San Francisco Chronicle 'Simpsons' stamps cost Postal ServiceSan Francisco ChronicleThat's how many commemorative stamps of "The Simpsons" were left unsold by the U.S. Postal Service after it judged the cartoon family was twice as popular as Elvis. The service, which recently posted a quarterly loss of $5.2 billion, produced 1 billion … More: continued here
China stamps down on 'body-double' rumorsThe AustralianChina stamps down on 'body-double' rumors. From: AAP; August 22, 2012 11:25PM. Increase Text Size · Decrease Text Size · Print · Email · Share · Add to Digg · Add to del.icio.us · Add to Facebook · Add to Kwoff · Add to Myspace · Add to Newsvine…
Food and Stamps @ Your LibraryLibrary Journal (blog)Time and resources spent handing out food or selling people stamps are time and resources taken away from library related tasks. Are there not enough library tasks to do? Do they not need the space taken up by boxes and packaging materials for books? More: continued here
The Star-Ledger – NJ.com Snapshot: Post Office stuck with 682M 'The Simpsons' stamps + Thief steals BibleBizjournals.comSnapshot: Post Office stuck with 682M 'The Simpsons' stamps + Thief steals Bible. Atlanta Business Chronicle by Carla Caldwell, Morning Call Editor. Date: Wednesday, August 22, 2012, 7:28am EDT – Last Modified: Wednesday, August 22, 2012, 8:02am …USPS wasted…
$1.2 million wasted on 'Simpsons' stamps overproduction The money-losing U.S. Postal Service guessed that TV cartoon character Homer Simpson and his family were twice as popular as Elvis Presley when it came to sales of commemorative stamps. As Homer would say, "D'oh!" In a move that wasted $1.2 million in printing costs, the service produced…
Historic Ukiah post office mural removedUkiah Daily JournalThe late-1930s mural that graced the lobby of the recently closed Ukiah post office on Oak Street was preserved and taken down for repair Tuesday. At about 10 a.m., assistant art conservator Nicole Pizzini of Parma Conservation in Chicago and her … More: continued here
Ivanka Trump Not Interested In Corcoran Gallery Of Art PropertyHuffington PostAs O'Connell detailed in his lengthy weekend profile, Ivanka Trump, a graduate of Georgetown University, has been the point person in her family's real estate enterprise on the Old Post Office project. The Corcoran's leadership has been considering … More: continued here
The jury found that Timothy Taylor, 31, helped his co-defendant, Benjamin Webb, break into the Fairdale Post Office, Goodwin said. More: continued here
BBC, Royal Mail accused of 'using terror powers to spy on public'Indian ExpressSenior cabinet minister in the United Kingdom, Eric Pickles, has launched a strong attack on public bodies, including the BBC and the Royal Mail, that have powers to carry out secret surveillance on members of the public but are refusing to say how…
W.Va. man convicted in post office break-inSan Francisco ChronicleA federal jury in Beckley convicted 31-year-old Timothy Taylor on Tuesday in the October 2011 break-in at the Fairdale Post Office. Court testimony showed Taylor and Benjamin J. Webb of Beckley used a sledgehammer to smash a glass door and steal nine …Post office robber faces five…