Woman wrongfully obtained more than $30k food stamps, cash, assistanceAustin Herald, MN –3 hours agoBy KATIE JOHNSON/katie.johnson@austindailyherald.com A 22-year-old Austin woman was sentenced in Mower County District Court Friday for wrongfully obtaining …Woman's restitution for welfare fraud more than $30000Post-Bulletinall 2 news articles More: continued here
Read More »Event renames U.S. post office after lost patriot (Williamsport Sun Gazette)
HUGHESVILLE — Alexa Thomas is too young to know her father died serving his country in Iraq, but some day she will be able to mail letters from a post office that bears his name. More: continued here
Read More »FedEx defends business model for independent contractors (WVLT-TV Knoxville)
Top managers of the FedEx Corp. said they have no plans for major nationwide changes in the company’s reliance on contract drivers for its ground delivery division. More: continued here
Read More »Golf balls removed from snake sell on eBay (Moldova.org)
An Australian carpet python’s mistake will help other animals now that the golf balls it swallowed have been sold on eBay.The high bid was $1,401 Australian ($1,253 U.S.), the Gold Coast Bulletin reported. The money will go to help build an animal hospital at the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary.The winner gets …
Read More »Analyst: Amazon, eBay Likely to Get Slammed in Recession – Wired News
Analyst: Amazon, eBay Likely to Get Slammed in RecessionWired News –42 minutes agoBy Betsy Schiffman January 11, 2008 | 2:36:26 PMCategories: Amazon.com, ebay The odds look pretty good that we'll see a recession this year, …Sector Snap: Major Web Stocks DeclineConde Nast PortfolioSector Snap: Many Web Retail Stocks DownConde Nast Portfolioall …
Read More »Democrats Push Economic Stimulus Plan (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
Democrats controlling Congress are looking at tax rebates, extended unemployment benefits and more food stamps to stimulate the sagging economy. But even as momentum builds behind those ideas _ with President Bush increasingly open to proposing a stimulus package later this month _ the effort is fraught with election-year risks …
Read More »Anuar Stamps His Mark (Malaysian National News Agency (BERNAMA))
KARAK, Jan 11 (Bernama) — LeTua’s Anuar Manan showed he is a force to be reckoned with in Asian cycling when he won the Fifth Stage of the Tour of Malaysia 2008 from Gemas to Bentong today. More: continued here
Read More »Hawaii Legislature Pushing for US Stamps to Honor Nisei Veterans – KHNL-TV/KHBC/KOGG
Hawaii Legislature Pushing for US Stamps to Honor Nisei VeteransKHNL-TV/KHBC/KOGG, HI –59 minutes ago"I think a lot of them need to be honored the medal of honor and think stamp will help towards that," said Robert Arakai, with the President 100th Infantry … More: continued here
Read More »UPDATE: Post Office offers robbery award – Bolton News
UPDATE: Post Office offers robbery awardBolton News, UK –6 minutes agoBy Saiqa Chaudhari THE Post Office is offering a substantial reward for information after masked robbers held three customers and a postmaster at gunpoint. … More: continued here
Read More »Post office closures confirmed – this is hampshire.net
Post office closures confirmedthis is hampshire.net, UK –3 hours agoTHE axe has fallen on more than a dozen sub-post offices in Winchester and Eastleigh, with only one winning a stay of execution. The Post Office confirmed …Hampshire County Council gives £100000 to help stores hit by Post…Talking RetailConsultation on post office closures …
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