Gas prices bite the U S Postal Service
The Postal Service faces higher fuel costs with each penny rise, costing about 8 million dollars per penny and 6.5 billion dollars in transportation costs for 2007. Deputy Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe notes pressure to cut fuel use through bulk buying, route optimization with GPS, and tighter mail packing to reduce vehicle fuel consumption.
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Washington
Postal Service
Patrick Donahoe
Associated Press
Post Office
Donahoe
Beverly Hills
Calif
Doctors urge frank talks on end of life with terminal cancer
A federal study finds only a third of terminally ill cancer patients had end of life options discussed with doctors. Those who did were less likely to die in hospital, incurred lower costs, and left families more at peace, prompting California to consider a patient rights bill.
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Chicago
Eileen Mulligan
John Marshall
Mulligan
California Assembly
State Senate
American Society of Clinical Oncology
Nancy Davidson
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Barbara Coombs Lee
Compassionate Choices
Bob
Washington
County drink tax sparks strong reaction in Pittsburgh area
Allegheny County's 10 percent beverage tax, started January to fund transit, provoked protests in bars and restaurants. Officials say without it property taxes would rise, while business owners and residents rail at higher costs. A referendum is planned to repeal the tax with voters facing a choice between tax hikes.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Dan Onorato
Swallow
Sam Adams
Jim Beam
Kevin Joyce
Carlton
Michael McDermott
McDermott
Scott Township
Onorato
Danny Boy
Friends
Tom Baron
Big Burrito Restaurant Group
Pennsylvania
George Washington
Oregon man wins Great American Think-Off
An Oregon man, Craig Allen of West Linn, won this year’s Great American Think-Off in New York Mills Minnesota. He argued immigration policy is broken and threatens the United States. Finalists debated what it means to be American as American identity evolves.
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NEW York Mills, Minn
Oregon
United States
Craig Allen
West Linn
Ore
New York
Mills
New York Mills
Minnesota
Minneapolis
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