Five-year sentence for starting fires at federal courthouse, post officeArizona Daily StarA Tucson man was sentenced to five years in prison for starting fires at the federal courthouse and post office. Cleophus Emanuel Cooksey, 55, pleaded guilty to starting two fires in the lobby of the U.S. Post Office Cherrybell …
Read More »Sharpsburg Post Office closed after car wreck – The Wilson Times (subscription)
Sharpsburg Post Office closed after car wreckThe Wilson Times (subscription)The Sharpsburg Main Post Office located at 4241 S. Hathaway Blvd. will be temporarily closed for repair after suffering damage caused by a car accident on Friday morning. A driver wrecked into the front entrance of the post office building Friday …
Read More »Banking at the post office? Law professor makes strong case for its return – The Progressive Pulse
Banking at the post office? Law professor makes strong case for its returnThe Progressive PulseThe idea of the United States re-instituting postal banking has, happily, received some attention from presidential candidate Bernie Sanders in recent months. The simple and straightforward idea: provide Americans (especially low-income Americans) with … More: continued …
Read More »$150000 Rocket-Firing Boba Fett Figure Listed on eBay – IGN
IGN $150000 Rocket-Firing Boba Fett Figure Listed on eBayIGNDo you have a spare $150,000 sitting around? Are you a die-hard Star Wars fan? If so, we have good news. A one-of-a-kind Boba Fett action figure is up for auction on eBay. The listing (via Game Informer) is said to be …
Read More »Small western Iowa town has its post office back – seattlepi.com
KCCI Des Moines Small western Iowa town has its post office backseattlepi.comBLENCOE, Iowa (AP) — The Blencoe Post Office is back in business at a new location across a street. It reopened Wednesday after being closed in April 2014 because of problems with the old building's foundation. The Monona County …
Read More »Jeb calls for ending food stamps, replacing them with opportunity and marriage – AMERICAblog (blog)
AMERICAblog (blog) Jeb calls for ending food stamps, replacing them with opportunity and marriageAMERICAblog (blog)is calling for an end to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, commonly referred to as food stamps) and the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program (TANF). Under his plan, those programs would be replaced by …
Read More »Small western Iowa town has its post office back – Quad City Times
KCCI Des Moines Small western Iowa town has its post office backQuad City TimesBLENCOE, Iowa (AP) — The Blencoe Post Office is back in business at a new location across a street. It reopened Wednesday after being closed in April 2014 because of problems with the old building's foundation. The …
Read More »Want food stamps? Must job hunt or volunteer in Moffat County – The Denver Channel
Want food stamps? Must job hunt or volunteer in Moffat CountyThe Denver ChannelOne Colorado country is telling residents if they want to get food stamps, they'll have to work, volunteer or enroll in a training program. As of January 1, Moffat County is making the Employment First program mandatory for …
Read More »Why Senior Citizens Protesters Occupied A New York City Post Office – Co.Exist
Co.Exist Why Senior Citizens Protesters Occupied A New York City Post OfficeCo.ExistThat's the chant of a group of senior citizen protesters marching on the Manhattanville Post Office on Harlem's 125th Street in New York City. Their beef? The post office has no bench for senior and disabled customers to sit …
Read More »ROOKS: Seeing the light at the post office – Rapid City Journal
ROOKS: Seeing the light at the post officeRapid City JournalRight around Christmas, my wife, Sandi, and I hurried to the Post Office to mail a last package. Traffic was treacherous. Here and there, car wheels spun for traction, or stopped turning — as the car slid on. We chanced upon …
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