A man was charged with one felony count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine after allegedly arranging to have the substance mailed to Guam, according to District Court of Guam documents. More: continued here
Read More »Minnesota artist Hautman wins 2011 duck stamp contest – Alexandria Town Talk
Minnesota artist Hautman wins 2011 duck stamp contestAlexandria Town Talk10:07 am Joseph Hautman, an artist from Plymouth, Minn., is the winner of the 2011 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest, the US Fish and Wildlife Service said Saturday. Fish and Wildlife Director Dan Ashe made the announcement at the National Conservation …
Read More »USPS: Snyder Post Office not turning a profit
Closing the Snyder Post Office is not a done deal, and almost 100 people went to a hearing to oppose the idea Tuesday night. More: continued here
Read More »Rockport Post Office to close Nov. 12, others under consideration – The Republic
Rockport Post Office to close Nov. 12, others under considerationThe RepublicAP US Postal Service spokeswoman Cathy Yarosky told the News and Sentinel (http://bit.ly/tl1PlD ) that service at the Rockport location will discontinue Nov. 12. Traffic is expected to be shifted to the Mineral Wells office, which is less than 10 …
Read More »Barbara Lee Joins Faith Leaders in Taking the Food Stamp Challenge 2011 – The State Column
The State Column Barbara Lee Joins Faith Leaders in Taking the Food Stamp Challenge 2011The State ColumnThe Food Stamp Challenge is a nationwide event intended to preserve funding for vital nutrition benefits during a time of record poverty and unacceptably high unemployment. Fighting Poverty with Faith challenges everyone to live …
Read More »Congresswoman to live off food stamps budget
One in seven Americans use food stamps, and Congresswoman Speier wants to experience what it is like to live on food stamps. More: continued here
Read More »Former postal worker facing prison for stealing – San Jose Mercury News
Former postal worker facing prison for stealingSan Jose Mercury NewsAP SAN FRANCISCO—A former postal worker is facing the prospect of years in federal prison after being convicted of using counterfeit money to steal thousands of dollars from a Hayward post office. Prosecutors say jurors on Thursday found Emmanuel …Former Alamo …
Read More »FedEx Express Named Among Top Five of the World’s Best Multinational Workplaces
MEMPHIS, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Great Place to Work® Institute today announced that FedEx Express, an operating company of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX), has been named as one of the top five global companies to work for in its inaugural ranking of the World’s Best Multinational Workplaces. FedEx was selected for the …
Read More »Royal Mail inundated with Christmas job applications
Rising unemployment reflected in deluge of responses – up 10,000 on last year – to advertisements for seasonal vacancies Vacancies for part-time Christmas jobs at the Royal Mail are four times oversubscribed, raising concerns over the state of a job market that saw unemployment rise past 2.5m last month. More …
Read More »U.S. Rep. Speier to take food stamps challenge
About one in seven Americans use food stamps, and U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier wants to experience what it is like to live on a food stamps budget. Starting Monday, Speier, D-San Mateo, will participate in a food stamps challenge in which she will eat on a food budget of $4.50 …
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