Post boxes are targeted by thieves for collectorsThis is KentThe Royal Mail even has a list of collectors waiting for certain ones to become available. "It's very, very likely that boxes which go missing have been stolen to order. The problem is no one knows what happens to the letters …
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Lucas defends House passage of bill cutting food stamp programTulsa WorldFrank Lucas on Thursday adamantly defended proposed reductions to the food stamp program as the Republican-led House passed a bill to protect the Department of Defense from automatic cuts included in the debt-ceiling agreement last summer. More: continued here
Read More »Star Wars Stamps Cover All Your Intergalactic Mail Needs – Wired News (blog)
Wired News (blog) Star Wars Stamps Cover All Your Intergalactic Mail NeedsWired News (blog)By Angela Watercutter Traditional postal service might seem alien in a world where people can communicate using holograms, but mixing futuristic and old-school ideas inspired graphic artist Stefan van Zoggel to create his Star Wars stamps. More: …
Read More »John Travolta lawsuit: THIRD man comes forward with sexual assault claim – Daily Mail
John Travolta lawsuit: THIRD man comes forward with sexual assault claimDaily MailBy Daily Mail Reporter John Travolta has been hit by fresh sexual harassment claims today after a third man came forward. Fabian Zanzi has accused Travolta of accosting him back in 2009 while he was working on the Royal …
Read More »Rural post offices to see reduced hours – Parkersburg News
HNN Huntingtonnews.net Rural post offices to see reduced hoursParkersburg NewsBy JODY MURPHY (jmurphy@newsandsentinel.com) , Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG – To stave off the closure of about 150 West Virginia post offices, officials are reducing the hours of several hundred offices throughout the state while also …Post offices to remain …
Read More »Bigger post offices host food drive Saturday – LaSalle News Tribune
Mother Nature Network Bigger post offices host food drive SaturdayLaSalle News TribunePostal customers who have post office boxes may drop off donations at participating local post offices or the General Mail Facility on Airport Road (Chartres Street) on the La Salle-Peru border. While the annual food drive is conducted by …
Read More »Rural post offices cut staff, hours but stay open – Chicago Tribune
Standard Speaker Rural post offices cut staff, hours but stay openChicago TribuneThe United States Postal Service, which expects to lose more than $14 billion this year without changes, plans to reduce the hours of more than 13000 rural post offices, including 48 in the Chattanooga area. The plan is expected …
Read More »Post Office Reports Another Quarter Of Losses
The Postal Service announced Thursday that it lost more than $3 billion during the first three months of the year. Post office officials are pushing Congress to give it more authority to cut some of its burgeoning costs. More: continued here
Read More »Albert’s got his postal service in the bag – This is North Devon
Albert's got his postal service in the bagThis is North DevonArthritis sufferer Albert, 87, was distraught when Royal Mail removed the box in Twitchen, near South Molton in Devon, because it was fixed to a rotten post. But he has persuaded the postwoman to collect his letters from a shopping …
Read More »Greenbush post office to stay open, with reduced hours
The Greenbush post office will continue to operate but with severely reduced hours under a plan to help the nearly bankrupt U.S. Postal Service keep operating. More: continued here
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