MANCHESTER, N.H. — The four major shippers are almost all striding towards better climate records, with two making big improvements since last year. Climate Counts , which scores businesses based on their efforts to review, reduce and report their impacts on the climate, first looked at the consumer shipping industry last year. More: continued here
Oxford postal strike: Walk-out may be on another dayBanbury Cake, UK –3 minutes agoWorkers had voted three-to-one to walk out in protest at the proposed June closure of the mail centre in Garsington Road, Cowley. But last night, Royal Mail… More: continued here
CHICAGO — 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. More: continued here
Making his stampHastings Star Gazette, MN –1 hour agoJim Caturia was first encouraged to enter a painting in the federal junior duck stamp contest during his senior year at Hastings High School by then-art … More: continued here
Workers’ woes help fuel food-stamp surgeAtlanta Journal Constitution, USA –12 minutes agoBy Craig Schneider A skyrocketing number of Georgia families are collecting food stamps, another sign that more people are having trouble putting food on … More: continued here
KUALA LUMPUR: Pos Malaysia has set up a mobile post office and a mail operations room to serve Bukit Antarabangsa residents. Those in the area where the landslide occurred can collect their mail from the operations room at the temporary relief centre in Sekolah Kebangsaan Ulu Klang. More: continued here
JACKSONVILLE, FL — It’s an all-time record: nearly one in ten Americans are using food stamps to put food on the kitchen table. St. Johns County alone saw a 52% increase in the number of people asking for help. More: continued here
Officials: More Ga. families apply for food stampsColumbus Ledger-Enquirer, GA –5 minutes agoAP — Officials say the number of families using food stamps has dramatically increased, and it may continue to skyrocket as unemployment and foreclosures … More: continued here
A skyrocketing number of Georgia families are collecting food stamps, another sign that more people are having trouble putting food on the table in these difficult economic times. The state has generated about 10,000 new food-stamp cases a month since July, state officials said Thursday. Georgia had a total of 468,848 food-stamp cases in October,…
Repairs to the Post Office clock in Smith St were completed yesterday. More: continued here