Kansas town to auction first flush of giant public toilet on eBayBellingham HeraldBids are being taken on eBay for the honor of a first flush, which is scheduled for 3:21 pm CDT June 2 in Lucas. As of Friday afternoon, 45 bids had been received, and the highest was $215. Bidding ends at 6:35 pm…
Small post offices appear saved, for the momentBrownsville HeraldBy ALLEN ESSEX/The Brownsville Herald LOS INDIOS — No small rural post offices will be closed anytime soon in Cameron and Willacy counties, but hours of operation will be cut back at six small towns in the area, US Post Office officials said Thursday. More: continued here
Fort Worth post office facility hit by consolidation planFort Worth Star TelegramSam Bolen, a spokesman for the US Post Office Fort Worth district, said although incoming mail operations will be handled in Coppell, mail will still be sorted at the Fort Worth facility. "The plant is not shutting down, it is part of an operational…
China: Facebook Mania Hits China, While Apple Adds a New Chinese OperatorMinyanville.comThe way forward for Facebook would be to partner with a local company, as Amazon (AMZN) and eBay (EBAY) have done to varying degrees of success. At TechCrunch, Henry Fong opines that a way for Facebook to penetrate China would be to target the…
The Fort Worth mail sorting facility will stay open, but some opertions move to Coppell. More: continued here
Postal centers will start to consolidateAlbany Times UnionAP In this photo taken May 15, 2012, in Hope, Alaska, Linda Graham, the postmaster in Hope, discusses the US Postal Service's plan to cut the rural Alaska post office's hours. The nearly bankrupt US Postal Service is moving ahead with plans to close … More: continued here
Devils Lake Post Office processing center to closeDevil’s Lake Daily JournalNearly 250 centers will close as the nearly bankrupt US Postal Service moves forward with a multibillion-dollar cost-cutting plan. The Postal Service on Thursday said it can no longer wait as Congress remains deadlocked over how to help.and more » More: continued here
The Guardian Unions fear Tesco move into post officesThe GuardianTesco could become a major player in a restructured Post Office– handing out pensions and benefit payments – as a government sponsored cost-cutting drive looks to replace traditional counters with a cheaper service offered at the checkouts of … More: continued here
[Deal Alert] Unlocked International GSM Galaxy Note Available On eBay Daily …Android PoliceNow we've spotted it even lower, available on eBay Daily Deals or $459 off-contract. This device is the international variant, so sorry AT&T T-Mobile users, you'll have to sit this one out if you want 3G. As the price drops lower and lower,…
Popular Montecito Post Office Re-OpensSanta Barbara IndependentA popular Montecito post office, previously located in the shopping center on Coast Village Road next to Starbucks, has re-opened in temporary quarters nearby. The new post office is housed in the Montecito Country Mart at 1026 Coast Village Road. More: continued here