Council stamps OK on budget

The City Council unanimously approved a nearly $2.3 billion budget Thursday that further reduces the size of the municipal workforce and focuses on public safety and infrastructure improvements. Over the last six years, we've dropped our property tax rate three times and we're the first big city to embrace the …

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Post office from the past – Global Times

Post office from the pastGlobal TimesThis post office, also known as Shichahai Post Office, provides not only a postal service for tourists, but also serves as a place for many to learn information related to post from China's past. Before 2009, this place was used as a recycling center … …

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Food stamp use rapidly rising – Chillicothe Gazette

Food stamp use rapidly risingChillicothe GazetteNationally, one out of every seven Americans receives federal food stamps, now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, according to August data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. That is after an almost 70 percent jump in …Guest column: Of all federal programs, Food Stamps …

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Mag to publish more topless royal pics

An Italian magazine said Saturday it plans to publish more photographs of the Duchess of Cambridge sunbathing topless, a day after palace officials launched legal action against a French magazine over the images. More: continued here

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Maldives stamps down on ‘indecent’ dancing – Ahram Online

Ahram Online Maldives stamps down on 'indecent' dancingAhram OnlineThe Maldives on Thursday moved to limit dancing in public between men and women, an official and a report said, amid signs of the growing influence of the nation's hardline religious party. The Islamic affairs ministry sent a circular "to all …and …

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