Man arrested in connection to attack and robbery of mail carrierThe Daily AdvertiserAccording to the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office, on Aug. 13 Willie J. Reynolds, 22, of Opelousas and Patrick Johnson allegedly attacked the worker and took a bog of mail from a post office in St. Landry Parish …
Read More »Doctor killed outside her office – WYMT
Doctor killed outside her officeWYMTPolice arrived and they say it appeared Dr. Martha Post was shot in the chest. She was at the office she shares with her husband moments before the crash. The employees at Dr. Post's office gathered this morning. They called patients to cancel …Police: Dermatologist Shot …
Read More »Ted Williams, Willie Stargell, Joe DiMaggio honored on new U.S. Postal Service forever stamps
Ted Williams will be immortalized once again — this time without the aid of liquid nitrogen or a tuna can pedestal. The U.S. Postal Service is releasing a series of “Major League Baseball All Stars” commemorative forever stamps featuring Williams, which will remain equal in value to the current first-class …
Read More »Demand for Food Stamps Remains High
The number of Americans receiving food stamps dropped in June from declining disaster assistance, but theres still little sign of waning demand for the food assistance program. More: continued here
Read More »Splendid: Post office unveils Ted Williams’ own U.S. stamp
Don’t know about you, but I can’t wait until we can mail stuff with Ted Williams stamps. The U.S. Postal Service, which needs all of the good ideas it can muster, announced Friday that a portrait of Williams will complete its upcoming 2012 series of Major League Baseball All-Stars stamps …
Read More »Community Resists Closing West Station Post Office
Residents in west Meridian have organized to try and save the west station post office. More: continued here
Read More »Batmobile for sale on eBay – CNN (blog)
NME.com Batmobile for sale on eBayCNN (blog)Well, one wealthy fan: the vehicle is listed for $620000 on eBay. And this isn't Christian Bale's modern tumbler-tank. It's a replica of the Batmobile Michael Keaton drove around Gotham City in Tim Burton's 1989 film. Casey Putsch of Putsch Racing …Batmobile up for …
Read More »Can Clean Power Finance Be the eBay of Residential Solar? – Forbes
Can Clean Power Finance Be the eBay of Residential Solar?ForbesJoe Kraus, a partner at Google Ventures, compared CPF to online marketplace eBay, saying that it will create a larger marketplace for lenders and installers that will aggregate a large chunk of demand in one place. He said it's an important …
Read More »Gwynedd post office to remain closed
Despite efforts by local residents, the Gwynedd post office will not be reopening. More: continued here
Read More »Demand for Food Stamps Remains High – Wall Street Journal (blog)
Demand for Food Stamps Remains HighWall Street Journal (blog)The number of Americans receiving food stamps dropped in June from declining disaster assistance, but there's still little sign of waning demand for the food assistance program. Food stamp rolls declined by 0.5% in June to a still-high … More: continued here
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