McCaskill to discuss postal proposalsKansas City StarClaire McCaskill plans to announce proposals today to keep rural post offices open and maintain six-day mail delivery for at least the next four years. McCaskill wants the proposals added to the 21st Century Postal Service Act, which addresses the US …and more » More: continued here
Nicira, the network virtualization company, today publicly unveiled its Network Virtualization Platform . NVP is a software-based system that creates a distributed virtual network infrastructure in cloud data centers that is completely decoupled and independent from physical network hardware. More: continued here
Finally, eBay may be about to release old eBay I..Ds that have not been used …Shelbyville Times-Gazette (blog)I know it is coincidence but I was just having this conversation with eBay about 10 days ago on behalf of a commercial client. The first level was adamant that this would not happen and the second level…
Putting food on the table is getting harder for many families in Texoma, which has more families turning to food stamps. The latest numbers show 45.8 million people are on the government's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP, some of it's highest numbers yet. More: continued here
CBO score could blunt momentum for Senate Postal Service reform billThe Hill (blog)By Bernie Becker – 02/05/12 07:35 PM ET Supporters of a Senate measure to overhaul the cash-strapped US Postal Service's (USPS) operations are pushing back on a recent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) cost estimate that found the bill would lose $6.3 …and more »…
Daily Mail Royal Mail issues commemorative collection of stamps to celebrate Queen's …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 first time that the official…
Family leaves a stampMinneapolis Star TribuneTrust in future generations has kept modest, family-owned St. Paul Stamp Works going since 1870. Jim, Alex, Jerry and Ed Mellgren represent two of the five generations that have led St. Paul Stamp Works. One moment, Ed Mellgren is expressing pride in …and more » More: continued here
Readers' representative | Print vs. online debate continuesKansas City StarWeb access had become ubiquitous, and Amazon and eBay had already revolutionized how people did their shopping. On the other hand, huge swaths of many people's online world today didn't even yet exist. MySpace was less than a year old, and Facebook was …and more » More:…
A royal stamp of approvalThe IndependentAn enlarged stamp featuring the Queen's image on an old £1 note is one of six featured in the Royal Mail's Diamond Jubilee Definitives collection. The stamps, which will be available across the UK from today, show different images of the Queen used on … More: continued here
The Williams Lake Stampeders are on to the second round of the Central Interior Hockey League playoffs. More: continued here