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Alnwick man blames asbestos at post office for cancerJournal LiveRETIRED radio mechanic John Deeble last night claimed exposure to deadly asbestos dust in a Northumberland post office more than four decades ago has left him with terminal cancer. The 91-year-old, who lives in Alnwick, returned to his home town to …

Jail on the cards for postman who kept 75000 items of stolen mail in his shedManchester Evening NewsThieving postman John Hodson had nearly 75000 letters and parcels in his garden shed when Royal Mail investigators swooped. Dad-of-two Hodson, 33, said that he had been too lazy to deliver the 70000 …

Triple Pundit US Post Office On Track To Meet All But One Sustainability TargetTriple PunditThe Sustainability and Energy Scorecard of the USPS shows that it is on track to meet all of its goals, except reducing vehicle petroleum fuel use by 20 percent by 2015. The Scorecard is a reporting …

EcommerceBytes Amazon and eBay Join Forces in New Internet Advocacy GroupEcommerceBytesEcommerce heavyweights Amazon and eBay have joined with other prominent tech firms to form a new advocacy group to press their policy agenda before policymakers and members of Congress. Named simply the Internet Association, the group bills itself …Google, Facebook, …

A contract post office in Elko County has been shut down without notice amid an investigation by the U.S. Postal Service's Office of Inspector General into alleged misconduct. More: continued here

ANOTHER two men have been arrested over the Dunwich post office arson, bringing the number of arrests to six. More: continued here

EcommerceBytes eBay Revs up Back to School Shopping with Help of Pinterest, AffiliatesEcommerceByteseBay is gearing up for the back-to-school shopping season with several marketing and affiliate initiatives, including Pinterest contests, a Facebook backpack drive, and a promotion for its affiliates. The marketing is designed to increase user …Official Team GB …

EcommerceBytes eBay UK Announces British Fashion Council PartnershipEcommerceByteseBay is enamored of the fashion industry these days, and its UK marketplace announced it will sponsor the British Fashion Council's Fashion Forward initiative in a multi-season deal that kicks off at London Fashion Week in September. The head of eBay…eBay will sponsor …

NV contract post office closes amid investigationKTVN(AP) – A contract post office in Elko County has been shut down without notice amid an investigation by the U.S. Postal Service's Office of Inspector General into alleged misconduct. Lisa Emery of the inspector general's Las Vegas office was …and more » More: continued …

Sun-Sentinel Farming for Food StampsBennington BannerCan a piece of legislation be a "farm bill" if nearly 80 percent of its spending goes to food stamps? According the United States Congress — yes. The Senate passed its so-called farm bill — whose $970 billion price tag is 78 percent food stamps …