Ribblesdale Stakes entry Flame Of Gibraltar would not be out of place at Royal Ascot judged by her comfortable success at Lingfield. More: continued here
Read More »Chicago’s 24-hour Postal Service Comes To An End (NPR)
Chicago is the only city in the nation that still offers full 24-hour postal service, but that ends after Friday. Night owls looking to mail a package or buy some stamps in the wee hours of the morning will be on their own. More: continued here
Read More »New Hawleyville post office slated for Barnabas Road (The News-Times)
NEWTOWN — After months of uncertainty, the site of the new Hawleyville post office has finally been selected.First Selectman Joe Borst received a letter from the United States Postal Service late last month approving 23 Barnabas Road as the official site for the post office. More: continued here
Read More »UPS, FedEx Tops in Pilot Pay (TheStreet.com)
Who makes what flying planes at the largest U.S. airlines? More: continued here
Read More »In downturns, Internet companies look to sell start-ups – Reuters
Reuters In downturns, Internet companies look to sell start-upsReutersIn recent months, top Web companies like Yahoo Inc and eBay Inc have begun cleaning out their closets. As part of a turnaround strategy under its new chief executive, Carol Bartz, Yahoo has begun axing money-losing properties, such as Geocities, … More: …
Read More »Post office plan on track? (The Steamboat Pilot & Today)
The vital signs of the real estate deal that would facilitate moving the Steamboat Springs Post Office out of downtown were stabilizing Thursday after U.S. Postal Service officials pulled back from earlier statements that the move was off. More: continued here
Read More »Rare algae in Marco, Port Royal canals nontoxic, Collier officials say (Naples Daily News)
Tests show that blooms of a rare algae in canals on Marco Island and in the Port Royal neighborhood in Naples do not contain the same toxin as red tide, Collier County pollution monitors said today. That means the algae blooms do not pose the same kind of health risk …
Read More »Farmers' Market to Accept Food Stamps – Go Blue Ridge
Farmers' Market to Accept Food StampsGo Blue Ridge, NCEBT is part of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as the federal Food Stamp Program. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, the EBT works much like a debit card. It is an electronic system that allows a … More: …
Read More »Use of food stamps on rise (The Daily Advance)
Nearly 1,000 more area residents have been added to county food stamp rolls in the past five months — largely due to more people losing their jobs, social service workers in the five-county area say. More: continued here
Read More »Post Office closure programme ‘bulldozed’ through MPs say (Daily Telegraph)
The Post Office closure programme was “bulldozed” through local opposition with the consultation exercise little more than a “sham” according to a damning indictment from influential MPs. More: continued here
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