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Local reaction to Postal Service plan mixed
staff writer, @damichellegSomerset County residents have mixed opinions about the U.S. Postal Service's plan to stop Saturday delivery. The announcement was made Wednesday that first-class packages would not be delivered on Saturdays starting in August. Boswell Borough...Tags: Railway Transportation, Computing and Information Technology Industry, U.S. Congress, Government Postal Delivery, U.S. Postal Service
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UPDATED: Postal Service to cut Saturday mail, keep 6-day package delivery
WASHINGTON (AP) — The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service said Wednesday it will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to disburse packages six days a week, an apparent end-run around an unaccommodating Congress. The service...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, U.S. Congress, Government Postal Delivery, U.S. Postal Service, Politics
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Postal Service seeks to end Saturday mail delivery
The U.S. Postal Service, struggling under a financial load and facing tough competition, will stop delivering mail on Saturdays beginning this summer, officials announced. The announcement, which had been expected, is seen as an attempt to force...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, U.S. Congress, Government Postal Delivery, Barack Obama, U.S. Postal Service
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Aaron Swartz's suicide continues to ripple through Congress
Aaron Swartz may change the Internet yet again, even in death, with the help of lawmakers who have expressed a fondness for breaking the law. At a Washington, D.C., memorial Monday night, members of Congress and loved ones gathered to remember Swartz,...
Tags: Ron Wyden, Alan Turing, Prosecution, U.S. Congress, Zoe Lofgren
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Assistant Atty. Gen. Lanny Breuer to exit amid criticism, praise
WASHINGTON — Assistant U.S. Atty. Gen. Lanny A. Breuer, who made his mark ramping up the prosecution of white-collar crime and overseeing the government’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill investigation, announced he is soon leaving his post as one...
Tags: Political Corruption, Barack Obama, Justice System, U.S. Department of Justice, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010)
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Valley homeowners to cash in on foreclosure deal
About 23,000 homeowners in the Lehigh Valley and surrounding counties could get a piece of the $8.5 billion settlement announced this week to settle allegations that banks didn't play fair when foreclosing on homes. The settlement is the result of...Tags: Federal Reserve, MetLife Incorporated, Media Industry, Bank of America Corp., Crime, Law and Justice
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House Ethics Committee finds no violations in Countrywide VIP probe
WASHINGTON -- The House Ethics Committee has found no rules violations by lawmakers and staffers who used a VIP loan program from Countrywide Financial Corp. saying the allegations of special treatment fell outside the panel's jurisdiction. The...
Tags: Jo Bonner, Kent Conrad, Values, Economy, Business and Finance, Countrywide Financial Corp.
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Legislators to look at drug shortages
The staff at Anne Arundel Medical Center considered canceling some surgeries on a recent weekend because the hospital was running low on a common drug used to help bring people out from under anesthesia. It is the kind of problem hospitals and doctors...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, Justice System, Prices, Hospitals and Clinics
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Lawmakers eye proposals to speed voting
Long lines that caused voters in Maryland and several other states to wait hours at polling places on Election Day are prompting a push for new laws to speed the process of casting a ballot. Lawmakers in Congress and the Maryland General Assembly say...
Tags: Personal Data Collection, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Parties and Movements, Voting, Barack Obama
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'Fast and Furious' defendant gets prison for buying guns
L.A. NOWThe first of 20 individuals indicted in 2011 on charges of buying high-powered firearms in Arizona to be used by Mexican drug gangs was sentenced Monday in San Diego federal court to 57 months in prison. Danny Cruz Morones, 24,...... -
Congressional candidate profiles
MEET THE CANDIDATES When Marylanders head to the polls Nov. 6, they will elect members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in addition to casting their ballots for president. Dozens of people are running for a chance to represent the...Tags: International Relations, Princeton University, Anne Arundel Community College, Housing and Urban Planning, Globalization
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1st 'Fast and Furious' defendant sentenced
Los Angeles TimesSAN DIEGO - The first of 20 individuals indicted in 2011 on charges of buying high-powered firearms in Arizona to be used by Mexican drug gangs was sentenced Monday in San Diego federal court to 57 months in prison. Danny Cruz Morones, 24, of Phoenix...Tags: Firearms, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Prosecution, Court Preliminary, Justice System
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