BBC News India personalised stamps'big hit' in MumbaiBBC NewsA scheme launched by India's postal authorities that allows people to pay for their photos to be printed on stamps has become a hit in the western city of Mumbai, officials say. More than 650 people have registered to take part since …
Read More »Florida GOP To Food Stamp Recipients: No Sweets For You – TPMDC
TPMDC Florida GOP To Food Stamp Recipients: No Sweets For YouTPMDCRepublicans in Florida are trying to prevent people on food stamps from buying items like candy, soda and chips with their state-funded assistance. “You can't feed a family on potato chips and Mountain Dew, which is the goal: feeding hungry …
Read More »Jubilee stamps: Royal Mail issues commemorative collection for Queen’s Diamond … – Daily Mail
Daily Mail Jubilee stamps: Royal Mail issues commemorative collection for Queen's Diamond …Daily MailBy Daily Mail Reporter The Royal Mail has issued a special sheet of first class stamps to mark the 60th anniversary of the Queen's accession to the throne. The Diamond Jubilee Miniature Sheet, issued today, is the …
Read More »Yantic Post Office closed due to safety concerns – Norwich Bulletin
Yantic Post Office closed due to safety concernsNorwich BulletinBy KATE BUCKLIN The Yantic Post Office has been closed indefinitely due to safety and security issues at the site, the United Postal Service announced Monday night. The emergency suspension of services was ordered by postal officials, who will continue … More: …
Read More »Conman netted £30k in ebay scam – Burton Mail
Burton Mail Conman netted £30k in ebay scamBurton MailA FRAUDSTER who made £30000 from a counterfeit clothing racket on eBay has been ordered to pay the money back to the public purse. Alan Davison, of Clays Lane, Branston, was found guilty of two charges of supplying and one charge of …
Read More »Post Offices Targeted in Heists
Two masked robbers armed with what appeared to be a pistol, held up a Moscow post office branch Monday morning and made off with 2.5 million rubles ($83,000), in the second successful robbery of a city post office since Friday, Interfax reported. More: continued here
Read More »Alcohol, medicine not approved through food stamps
In our Facebook Story of the Day, grocers and the USDA breaks down what can and cannot be purchased with food stamps. More: continued here
Read More »Charles Dickens’ anniversary marked with new stamps – BBC News
Irish Times Charles Dickens' anniversary marked with new stampsBBC NewsMr Pickwick and Nicholas Nickleby form part of a set of 10 Royal Mail stamps to be issued on 19 June 2012. Dickens was born on 7 February 1812 in Portsmouth, Hampshire. Royal Mail spokesman Philip Parker said the novelist was …
Read More »Suspicious package found in County Road post office contained rotten seafood
Something just didn’t smell right at the U.S. post office on County Line Road Monday. More: continued here
Read More »Developers Vow to Fix Fans at Old Post Office – NBC Chicago
CBS Local Developers Vow to Fix Fans at Old Post OfficeNBC ChicagoBy Phil Rogers The owners of Chicago's hulking Old Post Office took issue Monday with a federal lawsuit which claims that the building has fallen into such a state of disrepair that the health of Amtrak and Metra passengers …
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