CBC.ca Stamp honours iconic Stampede cowboyCalgary HeraldCALGARY — Canada Post is recognizing an iconic cowboy and pioneer rancher John Ware with a commemorative stamp. It's one of two stamps issued to celebrate Black History Month. The other one is a tribute to Viola Desmond, a civil rights beacon in Nova …
Read More »Petitioners Push for Pluto Probe Postage Stamp – Space.com
Discover Magazine Petitioners Push for Pluto Probe Postage StampSpace.comby Robert Z. Pearlman, collectSPACE.com Editor In 1991, the US Postal Service (USPS) issued a stamp depicting the now on-again, off-again planet Pluto with the inscription "Not Yet Explored." Now, the team behind NASA's first mission to the last planet …Recommended: Petition …
Read More »HPD: Man shot in head during altercation at northwest Houston FedEx store
HOUSTON – Houston police are searching for a suspect who shot a man in the head during an altercation at a FedEx store in northwest Houston Wednesday morning. The shooting happened at a FedEx Office store, located in the 13100 block of the Northwest Freeway, shortly after 8 a.m. Police …
Read More »HP launches eBay-friendly printer-camera type thing – Computer Business Review (blog)
HP launches eBay-friendly printer-camera type thingComputer Business Review (blog)The fact that HP's new CEO Meg Whitman was formerly CEO of eBay is surely just a co-incidence. I attended an embargoed demo of the product a few weeks back and the results are impressive – very sharp scans or print-outs of …
Read More »Will the Real “Food Stamp President” Please Stand Up? – Huffington Post (blog)
Will the Real "Food Stamp President" Please Stand Up?Huffington Post (blog)How many of these folks know that the fellow who calls President Obama the "food stamp president" also distracted another president, Bill Clinton, from realizing his plan for universal health care by pushing for "welfare reform," and a measure which …
Read More »Pennsylvanians getting food stamps face assets test
Critics had called proposed assets threshold to be eligible for state aid 'punitive.' HARRISBURG — The administration of Gov. Tom Corbett on Wednesday said it is relaxing the guidelines of an asset test it wants to impose on people seeking food stamps, although critics remained adamant that carrying out any …
Read More »Weatherford’s Gifts Keep on Coming to Hometown – ABC News
Weatherford's Gifts Keep on Coming to HometownABC NewsThe first time Steve Weatherford rolled through the New York Giants locker room with a laundry cart, collecting castoff tennis shoes and cleats, he made sure to tell teammates he wasn't selling their stuff on eBay. Quite the contrary.and more » More: continued here
Read More »Alamo post office worker gets 18 months in prison in counterfeiting case – San Jose Mercury News
Alamo post office worker gets 18 months in prison in counterfeiting caseSan Jose Mercury NewsBy Paul Thissen Contra Costa Times ALAMO — A Hayward man who worked at the Alamo post office was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in prison for stealing $43500 from the post office by using counterfeit …
Read More »Saints QB Drew Brees named FedEx Air Player of the Year
New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees and Philadelphia running back LeSean McCoy have been named players of the year by FedEx. More: continued here
Read More »Loss of key fob by Royal Mail leads to delay in deliveries to Cheltenham flats … – This is Gloucestershire
Loss of key fob by Royal Mail leads to delay in deliveries to Cheltenham flats …This is GloucestershireDISGRUNTLED residents say they have had to wait for their post after Royal Mail lost the key fob for their Cheltenham buildings. Dave Hyatt, who lives in a block of flats run by …
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