Army Spc. Jacob Lowell gave the ultimate gift to his country. Now, through the efforts of soon-to-retire U.S. Rep. Jerry Weller, R-Morris, the country gave his parents a little something back. During a special dedication ceremony Friday, the New Lenox Post Office was named after the 22-year-old soldier who died …
Read More »Well At Least New York's Senate Seat isn't on eBay – Huffington Post
Well At Least New York's Senate Seat isn't on eBayHuffington Post, NY –2 hours agoWe New Yorkers could be in a state where our Governor thinks a Senate seat is something to be raffled off like a new car, or to be put on eBay like Sarah … More: continued here
Read More »ORC urged to consider old post office site (Otago Daily Times)
A Dunedin businessman has urged the Otago Regional Council to consider moving its offices to the former post office building rather than moving to its proposed waterfront site. More: continued here
Read More »FedEx shares fall, analyst downgrades stock (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
A UBS analyst cut his rating on FedEx Corp. after its latest profit warning was larger than expected as the slumping economy cut into package deliveries, sending its shares lower. More: continued here
Read More »For bid on eBay: 1 Ill. Senate seat, slightly worn (Lexington Herald-Leader)
For sale: One Senate seat. Goes to the highest BLEEP-ing bidder. Seller’s positive feedback rating: since Tuesday, just about zero. Outraged by the arrest of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, more than a dozen people have put the state’s vacant Senate seat up for bid on eBay. The offers popped up …
Read More »FedEx could trim Indy shift work to cut costs (The Indianapolis Star)
Only months after expanding in Indianapolis, FedEx could scale back on one night a week to cut costs as the global economy cools. More: continued here
Read More »Tough economy means a Pasadena post office is moving – Los Angeles Times
Tough economy means a Pasadena post office is movingLos Angeles Times, CA –3 hours agoThe Star-News reports on one such case in Pasadena: A troubled economy has meant billions less in business mailings and is prompting a local post office to … More: continued here
Read More »New state system eases process as hunger for food stamps grows (TCPalm.com)
Gov. Charlie Crist announced Tuesday the creation of an account management system to increase service to Floridians on federal assistance programs. The number of recipients of food stamps and other services has grown more in Florida in the past 18 months than in any other state. More: continued here
Read More »Remembering the Anita Post Office – Atlantic News Telegraph
Remembering the Anita Post OfficeAtlantic News Telegraph, IA –3 hours agoformer Anita Postal Clerk, asked that a story should be written about the old Anita Post Office. The Post Office, located on Main Street now the home of the … More: continued here
Read More »Swamped recruiters cope with worries of the newly unemployed (The Palm Beach Post)
It’s 4:30 a.m. and Victoria Villalba is awake, BlackBerry in hand, pondering the e-mail she received a few minutes earlier. It’s another desperate plea from a laid-off worker asking to find him work, another e-mail ending with the same three words, “I’ll take anything!” More: continued here
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