Roswell Post Office Open on Presidents' DayPatch.comLooking to get that letter or package out on Monday but afraid the post office will be closed due to the Presidents' Day federal holiday? Well, good news for you as the United States Postal Service, in an effort make up for missed operational days last …USPS Package InformationWSB…
Daily Star Royal Mail deny Winter Olympic star Lizzy Yarnold a gold postbox for her medal …Daily StarROYAL Mail has been rapped for refusing to repaint a postbox gold for Winter Olympics hero Lizzy Yarnold. By Matthew Young/ Published 17th February 2014. royal mail, postbox, gold, winter plympics, lizzy yarnold, twitter, britain GLORY GIRL: Lizzy…
Police help shopper get refund from eBayGlobal TimesPolice have helped a computer hardware enthusiast get a $1,300 refund from eBay after he bought a rare computer processor from an overseas online vendor who sent him nothing but a box of polystyrene foam, Pudong police said Friday. The buyer … More: continued here
The World's Most Valuable Stamp Is Expect to Sell for More than $10 MillionSmithsonianIn 1856, a shipment from London, England, to the colony of British Guiana was delayed. The ship was carrying stamps. To stave off a shortage, the local postmaster had the printers at a local newspaper run off a small batch of temporary…
Experimental Station Breaks Down Why Foods Stamps At Farmers' Markets WorkChicagoistExperimental Station is a non-profit which takes its name from a Frank Lloyd Wright speech, and is self-described as being devoted to testing and advocating "food models that work for vulnerable communities, make the most out of the donated dollar … More: continued here
eBay find leads car restorer to SalemStatesman JournalA 1931 Chevy house car, bought off eBay sight unseen, had a past life as an office for the Brown Bros. Carnival on the West Coast. Little did Steven Burnett realize that day as he picked up the over-sized house car from a farm outside Springfield, Ill …and…
Should food-stamp benefits cover only healthy food selections?Fort Wayne Journal GazetteINDIANAPOLIS – Indiana lawmakers are close to banning low-income Hoosiers using food stamps from buying food that isn't healthy enough. The provision requires the Family and Social Services Administration to create a statewide program limiting the use …and more » More: continued here
The guns, disguised as a torch to dodge eBay controls, cost as little as £9. They are five times stronger than Tasers used by British police, and have been linked to deaths. More: continued here
Daily Mail Deadly stun guns for sale on eBayDaily MailThe stun guns were advertised on the site as 'Flashlight with electric ring flash' to get round eBay safeguards that prohibit the use of the terms 'stun gun' and 'Taser'. A reporter handed the weapons to the Metropolitan Police at the London office of …and more »…
The Guardian Royal Mail and CWU in talks over working conditions charterThe GuardianRoyal Mail and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) have started talks on a company charter to enshrine their post-privatisation agreement over working conditions for more than 100,000 workers so that the terms can only be overturned by a vote of the … More: continued…