Senate debates postal service's best route forwardYoungstown VindicatorBy Karl Henkel The end of the moratorium on post–office closings is May 15, and legislators continue to banter about bills to save the financially struggling US Postal Service. The Senate this week debated the 21st Century Postal Reform Act, … More: continued …
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CBS Local Store owner arrested in alleged food stamp fraudBusinessWeekBy AP A Quincy store owner faces criminal charges after what authorities claim was a scheme to trade food stamp benefits for cash. Authorities arrested Pat Lu, the 48-year-old owner of Pat's Mini Mart, on charges including larceny and fraud.53 targeted …
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MyFox Philadelphia Cher Auctions Key to City on eBayMyFox Philadelphia(NewsCore) – Aging diva Cher is selling her key to the Australian city of Adelaide on eBay, infuriating the mayor who presented it to her. Steve Condous Friday voiced his disgust that the honor, which he presented to the singer and …
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MyFox Memphis Cher Auctions Key to City on eBayMyFox Memphis(NewsCore) – Aging diva Cher is selling her key to the Australian city of Adelaide on eBay, infuriating the mayor who presented it to her. Steve Condous Friday voiced his disgust that the honor, which he presented to the singer and …
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Randolph post office headed for closureDesMoinesRegister.comAP The post office in Randolph may be headed for closure after the Postal Regulatory Commission voted 2 to 2 on an appeal by the city's mayor to keep it open. A tie vote means the appeal loses and the closing moves forward. The Postal …
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Court order allows Portland-area Little Caesars to accept food stamps for cold …OregonLive.comBy Bryan Denson, The Oregonian A dozen Little Caesars pizza shops in the Portland area can continue selling take-and-bake pizzas to people for food stamps, a federal judge ordered Friday. For now, the order by US District Judge …
Read More »Elwell post office will close after appeal fails – The Morning Sun
Elwell post office will close after appeal failsThe Morning SunA central Michigan post office that averages just 19 minutes of retail business a day will close, despite opposition from residents who appealed to keep it open. "A post office in urban America may be a luxury or a convenience, but …
Read More »Dead Letters: Post Office’s Harsh Cuts Will Make Its Deficits Worse – DailyFinance
RTT News Dead Letters: Post Office's Harsh Cuts Will Make Its Deficits WorseDailyFinanceBy Rich Smith, The Motley Fool If you ask the postmaster general, saving the Post Office will require shutting down about one out of every three post offices currently in operation, laying off tens of thousands of postal …
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) — eBay and Gilead Sciences were the two best-performing stocks in the S&P 500 on Thursday. The S&P 500 fell 8.22 points, or 0.59%, Thursday to 1,376.92. Shares of eBay rose 13.24% Thursday to $40.62. The online marketplace operator reported after the close on Wednesday first-quarter earnings …
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Proactive Investors USA & Canada US Stocks Decline as Economic Reports Offset EarningsBusinessWeekBy Nikolaj Gammeltoft and Inyoung Hwang on April 19, 2012 US stocks retreated for a second day as disappointing economic data and concern over Europe's debt crisis overshadowed better-than-forecast earnings from companies including EBay Inc. (EBAY) …U.S. Stocks …
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