| Post Office reveals first Scots closures
MAJOR cuts in the post office network across Scotland will be announced today - with 44 offices initially earmarked to go, The Scotsman can reveal. The move - the first round of closures to affect Scotland under the controversial restructuring plan ordered by the government - is set to lead to post offices shutting in some of the most deprived constituencies, angering MPs, MSPs and campaigners. .
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Public Service of New Hampshire, the state's largest electric utility, serving 490,000 customers, is sponsoring Heart of NH Magazine's Going Green New England Energy & Living Exposition this fall. The exposition will be held at the Radisson Hotel in downtown Manchester and will be the second green event of its kind coordinated by the magazine. To learn more about what PSNH is doing and what you can do to influence change with energy and the environment, go to www.psnh.com. For details on Heart of NH Magazine's Going Green NE Energy & Living Expos, visit www.GoingGreenExpos.com.
MONDAY Portsmouth A drug and alcohol testing in the work place workshop, sponsored by the Occupational Health Services Department of Portsmouth Regional Hospital, will be held from 8 to 11 a.m., in the hospital's Shoals Building classrooms.
Poll fiasco: Alexander 'must resign'
DOUGLAS Alexander, the International Development Secretary, faced calls for his resignation last night after being heavily criticised in the official report into this year's Holyrood voting fiasco. More than 140,000 votes were spoiled in May's Scottish Parliament elections, which were organised by Mr Alexander. .
Protect yourself from phishing scams
Posted: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 at 10:55 a.m. We've told you to keep an eye on your email for a scam known as phishing -- when it appears a reputable company you're doing business with, asks you to submit personal information to confirm an account. We got one last week, claiming that an online account with a local bank had expired and that the bank needed the person's current information. We did some checking and found two things that didn't add up. First of all, the bank says its employees will never ask people for this type of information and second. The person who received this email doesn't even have an account with the bank. If you ever get these emails, experts say the best defense is to call the company yourself to see if they do business this way.
SNP accused of breaking its promise to cut class sizes
ALEX Salmond was attacked yesterday for breaking another key election pledge - this time to cut school class sizes. At First Minister's Questions, he was accused of backing down on his promise to reduce class sizes to 18 for the first three years of primary school by 2011. .
BarCap reveals £1.3bn writedown
Barclays Capital, the investment banking arm of UK bank Barclays, took a £1.3bn (€1.8bn) hit on credit-related securities linked to US sub-prime after it yielded to pressure from analysts and investors to reveal its exposure in advance of its trading statement. .
Business leaders rise to $20 challenge
The little, gold boxes that 152 business leaders attending an October seminar received are the gifts that keep on giving.
Inside the boxes were crisp, new $20 bills, and a challenge.
"Our challenge to you," the note inside the box said, "is to take this small gift and share it with someone in a meaningful way."
After the Laura Schanz Consulting Associates' Oct. 2 seminar titled "The Ultimate Gift," one person who attended wrote:
"Just wanted to let you know that I sent the gift along with an additional gift to Water Street [Rescue Mission]. Wanted to feed 50 people for Thanksgiving."
Another said:
"My job with a property management company exposes me to many individuals/families struggling financially to make ends meet and pay their monthly rent.
First-time buyers can afford to be patient, do their homework
After 12 months of looking, trying and waiting, Lisa Solchenberger and Joe Knowski finally found a home to buy. Last year, they thought they had a house in Milwaukee's south suburbs, but the seller was unwilling to fix its frayed electrical system, even though it cost him the deal. .
Forward.com
Among the (many) things that John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt get wrong in their controversial book, “The Israel Lobby," is their characterization of the American Jewish community. According to their understanding, there's a substantial contrast between the policies “the lobby" espouses and the more dovish views of the community at large. For the most part, as they see it, the lobby opposes a two-state solution to the chronic conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, while most American Jews very much favor such a solution. To make that case, they examine and contrast the statements of leading elements of the lobby and the results of many public opinion surveys of American Jews. .
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