ThinkProgress GOP State Rep. Faces Backlash After Drawing Parallel Between Food Stamps And …Mediaiteby Meenal Vamburkar | 6:41 pm, March 5th, 2012 Mary Franson, a Republican state representative from Minnesota, made some provocative comments last Friday about the food stamp program. In a video that has since been taken down, …
Read More »Redlanders concerned about post office building
REDLANDS – Civic leaders are hoping that the landmark Mission-style Main Post Office can be maintained as a historic site now that Postal Service officials have announced they want to sell it in order to generate money for the cash-strapped agency. More: continued here
Read More »Pensioners will have to ‘declare in public’ they are poor to get cheap … – Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk Pensioners will have to 'declare in public' they are poor to get cheap …Telegraph.co.ukBy Christopher Hope, Senior Political Correspondent Royal Mail last week unveiled plans to fix Christmas stamps at 2011 prices this year for five million old people and others on benefits. However, the National Federation of Occupational …
Read More »Ex-Marine accused of selling sensitive military equipment on EBay
A recently retired Marine was arrested and arraigned Monday on four counts of attempting to sell sensitive military laser light filters on EBay and ship them overseas, federal authorities said. He pleaded not guilty. Sean Elias Sayegh, 41, of Rosamond… More: continued here
Read More »Post Office Closures Might Impact Oregon Elections – KDRV
Post Office Closures Might Impact Oregon ElectionsKDRVSo far, postal officials have named a little over 40 Oregon post offices that could close. None are in Jackson or Josephine County. Several are in Douglas, Curry, Lake and Klamath County, including, Fort Klamath, Fort Rock, New Pine Creek, Summer Lake, … More: …
Read More »Police: Woman steals FedEx info to ship cupcakes
A Gwinnett County woman is accused of stealing the FedEx shipping number from a major corporation and using it to ship cupcakes across the country. Gwinnett County police said a FedEx office in Tennessee intercepted what they thought was a suspicious package. It turned out to be a box of …
Read More »Ex-Marine accused of selling sensitive military equipment on EBay – Los Angeles Times
Ex-Marine accused of selling sensitive military equipment on EBayLos Angeles TimesA recently retired Marine was arrested and arraigned Monday on four counts of attempting to sell sensitive military laser light filters on EBay and ship them overseas, federal authorities said. He pleaded not guilty. Sean Elias Sayegh, 41, …Fraud indictment …
Read More »Corvette turns Goldenrod post office into drive-through
Driver is 72, and car is 1 month old, authorities say The Goldenrod post office was closed this afternoon because a 72-year-old woman drove a bright-yellow Corvette through the front of it, postal authorities said. More: continued here
Read More »Corvette turns Goldenrod post office into a drive-through – Orlando Sentinel
Central Florida News 13 Corvette turns Goldenrod post office into a drive-throughOrlando SentinelBy Susan Jacobson, Orlando Sentinel The Goldenrod post office is closed because a sports car crashed into the front of it this afternoon, postal authorities said. Officials at the post office, at 7501 Citrus Ave., are awaiting a …
Read More »Pensioners will have to 'declare in public' they are poor to get cheap Christmas stamps, campaigners say
Pensioners are complaining that they will have to "declare in public that they are poor" to be allowed to buy cheap Christmas stamps in supermarkets when they are introduced later this year. More: continued here
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