Postal Service weighs three day mail delivery plan
The Postal Service considers cutbacks to three delivery days a week as part of cost-saving options. A board meeting discussed the idea amid a $1.5 billion deficit, with Saturday delivery elimination estimated to save about $350 million yearly. A federal judge blocked rural post office closures, with hearings set for March 3, while 180 offices have closed since July 1 and 600 face review.
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Washington
Postal Service
J. T. Ellington
Ellington
Agency
U.S
John Lewis Smith
Congress
SCC Band Concert at Railroad Park in Scottsdale
The Scottsdale Community College band directed by Eugene Hanson performs Sunday at McCormick Park Railroad Park starting 2 p.m. The free program features selections from The Sound of Music and other well known tunes at the park corner of Scottsdale and Indian Bend Roads.
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Scottsdale Community College
McCormick Park
Scottsdale
Indian Bend Roads
Eugene Hanson
Sound of Music
Trump control guides master pair in national bridge
The North win with a five spade bid and declarer’s plan keeps trump control to switch plans. The hand shows how retaining long trump power allows cross ruffs and clutch high clubs to secure the contract.
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Robert D
Unionville
Mauritius
Iridian Ocean
Alan Truscott
New York Times
North
South
Declarer
East
Bill to limit envelope surveillance in Congress
Lawmakers draft a bill to restrict mail cover practices by requiring court orders for outside-envelope surveillance. The House subcommittee chair notes the Postal Service opposes tighter limits, while the White House edges toward expanding mail openings for intel in terrorism and espionage cases.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
Charles E. Wilson
D-Calif
House Postal Facilities Subcommittee
Wilson
Postal Service
Arrests spotlight tough new smoking laws in Chicago
The piece notes James Moore was arrested after lighting a cigarette aboard a Chicago Transit Authority train as 800 others faced fines for smoking on TA vehicles. It describes broad anti smoking trends nationwide, from airline bans to public place restrictions, and profiles nonsmokers rights groups.
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James Moore
Branch 95
Circuit Court of
Cook County
Chicago Transit Authority
Moore
Associated Press
New Orleans
Superdome
Detroit
Pontiac Stadium
Kate DeCavalcante
American Lung Association
Chicago
Miss DeCavalcante
Surgeon General
Joe
ASH
GASP
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Brentwood
N.Y
Amonia
Flint
Mich
Miami Gasp
Arthur Frank
East Hartford
Conn
Joseph J. Kristan
Leonard Zurkowski
Milwaukee
Maine
Utah
Arizona
Betty Carnes
Scottsdale
California
Connecticut
Oregon
Florida
Minnesota
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Postal Rate Commission
SCC
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Indian Ocean
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Mastel
CIA
FBI
Justice Department
White House
Mike Duval
Phyllis Kahn
Anne Duffini
Tobacco Institute
National Restaurant Association
Dade County
Fla
Pillsbury Co
Minneapolis
Pillsbury
Association For Commerce and Industry
Shield’s
Electric
Scottsdale Rd
Mesa-Tempe
Anna Tal
N. Scottsdale Rd
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Tempe
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Stalo
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Churchill
Bally
Stacy Adams
Wright
Allen-Edmonds
Freeman
WM. Joyce
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Marco
Clark
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