The Government has recently announced new interest rates for post office savings schemes that will take effect from April 1. In most cases they have been cut by 0.1 percentage point from present levels. More: continued here
A record 46.6 million Americans are on food stamps . Seventeen million are children. More than 33,000 food stamp users have Ph.D.s. And in Sacramento County, nearly a quarter-million people benefit from a program that keeps people from going hungry. More: continued here
New York Daily News Push to save iconic murals in Bronx General Post Office, as its sale seems …New York Daily NewsPreservationists are ramping up efforts to save 13 storied murals in the Bronx General Post Office, the landmark edifice on the Grand Concourse targeted for sale by the US Postal Service. The New York…
White Powder Creates Scare at Route 29 Post OfficeThe Charlottesville Newsplex"Any type of powder call, we take precautions to treat everything as a legitimate emergency until our sampling and monitoring can prove otherwise," said Charlottesville Battalion Chief Jeff Garrison. Garrison says the post office, fire department and …and more » More: continued here
Six persons sentenced in 2004-06 post office scamZee NewsAccording to the Prosecution, Saharanpur main post office Postmaster Kanhaiya Lal, assistant postmaster Lokesh Kumar, Amar Singh, Agent Prashant Tyagi, Sushant Tyagi and Rajkumar Tyagi were accused of siphoned off Rs 16.71 lakhs. The CBI had …and more » More: continued here
AC/DC 'Splatter' Vinyl Sells for Over $1000 on EbayUltimate Classic RockA very limited splatter-vinyl edition of the group's 1978 live set 'If You Want Blood, You've Got It' has sold for more than $1,000 on eBay. Originally released in November 1978 and featuring original frontman Bon Scott, the platinum-selling 'If You … More: continued here
By KATE STANTON, UPI.com An eBay user hit back at Jim Carrey for his anti-gun video mocking Charlton Heston. More: continued here
The pair join a growing list of organisations striving to make their tax affairs transparent in the wake of public anger. More: continued here
Commandos will man up to ten boats and be armed with thermal-imaging equipment for the race between Oxford and Cambridge on the River Thames. More: continued here
eBay Find of the Day: 1987 Glenfrome Facet hides its Land Rover identity wellAutoblog (blog)Nothing makes sense about this eBay Motors listing for a 1987 Glenfrome Facet Convertible. Nothing. Its styling suggests the historically and biologically impossible progeny of a Lamborghini LM002, an Isuzu Amigo and a Volkswagen Schwimmwagen. More: continued here