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Read More »No love for Bart Simpson? Overproduction on Simpsons commemorative stamps … – New York Daily News
New York Daily News No love for Bart Simpson? Overproduction on Simpsons commemorative stamps…New York Daily News“If the Postal Service can't address a simple matter such as determining how many commemorative stamps to produce, it shows they can't address the larger problems,” Tom Schatz, president of Citizens Against Government Waste, …
Read More »SNAP / Food Stamp Challenge, Day 4: Piatt FAIL – Patheos (blog)
SNAP / Food Stamp Challenge, Day 4: Piatt FAILPatheos (blog)Maybe I just need to go live in a third world country again for awhile to clarify my priorities. Gayle. I don't think you failed; food stamps aren't supposed to be the sole source of money for food but a supplement. …
Read More »Regulators give OK to plan to cut hours at 13000 post offices – Federal Times
Regulators give OK to plan to cut hours at 13000 post officesFederal TimesIn an advisory opinion released late Thursday, the Postal Regulatory Commission said that the Post Office Structure Plan (POStPlan) “should help balance service and cost savings” if implemented properly. While the five-member commission made a number … More: …
Read More »Fairfield Post Office closes Saturday; new site opens Monday
The new downtown U.S. Post Office facilities will open Monday at 9 a.m. at 1300 Post Road. Photo: Genevieve Reilly / Fairfield Citizen Fairfield's downtown U.S. Post Office will close its doors at 1 p.m. Saturday at its longtime 1262 Post Road location and reopen Monday in a new storefront …
Read More »Postal regulators OK shorter post office hours – FederalNewsRadio.com
Postal regulators OK shorter post office hoursFederalNewsRadio.comPostal regulators agreed with a Postal Service plan to cut the window hours at 13,000 post offices. Operating hours will be cut to six, four or even two hours per weekday at these locations. In 73 locations, hours will actually increase. The Post… More: …
Read More »Official unveil new stamp featuring Wyoming’s state flag – Wyoming Tribune
Official unveil new stamp featuring Wyoming's state flagWyoming TribuneMellblom, who is a volunteer at the museum, said she never started a collection, despite her passion for history and understanding of what the stamps represent. But she said that might have changed after purchasing the new postal stamp featuring …Postal Service …
Read More »Bid on TV Tickets, Set Visits and Other Emmy-Related Swag – Wired
Bid on TV Tickets, Set Visits and Other Emmy-Related SwagWiredWhat would you give to rub elbows with Sheldon Cooper and his Big Bang Theory cohorts? That's just one of the many options up for grabs in the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation's Primetime Emmy Season Online Auction. That …
Read More »Simpsons Not A Big Seller For U.S. Postal Service
The post office is stuck with hundreds of millions of stamps bearing the likeness of Homer Simpson. The service predicted the stamps would be twice as popular as Elvis Presley. One billion stamps were printed, and Bloomberg reports only 318 million have been sold. More: continued here
Read More »Amazon.com’s Anti-Counterfeiting Efforts Blessed by California Appellate Court – Forbes
Amazon.com's Anti-Counterfeiting Efforts Blessed by California Appellate CourtForbesThis is especially good news for Amazon because the leading precedent on the topic had blessed eBay's ($EBAY) more aggressive anti-counterfeiting efforts, so it wasn't clear Amazon would be equally protected even if it had less aggressive practices. More: continued here
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