsidies to …
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Two postal service employees throw a metal mailbox from New Canaan's old post office location – 2 Pine St. – into a dumpster behind the facility on Monday, Jan. 27, 2014. The brass doors of those boxes, however, have been sent to an asset management site, U.S. Postal Service spokesman …
Read More »6 hospitalized after fire outside downtown St. Louis post office – KMOV.com
6 hospitalized after fire outside downtown St. Louis post officeKMOV.com(KMOV) — Half a dozen people were hospitalized after a construction fire broke out outside the United States Post Office building in downtown St. Louis on Thursday. Authorities say smoke vapors caused by the fire somehow got into the ventilation …and …
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City moves forward with zoning ordinance on post officeDaily CalifornianAmid controversy over the Downtown Berkeley post office's impending sale, Berkeley City Council decided at its Tuesday meeting to continue developing a zoning ordinance on the post office building that would narrow the building's future use to allow … More: continued …
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File Photo: The Post Office at 1634 San Fernando Rd. in Burbank closed in January 2014. ( Raul Roa / Staff Photographer / July 14 , 2011 ) More: continued here
Read More »House passes farm bill that cuts food stamps – Lansing State Journal
House passes farm bill that cuts food stampsLansing State JournalWASHINGTON — House lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a long-awaited five-year farm bill Wednesday that would end direct payments and expand popular crop insurance programs while cutting spending on food stamps used by millions of Americans. More: continued here
Read More »These Are the Faces of the 47 Million Americans on Food Stamps – PolicyMic
PolicyMic These Are the Faces of the 47 Million Americans on Food StampsPolicyMicThe GOP has won the battle over food stamps. The House passed a $500 billion farm bill on Wednesday that funds nutrition and agriculture programs for the next five years and makes $9 billion in cuts to food …
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'Jurassic Park' Items On eBay Will Totally Help You Prep For DinosaursHuffington Post… better way to prepare for the return of dinosaurs than by snatching up the velociraptor cage from "Jurassic Park" and the RV from the sequel, right? Well, here's some good news for doomsayers and collectors alike: Both …
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Hundreds of workers evacuated downtown post office Thursday morning. More: continued here
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