Post office in Brownsville to close; local resident had operated it out of her …The RepublicBROWNSVILLE, Md. — A small western Maryland community is losing its post office, at least temporarily. The Herald-Mail of Hagerstown (http://tinyurl.com/ce46y93 ) reports that Mary Ellen Younkins has operated the Brownsville Post Office out of the …US Postal Service to…
UK STAMP OF APPROVALAlbany Times UnionCAPTION CORRECTION, CORRECTS ID TO OM YUN CHOL NOT YUN CHOI OM — North Korea's Om Yun Chol lifts during the men's 56-kg, group B, weightlifting competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 29, 2012, in London. (Hassan Ammar …and more » More: continued here
Chicago Fire Deparment crews responded this evening to smoke coming from the roof of the old Main Chicago Post Office. More: continued here
EYES ON LONDON: Doing the Amanar, stamp prizeLedger IndependentBritish medal winners receive no prize money from their federation, but the Royal Mail has promised to produce a stamp overnight honoring each of the country's gold medal winners. The stamps will be sold at 500 Post Offices in books of six for 60 pence …and more »…
Post office sale is a surrender to corporate interestsDaily CalifornianThe selling off of the U.S. Postal Service properties is the latest example of the movement to corporatize what's left of the public sector. It comes in a long line of privatization efforts — from shrinking the public school system to expanding the …OUTRAGE AS POST…
Lick the competition! Britain's Royal Mail to issue Olympic stampsWashington PostLONDON — The Royal Mail is planning a tribute to Britain's Olympians that really sticks — a set of gold medal stamps. The postal service says it will issue a stamp honoring every member of the British Olympic team who wins a gold medal during…
Post office gears up to deliver rakhi envelopesTimes of IndiaRAMGARH: The head post office in town has planned a delivery mechanism for rakhis in the run-up to Raksha Bandhan next Thursday. The postal department has bought 3000 special colorful waterproof envelopes to ensure that the rakhis reach safely even …and more » More: continued here
You can't blame the red-zone offence for this one. More: continued here
ABC News Busted: Mr. Pfeiffer and the White House blogWashington Post (blog)In his original post, he had provided photographic proof of his claim that the Oval Office Churchill had never been returned, indeed had never left the White House at all, but had simply been moved from the Oval Office to the residence. “Here's a…
Obama-as-Hitler Signs Spotted Outside Southeastern Michigan Post OfficesPatch.comIt's all part of the job for those volunteering outside of the West Bloomfield Post Office this past week. "Even the people that so-called disagree with us, they don't know what they're disagreeing with," said volunteer Alan Egre in an interview with …and more » More: continued here