Daily Mail Special stamp issue celebrates Queen's diamond jubileeJohn O’Groat JournalTHE Royal Mail is celebrating the Queen's 60th anniversary of the accession to the throne with a special sheet of new first-class definitive stamps. The Diamond Jubilee Miniature Sheet, issued today, is the first time the official portraits of the …Royal Mail issues commemorative collection…
Museum reveals post office plansOtago Daily TimesBy Chris Morris on Tue, 7 Feb 2012 Plans for a $1.5 million redevelopment of the former Dunedin North Post Office have been revealed by the Otago Museum. The project would involve an interior refurbishment to create more space for conferences, … More: continued here
Nagging maintenance issues at the Old Post Office that straddles the southbound tracks add to problem Thousands of commuters continue to breathe high levels of lung-damaging diesel exhaust at Chicago's Union Station, in part because of nagging maintenance problems at the Old Post Office that straddles the southbound tracks. More: continued here
A Florida lawmaker is pushing a bill that would ban the use of food stamps to purchase snacks and sweets like cookies and cakes. More: continued here
FORT LAUDERDALE (AP)— Florida's poor can use food stamps to buy staples like milk, vegetables, fruits and meat. But they can also use them to buy sweets like cakes, cookies and Jell-O and snack foods like chips, something a state senator wants stopped. More: continued here
Auctionbytes Rooster's Crow Alerts eBay Shoppers on CocoracoAuctionbytesBy Greg Holden Like many who shop on eBay, Avarachan Cherian found the site's Advanced Search feature lacking in options. Unlike the others, he decided to do something about it. Cherian, who has a Master's degree in engineering and an interest in Web … More: continued here
Daily Mail Marine Mark Ormrod reveals how he begged comrade to kill him after IED blast …Daily MailBy Daily Mail Reporter A hero Royal Marine who lost three limbs after kneeling on an IED in Afghanistan begged a comrade to shoot him moments after the blast. Brave Mark Ormrod, 28, was serving in Helmand Province…
USA TODAY Should poor be able to use food stamps on naked M&M's?Sun-Sentinel (blog)By Michael Mayo February 6, 2012 09:30 AM If some legislators have their way, the poor wouldn't be able to use food stamps to buy most food/beverage products featured in Super Bowl ads. Products like Diet Pepsi (whose ad featured Regis Philbin),…
Auctionbytes WebUser Asks the Questions You've Always Wanted to Ask eBayAuctionbytesBy Ina Steiner eBay reserves most of its interviews to reporters from the financial press who lack a deep understanding of seller issues. That was not the case with a recent article in UK magazine WebUser in which reporter Vicky Woollaston had an …eBay urges…
TG Daily Refurbished Xoom tablets sold with previous users' dataTG DailyAnyone who bought and then returned a Xoom tablet to Amazon.com, Best Buy, BJ's Wholesale, eBay, Office Max, Radio Shack, Sam's Club, or Staples and a few other independent retailers between March and October 2011 will now get a free two-year …Refurbished Moto Xoom tablets…