The Hawai’i Community Foundation announced a six-year, $50 million commitment from Pierre Omidyar, the founder of eBay, and his wife Pam. The investment will be used to launch several community initiatives over the six-year period and will support the Omidyars’ ongoing philanthropic interests through the Omidyar ‘Ohana Fund at the …
Read More »Floridians try nutty way to save post office (The Charleston Gazette)
The folks in Lantana, Fla. think the Postal Service would have to be nuts to close their post office and theyre trying a coco-nutty way to prove it.Lantanas post office is one of more than 350 being studied for closure and residents have been mailing cocon… More: continued here
Read More »Costco begins accepting food stamps (San Francisco Chronicle)
Costco Wholesale Corp. said Wednesday that it will start accepting food stamps at its warehouse clubs nationwide after testing them at stores in New York. It’s a big about-face for a retailer that has catered to bargain-hunting but affluent shoppers, and it’… Sponsored Topics: Costco – Warehouse club – Retail …
Read More »Costco will begin accepting food stamps (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Costco Wholesale Corp. said yesterday that it would start accepting food stamps from the 36 million Americans that use them at its warehouse clubs nationwide. That is a reflection that food-stamp use has hit new heights. More: continued here
Read More »Ucon Post Office Burglar Gets Heavy Sentence – LocalNews8.com
Ucon Post Office Burglar Gets Heavy SentenceLocalNews8.comStang pleaded guilty to kicking in the door of the US Post Office and stealing cash, stamps, money orders and even the money order machine. …and more » More: continued here
Read More »Stamps Face Lions On Saturday – OurSports Central (press release)
Stamps Face Lions On SaturdayOurSports Central (press release)The Stamps defeated the Edmonton Eskimos 30-7 last Friday in their final regular-season home game of the 2009 Canadian Football League season. …STAMPS IN LIONS HEADSCHQRCFL picks and power rankingsKelowna.comStamps Add CommissiongOurSports Central (press release)all 6 news articles » More: continued here
Read More »FedEx, UPS clash on bill on labor rules (Manila Bulletin via Yahoo! Philippines News)
SEATTLE, Oct. 29 (Reuters) – Package delivery rivals FedEx Corp. and United Parcel Service faced off for the first time over a bill pending in Congress that would change FedEx workers’ labor laws, setting out their positions in a debate on Tuesday in Albuquerque, New Mexico. More: continued here
Read More »Picket-line planned for Harborough post office – Harborough Mail
Picket-line planned for Harborough post officeHarborough MailThe industrial action could mean post being sent from the town to outside the midlands could take up to six days to be delivered, according to one postman. …and more » More: continued here
Read More »Roof Of Gales Ferry Post Office Collapses (Eyewitness News 3 Hartford)
Heavy rains mixed with roof construction is forcing the Post Office in Gales Ferry to change addresses. More: continued here
Read More »Can Royal Mail protect scabs from their managers? (Socialist Worker)
Royal Mail wrote to all its employees last week to offer them “protection” should they choose to break this week’s strike—but just how far will Royal Mail go to shield scabs from the company’s own managers? More: continued here
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