The Guardian The Armchair Olympics: day nineThe GuardianThe Royal Mail had promised to put up a gold postbox in the hometown of every British gold medallist and, after checking Trott's details on the Team GB website, duly installed one in Harlow, Essex. Unfortunately, Trott actually comes from Cheshunt, …and more » More: continued here
BBC News EYES ON LONDON: Wambach, Phelps, Murray, DouglasNPRThe Royal Mail is painting one of its famous red post boxes gold in the home town of each of Britain's gold medal winners. But after the postal service decorated a box in Harlow, in eastern England, Trott said her birthplace was actually 14 miles (22 …GOLD…
eBay Is Launching A Same-Day Shipping Service Called eBay NowTechCruncheBay today invited some San Francisco users to a new same-day shipping service called eBay Now. An iOS app, eBay Now's beta will let SF residents get $5 same-day shipping on products from local stores. It's now signing up users for an “exclusive beta”.En Garde Amazon,…
The Nation. (blog) House GOP: Uncertainty over Post Office finances delaying reform billThe Hill (blog)The House has left Washington without passing a fix to the Postal Service, and Republicans now say they are not likely to bring the issue to the floor until after November's elections. House Republicans acknowledge that postal reform could be a…
Brisbane Times EYES ON LONDON: Wambach, Phelps, Murray, DouglasBusinessweekThe Royal Mail is painting one of its famous red post boxes gold in the home town of each of Britain's gold medal winners. But after the postal service decorated a box in Harlow, in eastern England, Trott said her birthplace was actually 14 miles (22 …GOLD…
eBay tests same-day merchandise delivery serviceCNETeBay is testing the same-day merchandise delivery waters with a new service called eBay Now. eBay began sending invitations this morning to eBay users in San Francisco that will allow them to get same-day shipping on goods purchased from local … More: continued here
50 Years Ago: Stamps worth a closer lookMorganton News HeraldBrownie Scout Pamela Johnson and Postmaster Carl Denton took time to look over 50th Anniversary Girl Scout Commemorative four cent stamps available at the Morganton Post Office. The red stamp features the picture of an intermediate scout in uniform … More: continued here
EYES ON LONDON: Wambach, Phelps, Murray, DouglasThe Associated PressThe Royal Mail is painting one of its famous red post boxes gold in the home town of each of Britain's gold medal winners. But after the postal service decorated a box in Harlow, in eastern England, Trott said her birthplace was actually 14 miles (22 …and…
Laura Trott, Britain's Olympic gold medal-winning track cyclist, will have two mailboxes painted in her honor after the country's Royal Mail postal service mixed up her place of birth. More: continued here
Boston.com Congress breaks for 5 weeks, but much work undoneSTLtoday.comThe House settled for a paltry restoration of expired disaster programs for livestock producers and tree farmers. The Senate wouldn't do even that, demanding instead a full five-year farm bill with 80 percent of it, or about $400 billion, devoted to …Congress produces little except bad…