Rockaway Beach post office to stay openQueens CourierThe United States Postal Service (USPS) recently announced that the Rockaway Beach branch post office— one of thousands being reviewed nationwide for discontinuance — will remain open. Located at 9014 Rockaway Beach Boulevard, the post …IT'S OFFICIAL: Congressman Turner Announces Rockaway Beach Branch Post Office…Middle East North Africa…
New York Times (blog) 1964 Pontiac Banshee: A One-of-a-Kind Concept Looks for Love, Again, on eBayNew York Times (blog)Darin Schnabel/RM AuctionsThe Banshee is being offered on eBay for $750000. RM Auctions, which supplied the above photo, was unable to sell the car in 2010 at its Amelia Island event. The 1964 Pontiac Banshee prototype bears…
Columbia, SC (WLTX) — Troopers with the South Carolina Highway Patrol say a FedEx truck and six parked cars collided Friday morning, including a USC Police vehicle. More: continued here
Dallas Observer Baker Post Office removed from USPS closure hit listEly Daily TimesAn official of the United States Postal Service has confirmed that the Baker Post Office was removed from a list of rural post offices being studied for possible closure in 2012. David Rupert, who works in USPS Communications and is …Post office defends…
Fox News Food Stamps Used for Starbucks FrappuccinosFox NewsSALEM, OREGON – Oregon Trail Cards — which are part of the state's food stamp program — can be used to purchase luxury coffee concoctions at Starbucks counters inside grocery stores, investigators from Fox 12 in Oregon have discovered. …Food Stamps Can Now Be Used To Buy…
Los Angeles Times Fact Checking Newt Gingrich's Food Stamps ClaimsABC News (blog)Food stamps is the latest program to be targeted by Newt Gingrich, but the 2012 candidate's assertions about the program aren't quite on the mark. Speaking in Iowa on Wednesday, the former Speaker railed against food stamps, one of the federal …Is Newt right?…
A post office will stay open after all, after being on a list of branches that could be shut down. More: continued here
AFP China post office offers letters from spaceAFPBEIJING — China's post office is hoping to boost business by allowing customers to send letters postmarked from space. Emails will be sent to a computer aboard Tiangong-1, a spacecraft currently orbiting the earth, and rerouted to a special China …Postcards sent from outer spaceChina Dailyall 15 news…
Newt Gingrich: Pay for Your Next Vacation with Food StampsVillage Voice (blog)2 2011 at 10:57 AM If you are too poor to buy food but have always dreamed of visiting the South Pacific, don't worry: You can pay for your groceries — and your next Hawaiian vacation — with food stamps. Actually, that's not true…
Baltimore Sun (blog) Jobs, Winfrey, Clinton among top picks for stampsPittsburgh Post GazetteThe Postal Service in September waived a rule barring someone from being honored with a stamp until at least five years after his or her death. USPS has received at least 1500 submissions by mail and more than 1000 through social media, officials…