Video: Newark Mayor on fiscal cliff fears, food stamps & future
Rising Democratic star Newark Mayor Cory Booker's conversation with Bob Schieffer. More: continued here
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Food Stamp Use 50% Higher Under Obama Than Under Bush – FrontPage Magazine
Food Stamp Use 50% Higher Under Obama Than Under BushFrontPage MagazineIn September the food stamp program hit another record high of 47,410, 324 people making use of it. 47 is an iconic number thanks to Romney's remark and 47 million is also 75 percent of Obama's 62 million popular vote total. Or to put it…
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FedEx Freight delivers Christmas trees to Fort Polk
FedEx Freight donated 325 live Christmas trees to Fort Polk Thursday as part of the annual Christmas SPIRIT Foundation Trees for Troops program, which provides live trees to military families during the holiday season. More: continued here
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Volunteer elves make Christmas wishes come true for Sandy victims – NBCNews.com
NBCNews.com Volunteer elves make Christmas wishes come true for Sandy victimsNBCNews.comVolunteer elves make Christmas wishes come true for Sandy victims. Each holiday season hundreds of thousands of letters are sent to Santa Claus, and fulfilling those wishes has been a tradition of the U.S. Post Office. This year, the devastation of …Letter-writers pitch in for…
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Week in Review: City Council Candidates, Serial Arsonist, Gulfport Post Office – Patch.com
Week in Review: City Council Candidates, Serial Arsonist, Gulfport Post OfficePatch.comSupporters Rally to Keep Post Office in Gulfport: More than 250 people have signed a petition to keep the Post Office in the Gulfport Beach Bazaar. Supporters have until Tuesday afternoon to add their signatures. Photo Gallery: Gulfport Post Office…and more » More: continued here
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North Babylon Kids Add Holiday Spirit to Post Office – Patch.com
North Babylon Kids Add Holiday Spirit to Post OfficePatch.comSelect fifth-graders from North Babylon's Parliament Place Elementary School used their creativity to continue a longstanding tradition in North Babylon: decorating the windows at the North Babylon Post Office. Under the direction of their art teacher … More: continued here
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Royal couple break with tradition by not employing full-time nanny
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are determined to be 'hands-on parents' and Kate is planning to look after her child without the help of someone 24 hours a day. More: continued here
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FedEx, UPS step it up for the holidays
On an average day, FedEx ships about 7.5 million packages. But tomorrow, officials predict the volume will more than double to 19 million. That’s at least 200 boxes per second. More: continued here
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Plans to move Catchgate Post Office
A POST Office in north Durham is planning to move to bigger premises, trebling the amount of hours it can trade. More: continued here
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Counties skirt intent of state speed camera law – Baltimore Sun
Counties skirt intent of state speed camera lawBaltimore SunTo prove that speeding tickets were issued in error, it used pictures from the cameras to measure the distance that vehicles traveled and then compared that distance to each picture's time stamps, which were recorded down to the thousandth of a second. More: continued here