Macleans.ca Canada Post's Diamond Jubilee stamp strikes all the right chordsMacleans.caby Patricia Treble on Monday, February 13, 2012 7:32pm – 0 Comments That Canada Post would create a stamp to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee was a foregone conclusion. But what kind of stamp would it be? The omens …
Read More »SPLC says kids denied food stamps due to Ala law – Gadsden Times
SPLC says kids denied food stamps due to Ala lawGadsden TimesAP The chief attorney for the Southern Poverty Law Center has sent a letter to Alabama state officials expressing concern that officials in some counties are using the new immigration law to deny food stamps to children of illegal immigrants.and …
Read More »Town of Valentine may lose the post office at its very heart – My West Texas
Student Operated Press Town of Valentine may lose the post office at its very heartMy West TexasUS Postmaster Maria Carrasco reads a Thank You card sent to her at the Valentine, Texas post office, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. The West Texas post office handles over 10 times more daily volume …
Read More »House subcommittee rejects ban on sweets for food stamps
A House panel on Monday defeated a measure that would ban food-stamp users from purchasing sweets, sodas and salty snacks. The proposal was part of a controversial bill from Rep. Scott Plakon , R-Longwood, meant to reform the electronic benefit transfer program — and promote healthy eating. Critics, however, said government had no business dictating Floridians' …
Read More »Wary DOJ Rubber Stamps Google-MMI Deal – SYS-CON Media (press release)
SYS-CON Media (press release) Wary DOJ Rubber Stamps Google-MMI DealSYS-CON Media (press release)Playing Tweedledum to the European Commission's Tweedledee, the Justice Department Monday followed its European counterpart in waving Google's $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility and its patent trove through. It also approved the $4.5 …and more » More: continued …
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CBS Local ^..6270< AP-FL-XGR–Food Stamps-No Sweets,123WEAR(AP) — A Florida House panel has rejected a proposal to ban using food stamps to purchase sweets, potato chips and other junk food. An appropriations subcommittee on Monday stripped the provision from a bill (HB 1401) that also would ban welfare …Florida House Panel …
Read More »Florida House panel rejects food stamp sweets ban – NECN
CBS Local Florida House panel rejects food stamp sweets banNECN(AP) — A proposal to prevent food stamps from being used to buy sweets and salty snacks died Monday in a Florida House subcommittee. The panel stripped the junk food provision from a bill (HB 1401) that also would prohibit welfare …
Read More »FedEx to invest $141.8M to consolidate, expand its Memphis flight-simulator operations
The company seeks a 13-year tax break to help defray costs of new equipment and property improvements. More: continued here
Read More »Dunbar borough council to acquire post office building
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Read More »Stamps not expected to make a splash in free agency – Victoria Times Colonist
Sportsnet.ca Stamps not expected to make a splash in free agencyVictoria Times ColonistBy Allen Cameron, Postmedia News February 13, 2012 6:47 PM Calgary Stampeders head coach John Hufnagel talks to the media Nov. 14, 2011, a day after their season ending loss to the Edmonton Eskimos. CALGARY — There's a …
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