World post offices look far and wide for reinventionArab NewsThere was a time when your local post office would mainly sell stamps and deliver letters. No longer. To counteract the turmoil brought on by e-mails and text messages, postal services worldwide have reinvented themselves, taking on the technological … More: continued …
Read More »Stamps, Jeans, Beer: What Americans Want From North Korea – NPR (blog)
NPR (blog) Stamps, Jeans, Beer: What Americans Want From North KoreaNPR (blog)Donald Sundman, president of Mystic Stamp Co. in Camden, N.Y., asked for permission to buy postage stamps from North Korea. Some North Korean stamps show pictures of dogs. There's at least one that, weirdly, has a picture of Princess …
Read More »Food lovers rejoice! Dunkeld chef is sticking around
THE south-west’s most acclaimed chef Dan Hunter (pictured) will be staying in the region despite serving his last meal at Dunkeld’s Royal Mail. More: continued here
Read More »You Know Chromecast Is A Hit When It Sells On Ebay UK For $200 – World Internet TV on PC (blog)
World Internet TV on PC (blog) You Know Chromecast Is A Hit When It Sells On Ebay UK For $200World Internet TV on PC (blog)chromecast-ebay Head over to Ebay UK and you will find all the proof you need that this dongle is gonna sell by the shedload. A listing …
Read More »Mother, 35, and 18-year-old daughter arrested after breaking into post office – Daily Mail
Daily Mail Mother, 35, and 18-year-old daughter arrested after breaking into post officeDaily MailThe cameras were installed at the post office in Corinth, Kentucky, after two previous break-ins. Dynamic duo: A mother (in black) and daughter (in grey) were arrested for breaking into a rural Kentucky post office. Police said …
Read More »Don’t cut food stamps to feed big agriculture – Baltimore Sun
Don't cut food stamps to feed big agricultureBaltimore SunEarlier this month, the U.S. House of Representatives, on a party-line vote, broke with tradition by stripping from the farm bill the Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps. What's left in the bill is billions of dollars …Policy analyst: …
Read More »Daily Mail's royal boy joy does not extend to the BBC | Media Monkey
Paper asks if corporation's coverage of royal baby was 'over the top' – then prints 20-plus pages on the newborn prince The Daily Mail can't resist aiming another volley at the BBC – this time over the corporation's royal baby coverage. "Was the BBC over the top?" it asks, dutifully …
Read More »Bid to save post office moves, Philippine Postal Corp.
The Philippine Postal Corp. (PhilPost) said it would study a Baguio group’s proposal to preserve the summer capital’s old post office. More: continued here
Read More »FedEx Employee Fired For Throwing Packages [Video]
Have you seen the video of the FedEx employee carelessly tossing packages into the back of the truck? Well, SVP of human resources Shannon A. Brown has and he isn’t happy. Brown released a video response today saying that the employee in the video was no longer with the company. …
Read More »Royal baby George celebrated on stamps
ISLE of Man Post Office is to become the first postal administration to mark the third in line to the throne's birth, releasing a sheet of eight stamps. More: continued here
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