Officials Investigate Strange Powder at McAlester Post OfficeKTULThe post office immediately closed down for officials to test the substance. After testing, the results came back "inconclusive" and Oklahoma Highway Patrol is currently transporting the letter to Oklahoma City for further testing. Until the test …Police, Fire respond to call of …
Read More »Post Office plans to replace antique mailbox in Greenport
The mailbox is bolted to a cement pole in front of Claudio’s restaurant in Greenport, its blue paint partially chipped away. Near the rusty keyhole locking letters inside the box, a peeling sticker notes the collection time: Monday through Saturday, 1 p.m. A small metal tab at the top of …
Read More »Commentary: Judges shouldn’t be rubber stamps – Washington Post
Commentary: Judges shouldn't be rubber stampsWashington PostThat lower courts have routinely, until this point, rubber stamped consent decrees offered by the SEC that contain no admission of guilt is not the issue. The public interest is. Likewise, the SEC's concern for expedience over justice is also contrary … More: continued …
Read More »NDP will pay back ‘every single penny’ for partisan mass mailing, Raitt says
OTTAWA—The minister responsible for Canada Post says she will ensure New Democrat MPs pay back “every single penny” of free parliamentary postal privileges used to send out almost 2 million partisan missives. Transport Minister Lisa Raitt spoke Thursday with the head of Canada Post, Deepak Chopra, to make sure the …
Read More »Sold! eBay to expand in Chicago, eligible for $12 million in state incentives
Commerce-giant eBay Inc., the multibillion-dollar online auction site, will be expanding into Chicago in the near future, state officials said. The move comes after eBay snatched-up Chicago tech startup Braintree for $800 million in 2013. Now the San Jose-based company will build on that footprint, hiring an additional 360 employees …
Read More »Sold! eBay to expand in Chicago, eligible for $12 million in state incentives – Chicago Sun-Times
Sold! eBay to expand in Chicago, eligible for $12 million in state incentivesChicago Sun-Times(FILES)The eBay homepage appears on a screen in Washington, DC in this September 3, 2010 file photo. Corporate raider Carl Icahn took aim at eBay on February 24, 2014, calling it to hive off payments unit PayPal …
Read More »Historic U.S. Post Office taken off the market
CAMAS — Several years after going up for sale, the downtown Camas Post Office building still has no buyers, and the U.S. Postal Service has taken it off the market. More: continued here
Read More »Thousands of revellers smash up former Royal Mail building in illegal Croydon … – Evening Standard
Evening Standard Thousands of revellers smash up former Royal Mail building in illegal Croydon …Evening StandardRave: the former Royal Mail delivery office in the centre of East Croydon (Picture: Google StreetView) The event, which was held in the old Royal Mail delivery office on Cherry Orchard Road, went on until …
Read More »Will This Acquisition Affect eBay (EBAY) Stock Today?
NEW YORK (TheStreet) — eBay announced the acquisition of Virginia based machine translation company AppTek today.Terms of the deal have not been released yet. Must Read: Warren Buffett's 25 Favorite Stocks STOCKS TO BUY: TheStreet Quant Ratings has identified a handful of stocks that can potentially TRIPLE in the next 12 months. …
Read More »Immigration to use security stamps to cut red tape
The Bureau of Immigration announced Friday its key personnel will start using security stamps in a bid to cut red tape and simplify and expedite the processing of petitions and applications and other transactions with the bureau by simply eliminating or reducing the number of signatures required. More: continued here
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