RPT-FACTBOX-US Post Office's troubled financial pastReutersJuly 2009: The Government Accountability Office puts the Postal Service on its list of "high-risk" federal agencies needing attention by Congress and the president. * Sept-Nov 2009: Congress allows the agency to defer $4 billion of a scheduled $5.5 …My Turn: Douglas' post office is …
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With the Wyndham Championship over and the Top 125 field in the FedEx Cup standings set heading into the PGA Tour’s playoffs, No. 21 in the standings, Charl Schwartzel, has decided to skip the first round of the playoffs at the Barclays this week. The Barclays, played at Plainfield Country …
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Read More »Cutting Medicare Benefits Will Cost Nation More in Food Stamps, Welfare … – MedIndia
Cutting Medicare Benefits Will Cost Nation More in Food Stamps, Welfare …MedIndia… and John Horton, Senior Political Analyst at Robert Weiner Associates, argue that cuts to Medicare being considered by the new congressional "Supercommittee" and the White House "will cost the nation more in food stamps, welfare, seniors' poverty, …and …
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