Suspicious post office package deemed safeWHIO DaytonThe Butler County Bomb Squad responded a report of a suspicious package at the Waynesville post office Tuesday night, according to reports. Investigators responded to the 100 block of Miami Street around 8:30 p.m. and inspected the package, which the …and more » More: continued here
Read More »Berkeley post office protesters defy order to move – Berkeleyside
Berkeley post office protesters defy order to moveBerkeleysideMike Cleft, one of about 15 to 20 people who have been sleeping at the post office for the last 11 days, said he plans to “take the tree” that grows alongside the post office on Milvia if police come to arrest him. …
Read More »Coroner urges eBay pram crackdown – Ninemsn
Coroner urges eBay pram crackdownNinemsnCoroner urges eBay pram crackdown. 5:22pm August 6, 2013. The sale of substandard prams on eBay should be banned following the death of a child in Tasmania, a coroner has recommended. Awkward moments from Australian politicians. Food critics … More: continued here
Read More »Aid groups fear food-stamp cuts – Philly.com
Aid groups fear food-stamp cutsPhilly.comWith food-stamp benefits soon to drop and the prospect of an additional $40 billion in cuts to the federal program looming, New Jersey antihunger organizations worry that the need will grow and they won't be able to meet it. Across the country, food …Advocates warn of …
Read More »Two post offices on chopping block – U-T San Diego
Two post offices on chopping blockU-T San DiegoREGION — Post offices in Mission Valley and Escondido are on the chopping block as part of the U.S. Postal Service's nationwide effort to cut costs in the face of declining revenue. The two locations — one in the Westfield Mission Valley mall …
Read More »Royal Mail eyes retail investors – CITY A.M.
Royal Mail eyes retail investorsCITY A.M.STOCKBROKERS will today be invited to take part in the privatisation of Royal Mail, as part of a push to ensure ordinary members of the public can buy shares in the forthcoming IPO. City A.M. has learned that business minister Michael Fallon will this … …
Read More »Royal Mail boss returns payment – This is Plymouth
Royal Mail boss returns paymentThis is PlymouthTHE chief executive of Royal Mail received almost £1.5million in pay and benefits in the last financial year, although she is returning £120,000 paid towards the cost of buying a house. Moya Greene's salary remained at £498,000, but extras included … More: continued here
Read More »Stamps evoke an era of classic travel
Fancy a trip to ‘Timaru by the Sea’? Popping over to ‘Tauranga for Winter Sunshine’? These are just a couple of the suggestions featured on New Zealand’s classic travel posters. Before the internet, colour television and colour photography New Zealand relied on the charm of these iconic posters to entice …
Read More »ASK TONY: eBay said my son owed £75 – then sent in the heavy mob
My son sold an exhaust system on eBay, the buyer says he did not receive it and eBay is asking £75.71 back. I have supplied the recipient’s signature acknowledging receipt, but eBay sent a debt collector. More: continued here
Read More »Don't send Royal Mail to highest bidder | Chris Colvin
Flogging part of Royal Mail to a company such as TNT won't help – public-private partnerships have a terrible track record Although not officially, at the root of the postal workers' strike lies the government's plan to flog off part of Royal Mail to the highest private-sector bidder. Lord Mandelson …
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