CBC.ca Winnipeg living flag to be featured on Canada stampCBC.ca“With this stamp, our living flag photo will be seen by millions of people from all walks of life, putting our downtown on the map and showing to the world how much Winnipeggers care about their city,” Stefano Grande, executive director …
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Postal Digest – News from Royal Mail, USPS, Neopost and Brazil PostPost and ParcelRoyal Mail and the Communication Workers Union have launched a campaign appealing to UK dog owners to keep their pets under control when mail is being delivered. More than 3100 postmen and women were attacked in the …
Read More »Suspicious package found at Naylor Post Office – KAIT
Suspicious package found at Naylor Post OfficeKAITSo far, every residence and business within a 300 ft. radius of the post office has been evacuated and the Southeast Missouri Bomb Squad is on its way to send a robot in to x-ray the package. Sgt. Mike Barton told Region 8 News …
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It was all perfectly legal and convenient for Colorado shooting suspect James Holmes to turn to e-commerce to allegedly stock his arsenal for a movie theater shooting spree. More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail Goes Gold This Summer – AboutMyArea
AboutMyArea Royal Mail Goes Gold This SummerAboutMyAreaRoyal Mail today revealed that it will be painting some of its iconic and much-loved red post boxes gold to celebrate every Team GB and ParalympicsGB gold medal win during the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. This will be a unique, …Royal …
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Missoula man sentenced for post office theftSan Francisco Chronicle(AP) — A 39-year-old Missoula man has been ordered to pay just over $14000 in restitution for theft involving U.S. Postal Service money orders at the Bonner Post Office. The U.S. Attorney's Office says Gregory M. Kemp was sentenced July 19 to …
Read More »The ‘Food Stamp president’ loves the dependent – Santa Rosa Press Gazette
The 'Food Stamp president' loves the dependentSanta Rosa Press GazetteIn the 1970's, a difficult economic time under Jimmy Carter with his “misery index,” 1 in 50 Americans was on food stamps. Today that number is 1 in 7. Just since 2008 the number of people in food stamp programs has …
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Police evacuated the Naylor post office and several nearby buildings after finding a suspicious package in the post office. However, that suspicious package turned out to be a dog tracking collar charger. More: continued here
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Royal Mail workers in Bridgwater, Somerset, won a colleague’s reinstatement after a three-day unofficial strike. More: continued here
Read More »Britain’s Royal Mail to issue Olympic champ stamps – The Missoulian
Zap2it.com (blog) Britain's Royal Mail to issue Olympic champ stampsThe MissoulianThe 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 wins a …
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