Postal Service records another quarter of red ink; can corporate America help?Peoria Journal Star (blog)The latest report from the U.S. Postal Service is that it's drowning in red ink (a $5 billion quarterly loss). Despite cuts and closures, the post office is still running a huge deficit. This doesn't come as a great surprise to…
Crackdown on food-stamp fraudBattle Creek EnquirerStores that illegally traffic in food stamps could both disqualify a retailer who traffics and assess a monetary fine proportional to the amount of business the store does with SNAP. Currently the department cannot do both and too often the penalties … More: continued here
Maidenhead Advertiser LATEST: McKeever featured on Royal Mail stampMaidenhead AdvertiserLATEST: McKeever featured on Royal Mail stamp. Ed McKeever stamp Men's kayak single 200m Olympic champion Ed McKeever had been immortalised by Roya Mail on a stamp. The company had promised to produce a stamp for each of the Team GB gold …Wiltshire gets first gold…
BBC News Ed McKeever gets Royal Mail gold stamp and postboxBBC NewsTeam GB gold medallist Ed McKeever will have his own Royal Mail stamp and gold postbox to celebrate his success. The 28-year-old from Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, won Britain's 26th gold medal in the men's 200m kayak sprint. Royal Mail has said it will …and more »…
Greece’s inter-ministerial committee for privatizations approved the sale of state stakes in ELTA SA, the country’s postal service, and Hellenic Vehicle Industry SA. More: continued here
McGovern backs effort on food stamp fraudAttleboro Sun ChronicleThere has been no bigger supporter of the federal food stamp program in Congress over the years than U.S. Rep. James McGovern, but even McGovern said he supports an crackdown on fraud in the program announced by the Obama administration. More: continued here
Telegraph.co.uk London 2012 Olympics: man arrested for painting post box goldTelegraph.co.ukThe Post Office have been giving mailboxes a golden makeover in the home town of successful Olympic champions across the country, and have already resprayed one in the sailor's honour in Cornwall, where Ainslie grew up. But Mr Smith, a father-of-three, …Ben Ainslie: Lymington gold…
CAGAYAN DE ORO — Del Monte Golf Club closed out the way it started – in impressive fashion – as it romped off with the Champion Infinity 20th Luzvimin Golf Invitational presented by Pacsports crown via a whopping 29-point win, ending Manila Southwood’s four-year reign at the Pueblo de Oro Golf and Country Club here…
Food Stamp CrackdownWJTVThe federal government plans to impose tougher penalties on stores and businesses that violate food stamp rules. The move comes as Congress struggles to pass a five-year Farm and Nutrition Bill, which provides almost 80-billion dollars a year for the … More: continued here
The Postal Service has been here beforeNews & ObserverThe U.S. Postal Service is in trouble, and there's no telling whether it will survive. It's been battered by the Internet and a dragging economy, besieged by commercial competitors and stymied in its efforts to trim a costly web of post offices and …From the Belle Tower…