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Authorities said a 15-year-old girl may be facing charges after driving without a license and losing control of a car in a crash that left a 10-year-old girl dead Monday afternoon. The crash happened onMore >>
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A woman has been arrested after she allegedly locked her four young daughters out of their home for days at a time.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 11:45 PM EDT2013-05-21 03:45:38 GMT
A widespread power outage has affected a large portion of Ascension Parish. Small portions of neighboring parishes are also affected. As of 5:40 p.m., the Entergy website reported 20,981 homes andMore >>
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Tuesday, May 21 2013 5:00 PM EDT2013-05-21 21:00:58 GMT
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Dozens of people have died after a second day of tornadoes twisted through Oklahoma, this time taking aim at the town of Moore, south of Oklahoma City.More >>
WASHINGTON D.C. (AP/FOX19) -
The U.S. Postal Service isn't waiting any longer for permission from Congress to quit delivering mail on Saturdays. It says it's going ahead with plans to start five-day-a-week delivery in August.
Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe says the agency's financial condition is urgent, and the change will save about $2 billion a year.
Under the plan, letters would be delivered to homes and businesses only from Monday through Friday. Packages would continue to be delivered on Saturdays.
Mail would still be delivered to post office boxes on Saturdays, and post offices now open on Saturdays would remain open.
The Postal Service has been advocating a shift to five-day delivery for several years, but Congress hasn't approved it.
Congress included a ban on five-day delivery in its appropriations bill. But because the federal government is now operating under a temporary spending measure, rather than an appropriations bill, Donahoe says the agency believes it can make the change itself.
He says the agency is asking Congress not to reimpose the ban when the spending measure expires on March 27.
"Eliminating Saturday service is short-sighted and
self-defeating," said George White, President of Up With Paper in Mason. "There are much better
alternatives that will lead to a stronger Postal Service, without significantly
and negatively impacting the citizen mailer."
White is also chairman of the Greeting Card Association's Postal
Affairs Committee.
"We hope that the
Postal Service's announcement today will spur Congress to act to pass much
needed reform legislation to ensure the long-term financial health of the
Postal Service, and we will continue our education efforts with members of
Congress as to what we believe is the best shape of that legislation and urge
them to oppose this unilateral and potentially unlawful action by the Postal
Service," he concluded in a statement sent to FOX19.
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The Polar Plunge for Special Olympics returned for its second year at Joe's Crab Shack on Saturday. More than 700 brave men and women showed up to support the cause Saturday morning.More >>
The Polar Plunge for Special Olympics returned for its second year at Joe's Crab Shack on Saturday. More than 700 brave men and women showed up to support the cause Saturday morning.More >>
