Senate panel passes measure to stagger food stampsThe Idaho StatesmanBOISE, Idaho — Big Idaho grocers finally convinced a Senate panel to support staggering food stamp benefits, an effort to avoid the current first-of-the-month onslaught that stores complain interrupts their supply chain, creates chaos in the aisles …and more » More: continued here
Baltimore Post-Examiner State of the Union and the Post Office gets beat upPetoskey News-ReviewWell, laws limit what new products the postal service can introduce. The service has to beg Congress to increase its rates. And unlike any other federal agency — and private industry for that matter — the postal service is forced by Congress…
Baseball Nation eBay Item of the Day: Ballplayer Nightmare/Hobo DreamBaseball Nation1. It's the physical representation of a nightmare that many ballplayers have had over the years – especially in the days when they traveled by train: They are trying to play on an open flatcar as the train hurtles along. The rules are fuzzy and…
Telegraph.co.uk Jabur Hissan Junked mail: Lazy postman jailed for burying or burning 29000 …Mirror.co.ukHissan, of Cradley Heath, Birmingham, had caused a security breach for Royal Mail customers, the court heard. He was caught after 200 letters were found on a canal towpath and traced to him. His solicitor Robert Skinner told Birmingham magistrates …Cradley Heath…
This is Bristol A LONG-running dispute over working hours at a Royal Mail depot in South …This is BristolA LONG-running dispute over working hours at a Royal Mail depot in South Bristol has finally been resolved. Workers at the Mead Street depot in Bedminster, which serves the BS4 and BS14 postcodes, held two 24-hour strikes…
In recent weeks there has been much discussion about the future of Lansdale's Borough Hall. While most residents concede the 79-year-old building needs major repairs the overriding question is whether to fix it or tear it down and start over. Is the former post office a landmark worthy of preservation or just another old downtown…
Why is the Post Office reducing service with no apparent financial benefit?Juneau EmpireFor the residents of the Auke Bay area, I hope you have all read the notice posted on the door at the local Auke Bay post office announcing that, starting in March, they will only have window service to pick up packages and…
An initial public offering of Royal Mail within the coming year is emerging as the most likely path to the long-stalled privatization of the U.K.’s state-owned postal operator. More: continued here
The third annual Asia Pacific Junior Achievement Company of the Year competition, jointly organized by FedEx Express, the world's largest express transportation company, and U.S.-based JA Worldwide, will see 17 teams competing from 10 markets. More: continued here
News Shopper Bromley man puts art work on eBay for quarter of a million poundsNews ShopperA BROMLEY man who spent two and a half years in his garage creating an enormous 'portrait of the Earth' mosaic has put it on eBay for a quarter of a million pounds. Chris Chamberlain, 49, a computer programmer, believes…