Columbus Post Office makes downtown statement with architectural styleThe RepublicCOLUMBUS, Ind. — When architect Kevin Roche designed the Columbus Post Office in the late 1960s, federal buildings typically were built in the neoclassical style, with features such as the Roman basilica of the U.S. Capitol building or the Greek … …

Bobby Jones, Walter Hagen, Sam Snead, Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and yes, even Tiger Woods , have all been evaluated on the number of major championships they won during their illustrious careers. The Masters, U.S. Open, Open Championship and the PGA Championship have been designated the …

Online auctioneer eBay has already proved itself a massive success. But as Bengt Saelensminde explains, the business still has great potential. The post Ten reasons why I’m bullish on eBay was first published on MoneyWeek . More: continued here

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Tat bazaar eBay takes a rest for 'scheduled maintenance', goes offlineRegistereBay is currently out of action for its users, but the downtime is not because of an unexpected outage. It is instead due to "scheduled general maintenance", the company has confirmed to The Register. That said, fans of second-hand goods …

POLL: Today's talking point – Royal MailHertfordshire MercuryRoyal Mail managers this week voted strongly against privatisation, while the Communication Workers Union is threatening to ballot its members for a strike unless there is a deal on pay, pensions, jobs and other issues linked to the sell-off. Labour … More: continued …

LETTER: He takes issue with reporting about food stampsSioux City JournalSIOUX CITY | If you aren't a faithful Fox News watcher, you probably have missed their assault on SNAP, aka food stamps. Fox attempts to lace this program with freeloaders and fraud, but reality is very different. There is very …

Auction site eBay was down for a large portion of the morning in the UK and across other European countries.         More: continued here

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Let's save post office nowphillyBurbs.comI would hope that concerned citizens would contact their representatives in Congress and let them know the negative impact of losing 100,000 jobs if the post office doesn't get relief from pre-funding future retiree benefits. The post office crisis was … More: continued here