Postal Picketing – Wilkes Barre Times-Leader

Postal PicketingWilkes Barre Times-Leader, PAWILKES-BARRE – With horns from passing cars blaring a message of support, members of the American Postal Workers Union Local 175 conducted informational picketing Thursday on the sidewalks of the Wilkes-Barre post office. Susan Broody of Wilkes-Barre …Postal Workers Picket to Save PlantMSNBCall 2 news articles More: …

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Food-stamp demand floods Valley – Mail Tribune

Food-stamp demand floods ValleyMail Tribune, ORBy JOHN DARLING Faced with layoffs and foreclosures, the number of food stamps recipients in the Rogue Valley climbed to record levels in January, with Medford showing a 13.5 percent increase compared with a year ago. Ashland climbed 8.7 percent and …Demand for food stamps continues …

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Post office customers want action – Asbury Park Press

WWAY NewsChannel 3 Post office customers want actionAsbury Park Press, NJBy Bonnie Delaney • TOMS RIVER BUREAU • February 27, 2009 BERKELEY — About a dozen customers waited in line Thursday morning at the post office at the Holiday City at Berkeley minimall. Some people carried packages wrapped in brown paper, …

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Eye Opener: Feb. 27, 2009 – Washington Post

ABC News Eye Opener: Feb. 27, 2009Washington Post, United StatesThe Post's Philip Rucker spent some time with the administration's "super-nerd" and Office of Management Budget director Peter Orszag (see above) and learned that with his new job "comes a sort of fame. A divorced father of two, Orszag is suddenly one …

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Food aid sign-ups flooding Mass. – Boston Globe

Food aid sign-ups flooding Mass.Boston Globe, United StatesBy David Abel Over the past year, the number of Massachusetts residents receiving food stamps has surged 20 percent, bringing the total to more than 600000 and taxing the state's ability to serve those in need, welfare officials say. … More: continued here

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