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Royal Mail has launched Red Tag, a new barcode mailing system that could benefit direct mail businesses completing high-volume mailing jobs. More: continued here

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T. J. Colvin is naturally a little disappointed lately, having moved to Fort Bragg from the Sacramento Valley to enjoy retirement by doing a lot of salmon fishing. More: continued here

WAPAKONETA, Ohio (AP) — The post office in astronaut Neil Armstrong’s Ohio hometown has a problem with space: there are empty ones where portraits of the lunar pioneer were stolen. More: continued here

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 8 (UPI) — Two rival religious sect leaders in British Columbia were arrested and charged with 21 counts of polygamy by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. More: continued here

Christopher Payne, Microsoft’s former search chief, has sold his Seattle-based startup Positronic to eBay. Positronic was involved in machine-learning and data-mining. More: continued here

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