Feb 17
Mired in red ink, the U.S. Postal Service is warning it will lose as much as $18.2 billion a year by 2015 unless Congress grants it new leeway to eliminate Saturday delivery, slow first-class mail by one day and raise the price of a postage stamp by as much as 5 cents. In a letter …
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Jan 26
Is it time to rethink our basic assumptions about the way we fight poverty? When Michael Harrington’s landmark book on poverty, “The other America,” was published in 1962, Harrington startled the nation’s leaders, including President John F. Kennedy, by shining a spotlight on the deep poverty that remained hidden in America. Harrington’s book became an …
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Jan 23
Consumer Focus said that given the scale of the increase “it would pay for customers to stock up now” on books of stamps. Downing Street also put further pressure on Royal Mail over the proposed increase, insisting that any price rise had to be “affordable”. It emerged yesterday that Royal Mail has asked its regulator …
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Jan 21
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the practice of fingerprinting for food stamps should be abolished. Mayor Michael Bloomberg disagrees. MetroFocus/Kevon Greene It’s an undeniable fact that millions of new Yorkers are hungry and need assistance to feed their families. More than 3 million a month, to be exact. But just how to help is a contentious …
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Jan 09
Walking into Lou Montesano’s stamp and coin shop downtown is like going on a safari. you can discover the world by studying the collectibles he sells. Montesano started in the family stamp business 55 years ago, when stores downtown were open Monday and Thursday nights. since then he has bought and sold millions of stamps …
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Dec 21
By Lee Boyce Last updated at 5:39 PM on 25th November 2011 HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has saved On your articles? You might even need a company seal. You will try your best to attract that person to whom you like in many ways you can. An interesting security feature is embedded in the …
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Dec 15
The turkey line stretched around the block. Men in workboots and straw hats. Women in mismatched clothing. Children playing with one another between families. Wheelchairs. Walkers. Hmong, Hispanic, African-American, white, all stood in line for hours today to pick up a free holiday turkey from our local Catholic Charities. I have stood waiting at those …
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Dec 09
(And in general not understanding, because they deal with dumb people all day every day) I mentioned awhile back, I have to do paperwork-y things with the Office of Immigration and Integration (OFII) to validate my visa. You can stay 3 months in France legally without doing this, but after 3 months you need a …
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Nov 20
a Cambridge man was arrested after a joint federal-state investigation in five states into the alleged importation and sale of contraband cigarettes in Rhode Island, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s office in Rhode Island. Mohamad Mohamad, 35, of Cambridge allegedly deprived Rhode Island of millions of dollars in cigarette tax revenue, …
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Nov 10
Before we start let’s dispel a few myths, property will not make you instantly rich and it is not fool proof. A few years ago anyone could buy a property in almost any location tart it up a bit and sell it for a large profit. The television and the Internet were awash with stories …
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