Raleigh Mayor Charles Meeker asked the U.S. Postal Service on Tuesday to reconsider its decision to close Century Post Office, a 134-year-old facility at the corner of Fayetteville and Martin streets. More: continued here
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FedEx Corp. is reprising its role as the long-time title sponsor of the PGA Tour’s Memphis stop. More: continued here
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Mediaite.com Know Your Foes: Making Sense of Newt Gingrich's Barack Obama is a Food Stamp…AlterNet (blog)47 million Americans are on food stamps. One out of every six– Americans are on food stamps. And to hide behind the charge of racism? I have– I have never said anything about President Obama …
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Read More »Food stamp scam cases common; 11 charged in Columbiaville case – The Flint Journal – MLive.com
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Royal Mail is out to slash thousands of jobs and shut scores of mail centres. Unless the national CWU union follows its London division to ballot for strikes, the firm will get away with its attack without a fight. More: continued here
Read More »Northfield Council Preview: Key, Post Office and Transit Updates – Patch.com
Northfield Council Preview: Key, Post Office and Transit UpdatesPatch.comCouncilors will decide how to redevelop a new city property, vote to send a letter to the USPS lobbying to keep the downtown post office; and begin reforming the city's bus system. By Graison Hensley Chapman | Email the author | 11:52am …
Read More »Senate looks at ways to help post office
It looks like rescuing the financially struggling Postal Service is going to require thinking outside the mailbox. More: continued here
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