BBC News Drug smugglers' plane sells on eBayAol MoneyA light aircraft used by drug smugglers to transport cocaine into Britain from France has sold for £17,000 on eBay, according to a report in the Guardian. The plane, seized by Northamptonshire police under the Misuse of Drugs Act, was listed by …
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If you are planning to take a trip to a foreign country and don’t have a passport, you might want to go to the U.S. Postal Service West Side station on Saturday. More: continued here
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Read More »Hartsburg post office cut to four hours daily – Boone County Journal
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Read More »Food stamps recipients don’t suffer as film reports – Montana Standard
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Read More »Post office being renamed for Marine from Mich.
MACOMB TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) – A suburban Detroit post office is being renamed in honor of a U.S. Marine from Michigan who died in 2010 while supporting combat operations in Afghanistan. More: continued here
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