Los Angeles Times Michelle Obama, Wal-Mart and the 'food desert' problemLos Angeles TimesFarmers markets are springing up in under-served neighborhoods, and some vendors can accept food stamps. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) Nothing's ever as simple as we'd like it to be. A case in point: Policies that simply …
Read More »Plan for old post office complex: financial fantasy, architectural nightmare – Chicago Tribune (blog)
Chicago Tribune Plan for old post office complex: financial fantasy, architectural nightmareChicago Tribune (blog)There is so much financial fantasy in a British developer's $3.5 billion plan for redeveloping 20 acres including the old Chicago post office building that the proposal seems straight out of Disney. A 2000-foot skyscraper? Acres of …
Read More »Veteran Stamps ready for Stampeders
CALGARY — The Edmonton Eskimos aren’t the Edmonton Eskimos without Fred Stamps. More: continued here
Read More »Getting the mail
PRINCETON — The residents may have moved from the Orchard View Rehabilitation and Health Care, but the Princeton Post Office isn’t sure where they have all gone. More: continued here
Read More »72 year-old killed in Waldo post office – KSLA-TV
72 year-old killed in Waldo post officeKSLA-TVAround 7:30 am Friday, Ebonique Parish, a postal employee, discovered a large trail of blood inside the post office leading outside to the spot where Cooper's van is usually parked. Police located the van about two hours later in a remote part of town …
Read More »Stamps-Eskimos a battle again – The Province
CBC.ca Stamps-Eskimos a battle againThe ProvinceBy Chris O'Leary, Postmedia News July 22, 2011 6:12 PM Calgary Stampeders' Joffrey Reynolds (R) eludes the grasp of Edmonton Eskimos' Rod Davis in the file photo. CALGARY — For the last few seasons, the Battle of Alberta hasn't been much of a battle …Veteran …
Read More »USPS stamp to gonoring Harvey Milk? – Windy City Times
USPS stamp to gonoring Harvey Milk?Windy City TimesTo see his likeness on a US stamp would do this country proud," said Russell Roybal, deputy executive director of external relations at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. "Harvey Milk's courage, commitment and perseverance continue to inspire and … More: continued …
Read More »Stamps-Eskimos a battle again
For the last few seasons, the Battle of Alberta hasn’t been much of a battle in the Canadian Football League. More: continued here
Read More »Bicycling themed postage stamps coming in 2012
It will still be snail mail, but it will have the illusion of speed when the U.S. Postal Service releases four bicycling themed stamps in 2012. The post office says it chose the bicycle because it’s one of the nation’s most popular outdoor activities. A press release reminds us that …
Read More »Woman killed at Waldo post office, suspect in custody – Today’s THV
Woman killed at Waldo post office, suspect in custodyToday’s THVWALDO, Ark. (KSLA/KTHV) – Police are investigating a murder that happened at the Waldo post office in southwest Arkansas. A suspect is in custody. The woman's name and the suspect's name have not been released. Our CBS affiliate KSLA reports that …
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