Post Office: Send Holiday Mail Soon (KOIN News 6 Portland) PORTLAND - The U.S. Post Office is urging people to do their holiday mailing soon. If you are sending cards and packages to troops overseas, they advise you to send it by Dec. 4. Any other military mail should be sent by Dec. 11....more...Fire guts post office (The Bismarck Tribune) TUTTLE (AP) - An early morning fire has gutted the post office in the Kidder County town of Tuttle....more... U.S. Post Office Issues Holiday Mailing Guidelines (WCSH 6 Portland) (NBC) -- The U.S. Postal service is gearing up for a hectic holiday rush. It expects 20 billion pieces of mail between now and the New Year....more... Films on War, Mideast Mostly Fall Flat at Box Office (NPR) All Things Considered , November 21, 2007 · Many fall films explore conflict in the Middle East and U.S. involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. But so far, this spate of post-Sept. 11 films hasn't done very well at the box office....more... Embattled U.S. Attorney to Leave Minnesota Post (Fox News) Rachel Paulose, the embattled U.S. attorney for Minnesota, will be leaving the post to take a position at the Justice Department in Washington, ending a tenure marked by complaints about her management style....more... Controversial U.S. attorney gets new post (Los Angeles Times) The reassignment of Rachel Paulose, who clashed with career prosecutors in Minnesota, suggests the new attorney general seeks to quickly address Gonzales-era problems. The U.S. attorney in Minnesota, whose clashes with career prosecutors came to symbolize the problems of the Justice Department under Alberto R. Gonzales, resigned Monday to accept a less-visible post at Justice Department ......more... Plans for new Greenville post office proceeding slowly (The Sharon Herald) Two months after the U.S. Postal Service announced that the post office serving the 16125 ZIP code area will remain in Greenville, plans for the new site are still in the beginning stages....more... Mail early: post office deadlines to note (Everett Herald) WASHINGTON -- It's time to start that "to do" list for holiday cards and packages. The U.S. Postal Service reminds customers that deadlines for sending holiday packages are approaching, particularly for those going to U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan....more... Minnesota's Embattled U.S. Attorney Steps Down (NPR) Rachel Paulose, the beleaguered U.S. attorney for Minnesota, is leaving her post to take a position at the Justice Department in Washington, ending a tenure marked by complaints about her management style. She will become counselor to the assistant attorney general in the office of legal policy....more... |