EYES ON LONDON: Doing the Amanar, stamp prizeLedger IndependentBritish medal winners receive no prize money from their federation, but the Royal Mail has promised to produce a stamp overnight honoring each of the country's gold medal winners. The stamps will be sold at 500 Post Offices in books of six …
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Post office sale is a surrender to corporate interestsDaily CalifornianThe selling off of the U.S. Postal Service properties is the latest example of the movement to corporatize what's left of the public sector. It comes in a long line of privatization efforts — from shrinking the public school system to …
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Lick the competition! Britain's Royal Mail to issue Olympic stampsWashington PostLONDON — The Royal Mail is planning a tribute to Britain's Olympians that really sticks — a set of gold medal stamps. The postal service says it will issue a stamp honoring every member of the British Olympic team who …
Read More »Post office gears up to deliver rakhi envelopes – Times of India
Post office gears up to deliver rakhi envelopesTimes of IndiaRAMGARH: The head post office in town has planned a delivery mechanism for rakhis in the run-up to Raksha Bandhan next Thursday. The postal department has bought 3000 special colorful waterproof envelopes to ensure that the rakhis reach safely even …and …
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You can't blame the red-zone offence for this one. More: continued here
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ABC News Busted: Mr. Pfeiffer and the White House blogWashington Post (blog)In his original post, he had provided photographic proof of his claim that the Oval Office Churchill had never been returned, indeed had never left the White House at all, but had simply been moved from the Oval Office …
Read More »Obama-as-Hitler Signs Spotted Outside Southeastern Michigan Post Offices – Patch.com
Obama-as-Hitler Signs Spotted Outside Southeastern Michigan Post OfficesPatch.comIt's all part of the job for those volunteering outside of the West Bloomfield Post Office this past week. "Even the people that so-called disagree with us, they don't know what they're disagreeing with," said volunteer Alan Egre in an interview with …and …
Read More »Crews respond to smoke from roof of old Main Post Office – Chicago Tribune
Crews respond to smoke from roof of old Main Post OfficeChicago TribuneChicago Fire Deparment crews responded this evening to smoke coming from the roof of the old Main Chicago Post Office. Firefighters were called to the scene, 433 W. Van Buren St., just after 7 p.m., and streets in the …
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Live Trading News "Dark Knight Rises" wins sluggish post-shooting box officeReuters"We didn't really know what to expect," said executive vice president for domestic distribution at Fox Chris Aronson, speaking on the box office climate post-shooting. "It's a wild card weekend for sure." Though "The Watch" finished on the lower side …
Read More »Stamps running back likely regrets comments, but wasn’t entirely wrong, says … – Calgary Herald
CBC.ca Stamps running back likely regrets comments, but wasn't entirely wrong, says …Calgary HeraldWhile the Calgary Stampeders scatter to their respective hideaways during the Canadian Football League bye week, John Hufnagel plans to be in his office at McMahon Stadium dissecting what went wrong in Saturday's 34-8 dismantling by the …
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