A 31-year-old Seattle man described by federal prosecutors as the leader of a crime ring involved in both drug trafficking and bank fraud has been sentenced to 8 1/2 years in prison. More: continued here
MARION, Mass. — A Massachusetts delivery driver growing his hair out for charity said he has been told by his employer to cut it. More: continued here
Freebies just aren't what they used to beDetroit Free Press (blog)… and another year where the Hummer press information came in a metal briefcase, several of which immediately popped up for sale on eBay. …and more » More: continued here
COEUR D’ALENE — Roads around the Coeur d’Alene Post Office near 6th and Lakeside are back open after a grenade was removed from a pickup truck. Authorities from Fairchild Airforce Base removed the British explosive with the pin still in Monday afternoon. Police say it started earlier today when a person, who was taking care…
State of Missouri still negotiating over federal food stamp bonusesSt. Louis Post-Dispatch (blog)The snafu was reported in December when state officials learned they had been over-reporting the number of people using Missouri food stamps since 2002. …and more » More: continued here
Nobody can say that the Government Printing Office lacks a sense of humor. After FedLine blogged White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs’ joke yesterday about sending the federal budget to Kinko’s — now called FedEx Office — GPO today said it will send Gibbs his own Kinko’s card. Technically, it’s a GPOExpress card. Those cards…
A year of having no post office comes to an end… More: continued here
Plans have been submitted to build flats and new retail space at 214 Upper Richmond Road – the site of Putney’s main post office. More: continued here
French parliament seals post office changeForexyardBy Emile Picy PARIS, Jan 12 (Reuters) – The French parliament voted on Tuesday to change the status of the post office into a publicly owned limited company …and more » More: continued here
Official: Food-stamp application flubs hurt hungry Texas familiesDallas Morning NewsIt oversees food stamps, which are federally paid groceries for the poor. “The state is in a crisis because it's failing to meet federal law,” he said. …Official: Texas has worst-ranked food stamp programHouston ChronicleObama official: Texas missing out on $1 billion in federal food stamp…