NEWS.com.au China stamps down on Gu 'body-double' rumoursABC OnlineChina has blocked Internet searches for the term "body double" after web users expressed suspicions that convicted murderer Gu Kailai used a stand-in at her court hearings. Chinese state television on Monday showed a brief clip of Gu, wife of the …China stamps down on 'body-double' rumorsPerth…
In a blunder of Homer-sized proportions, the Postal Service spent $1.2 million too much in printing one billion commemorative Simpsons stamps, only 318 million of which sold, Bloomberg's Angela Greiling Keane reports. The findings come from a report by the Postal Service's inspector general, which pointed to The Simpsons as a money suck. … More: continued here
Commemorative stamps just part of US Post problemsMontreal GazetteWASHINGTON — As Homer Simpson would say: “D'oh!” In a move that wasted $1.2 million in printing costs, the United States Postal Service produced one billion commemorative stamps honouring The Simpsons cartoon stamps and sold 318 million. More: continued here
CHINA'S censors have tried to muzzle the rumours of a body double in the Gu Kailai case by blocking internet searches for the term. More: continued here
Riders host Stamps in Western Division showdownSports NetworkRegina, SK (Sports Network) – Drifting to the bottom of the Western Division standings in the CFL because of a four-game slide, the Saskatchewan Roughriders try to break out of their slump this Saturday as they entertain the Calgary Stampeders at … More: continued here
Someone at the U.S. Postal Service guessed that commemorative stamps featuring TV cartoon character Homer Simpson would be twice as popular as those of Elvis Presley. In a move that wasted $1.2 million in printing costs, the Postal Service produced 1 billion of “The Simpsons” stamps. It sold 318 million. Read full article >> More:…
China stamps down on Gu 'body-double' rumoursgulfnews.comChina stamps down on Gu 'body-double' rumours. Web users expressed suspicions that convicted murderer Gu Kailai used a stand-in at her court hearings. AFP; Published: 15:20 August 22, 2012; Gulf News. Beijing: China has blocked internet searches for …and more » More: continued here
San Francisco Chronicle 'Simpsons' stamps cost Postal ServiceSan Francisco ChronicleThat's how many commemorative stamps of "The Simpsons" were left unsold by the U.S. Postal Service after it judged the cartoon family was twice as popular as Elvis. The service, which recently posted a quarterly loss of $5.2 billion, produced 1 billion … More: continued here
China stamps down on 'body-double' rumorsThe AustralianChina stamps down on 'body-double' rumors. From: AAP; August 22, 2012 11:25PM. Increase Text Size · Decrease Text Size · Print · Email · Share · Add to Digg · Add to del.icio.us · Add to Facebook · Add to Kwoff · Add to Myspace · Add to Newsvine…
Food and Stamps @ Your LibraryLibrary Journal (blog)Time and resources spent handing out food or selling people stamps are time and resources taken away from library related tasks. Are there not enough library tasks to do? Do they not need the space taken up by boxes and packaging materials for books? More: continued here