The U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday moved to circumvent Congress by announcing that it will stop collecting and delivering mail on Saturdays in an effort to stem its staggering financial losses.
The cutback in service to Monday-through-Friday delivery, starting Aug. 5, would result in a $2 billion savings annually for the agency, which lost $15.9 billion in the last fiscal year. Packages will still be delivered on Saturdays, and post office boxes will continue to receive mail that day. Read More...
In this compelling and very watchable reboot of the 1970s crime series, street-smart detective Piet Van der Valk and his astute team investigate high-profile cases in Amsterdam. Van der Valk's daily caseload of murders, kidnappings, and political corruption expose him to the seamy underside of the Dutch capital. 4 1/2 hrs, 2 DVDs.
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Author, Journalist Allen Drury Dies By Avis Thomas-Lester Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, September 3, 1998; Page C06 Allen Drury, the New York Times reporter who used his knowledge of the inner workings of official Washington to write the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "Advise and Consent," died Sept. 2, on his 80th birthday.
Mr. Drury, an eloquent speaker and gifted writer who penned 17 other novels and five nonfiction works, died of heart failure in a Tiburon, Calif. Read More...
