Pieces of Charleston's history ending up on eBayLive 5 NewsHe refused to talk to us on camera, but according to the SLED report, he sold 14 of the slave tags on eBay. SLED agents conclude the relic hunter did not break the law. Still, some people feel they had history …
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NME.com Ian Curtis' Kitchen Table Is On eBayStereogumIt's the stuff of legend now. Only a couple weeks after performing “Ceremony” (which would go on to be New Order's first single) at the last Joy Division concert, Ian Curtis listened to Iggy Pop's The Idiot, watched Werner Herzog's Stroszek (a film …
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Santa Barbara Edhat Los Olivos post office robbery under investigationLompoc RecordThe U.S. Postal Service is investigating a break-in last night at Los Olivos Post Office on Grand Avenue, said Lt. Shawn O'Grady, commander of the Solvang/Santa Ynez Valley substation. Someone forced entry into the workroom, where mail is handled, …Post Office …
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NME.com Ian Curtis' kitchen table is for sale on eBayConsequence of SoundThis is the same table from the same kitchen where Curtis took his own life on May 18th, 1980. As the story goes, Curtis' wife Debbie later sold the house, including the table, to a next door neighbor, who …
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Postal Service expects increase in package deliveriesNew York PostThe post office expects to deliver nearly 15 billion pieces of mail and 420 million packages during the holiday season. The U.S. Postal Service said Wednesday that it expects letters to decline slightly while package deliveries between Thanksgiving and … More: continued …
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“Village Post Office” Opens On Treasure IslandThe San Francisco AppealA new Village Post Office, which will offer stamps, P.O. boxes, prepaid packages and Priority Mail boxes and envelopes, is opening today at the Island Cove Market, located at 150 Fourth St. on Treasure Island. VPOs are operated by third parties …
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Camden New Journal newspapers website For Vinyl Collectors, a $482000 Bargain on eBayNew York Times (blog)“It's been there for five decades, right in Soho,” Mr. Derbyshire, 59, wrote in his offering on eBay, “and just around corner from Tin Pan Alley. A vinyl treasure trove with a pulsing, groovin' history …
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Local Residents' Complaints Prompt Post Office ReviewKWTX(November 7, 2013) The U.S. Postal Service says it will look into complaints from hundreds of Central Texas residents about late mail delivery and carrier errors, problems that seem to have worsened since mail-processing was moved from Waco to … More: continued here
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