Royal Mail lorry hits 'sold' house
A couple who had agreed the sale of their Gosport home hope their buyer will wait for it to be repaired after a Royal Mail lorry ploughed into it. More: continued here
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Jurors convict 60-year-old in 1991 rape at Jacksonville post office – Florida Times-Union
Jurors convict 60-year-old in 1991 rape at Jacksonville post officeFlorida Times-UnionBite marks from a woman raped at a Jacksonville post office in 1999 helped lead to Wednesday's conviction of 60-year-old Wilson Holmes. Jurors found him guilty of kidnapping and two counts of sexual battery, court records show. He was not convicted of … More: continued here
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Royal Mail lorry destroys home in early morning crash
Len and Anne Wiles, who are both in their 60s, had to be rescued from the upper floor of their home in Gosport, Hampshire after a 7.5 tonne lorry crashed into the property at around 5.40am today. More: continued here
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Icahn’s modest proposal: Sell 20% of PayPal in partial IPO – Silicon Valley Business Journal
Icahn's modest proposal: Sell 20% of PayPal in partial IPOSilicon Valley Business JournalBillionaire activist investor Carl Icahn has accused venture capitalist Marc Andreessen of ethical breaches, which Andreessen rejects. Icahn is pressure EBay, for which Andreessen is a director, to spin its PayPal payments division off as a separate … More: continued here
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Icahn now in favor of eBay having partial custody of PayPal – GeekWire
Icahn now in favor of eBay having partial custody of PayPalGeekWireHowever, in new plans released today, he admits that eBay and PayPal have important synergies, and that eBay should now only sell 20 percent of PayPal in an IPO. By having a joint custody situation, Icahn claims PayPal would be able to have a dedicated ……
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Post Office planning to reduce workforce – CBS42
Post Office planning to reduce workforceCBS42Now, it's around 480,000 people get a regular paycheck from the post office. That number is about to drop yet again, but not because of firings or layoffs. The Postal Service plans to reduce its workforce by 10,000 next year. This will be accomplished … More: continued here
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Russian parliament’s lower house rubber stamps annexation of Crimea – Minneapolis Star Tribune
National Post Russian parliament's lower house rubber stamps annexation of CrimeaMinneapolis Star TribuneThe Kremlin-controlled State Duma voted Thursday to allow Crimea to join Russia following a quick discussion in which members assailed the Ukrainian authorities. The merger needs to be rubber-stamped by the upper house and signed by Russian …Putin rubber stamps Crimea, Russia storms the…
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Royal Mail lorry smashes into house
A HAMPSHIRE couple are lucky to be alive after a lorry ploughed into their house this morning. More: continued here
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Ten minutes in bed saves man from being crushed by 7.5 tonne lorry
Len Wiles stayed in bed and avoided being crushed by Royal Mail lorry when it smashed through front room More: continued here
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Royal Mail Lorry Smashes Into Gosport House – Heart
Royal Mail Lorry Smashes Into Gosport HouseHeartHampshire firefighters have rescued a couple from the upstairs window of a house in Gosport, after a Royal Mail lorry crashed into it this morning. Gosport Royal Mail lorry crash. Control operators were called at 5:47am on Thursday 20 March to reports … More: continued here