BusinessLIVE Strike action cripples Post OfficeBusinessLIVEThe South African Post Office has had mail piling up to the roof and post offices vandalised in Johannesburg for the past four months. But it is still reluctant to provide temporary employees with permanent contracts – despite many of them having … More: continued here
Miami New Times (blog) Food Stamps Traded for Drugs and Cash, Welcome Crackdown ComingMiami New Times (blog)By Ily Goyanes Fri., May 25 2012 at 1:38 PM Florida is notorious for Medicare fraud, and we also have more than our fair share of food stamp fraud. At least Miami residents can console themselves with the fact…
ebay Saturday: A Vintage Look of Greenwich HarborPatch.comEach week, we'll search the term "Greenwich, CT" on the popular auction site eBay and see what pops up, and post it for Patch readers to see (and perhaps bid on). Maybe you have a Greenwich-related item — a postcard, a milk bottle from the old Round …and…
al.com Sustainable Stamps Promote Fuel ConservationAZoCleantechSummer driving season is approaching and the Maintain Tire Pressure postage stamp helps remind motorists that proper tire pressure can help improve gas mileage. It's one of the 16 Go Green Forever stamps issued by USPS. Postal Service Helps Motorists …Huntsville stamp show will feature collections and postal historyal.comPostal Official…
PC stamps out street drinking in StokeThis is StaffordshireSTREET drinking has almost been wiped out in a town centre thanks to the hard work of a police officer. Since moving to Stoke Police Station, PC James McMillan has worked tirelessly to enforce an alcohol restriction zone in the town and make it a …and more »…
A CLIFTON shopkeeper has made an offer to reopen his post office and run it free of charge. More: continued here
Work is under way behind the Beloit Post Office on a new section of the River Bend Shoreline Stabilization project. The flood of 2008 brought federal emergency money to Beloit for help with such projects. More: continued here
Marilyn Monroe strums a ukulele from 1959's Some Like It Hot on a new Billy Wilder stamp and Humphrey Bogart holds a Maltese Falcon statue from the 1941 film adaptation of the novel on the stamp commemorating director John Huston. More: continued here
Food Stamp Fraud: Agriculture Department Taking New Steps To Combat Selling …Huffington PostBy SAM HANANEL 05/24/12 05:32 PM ET WASHINGTON — Food stamp recipients are ripping off the government for millions of dollars by illegally selling their benefit cards for cash – sometimes even in the open, on eBay or Craigslist – and then asking…
From Vivienne Westwood to Paul Smith and Alexander McQueen, some of the biggest names in the fashion industry have joined hands to design exclusive stamps. More: continued here