Web mail pushing the envelopeIndianapolis Star, United StatesBy Alana Semuels / Los Angeles Times The post office doesn't deliver mail to Steven Stark's Santa Maria, Calif., home anymore. It's not that Stark, the 36-year-old owner of an Internet company, is unpopular. He just decided he'd rather deal with all of … …
Read More »25000 stamps to a new hobby – Borneo Bulletin
Borneo Bulletin 25000 stamps to a new hobbyBorneo Bulletin, Brunei DarussalamBy James Kon The Postal Services Department under the Ministry of Communications yesterday morning launched an ambitious challenge to collect 25000 stamps by June 13, to commemorate Brunei's Silver Jubilee National Day celebration. … More: continued here
Read More »Post office keeps its workers coming back – Cherry Hill Courier Post
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Read More »Sun City Summerlin residents demand their post office – Las Vegas Sun
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Read More »Texas children's need for subsidized school meals grows – Houston Chronicle
Texas children's need for subsidized school meals growsHouston Chronicle, United StatesSchool districts should encourage year-round enrollment and automatic approval of families receiving food stamps. They should share the status of students who move. Area school districts note a sharp increase in the number of students who have been … More: continued …
Read More »Plan B: put home in a cave on eBay at $300000 – San Francisco Chronicle
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Read More »Lack of handicapped access at Taunton post office disturbs disabled – Enterprise News
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Read More »Efforts under way to nominate Maggie Walker for a stamp – Richmond Times Dispatch
Efforts under way to nominate Maggie Walker for a stampRichmond Times Dispatch, VABut word of her accomplishments would circulate as far and wide as US postage stamps if the Maggie L. Walker Alumni Association has its way. The group is nominating Maggie Walker for the postal service's Black Heritage stamp series. …
Read More »Food stamps should buy only nutritious foods – Kennebec Journal
Food stamps should buy only nutritious foodsKennebec Journal, MEI was a family economist with the Consumer and Food Economics Research Division of the Department of Agriculture in Washington, DC, which designed and piloted the Food Stamp Act of 1964. The major goal of the law was to raise the nutrition level …
Read More »Terenz stamps mark on this – Mirror.co.uk
Terenz stamps mark on thisMirror.co.uk, UKTerenzium has the right conditions to get back in the winning groove inWetherby's Constant Security Handicap Hurdle (2.20). They should give Micky Hammond's gelding a member's badge at the West Yorkshire course – no fewer than 13 of his 18 starts over … More: continued here
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