Arrest over mail van incidentSaltash PeopleBy Plymouth Herald | Thursday, May 03, 2012, 05:30 A YOUNG man has been arrested on suspicion of aggravated taking of a Royal Mail van in Saltash. Police officers were called to Callington Road at about 5.15pm on Tuesday. An 18-year-old man, …and more » More: continued here
Man Convicted Of 'Acts Of Terror' Sent Bombs From Local Post OfficeJournal & Topics Newspapers OnlineAn Iowa man was convicted in federal court today (Friday) of mailing two pipe bombs from the Rolling Meadows Post Office over five years ago. A federal jury convicted John P. Tompkins, a machinist from Dubuque, IA, of mailing a…
French Court Partly Overturns Ruling in eBay-LVMH SpatWall Street JournalBy NADYA MASIDLOVER France's high court Thursday partly overturned rulings against online auction site eBay Inc., which was accused by French luxury company LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA of breaching distribution networks and selling counterfeit …LVMH suffers partial setback in eBay court challengeReuters Indiaall 3…
Putting her stamp on itOttawa CitizenBy Rosemary Knes, The Ottawa Citizen May 4, 2012 2:38 PM Eliza von Baeyer uses images from magazines, old stamps and maps in her glass pendants, necklaces, earrings and pins. The past whispers through Eliza von Baeyer's one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces, …and more » More: continued here
The U.S. Senate passed a bill last week that would block the United States Postal Service from closing thousands of rural post offices across the country, including two in McPherson County. More: continued here
Solve it: Congress has to find ways to help post office save itselfLongview News-JournalThat issue is that post office honchos may not be very handy with Texas geography. And, Gohmert suggested, it is possible they have been relying on a faulty view of where things are in making decisions about which postal facilities stay open…
BBC News Postal Closures Likely To Start This SummerWCVB-TVLast December, the Postal Service agreed to back off closing any more post offices and postal plants until May 15. The moratorium was aimed at giving Congress time to pass legislation to help the service get back on firmer financial footing.Senators seek to extend post–office closure banMarketWatchSenators…
Watauga Democrat McCaskill, Blunt press for delay in post office closingsChicago TribuneWASHINGTON — Yet another round of brinksmanship is taking shape in Washington, this time over post office closings and draconian steps to keep the Postal Service afloat. As it stands, May 15 marks the end of a moratorium on starting a process that …Postal…
USPS to close rural post officesThe Daily PlanetThe office has 78 ornate boxes in the front that were brought in used, and an orange Fred Flintstone doll behind the counter. The quaint post office and its idiosyncrasies will not stay open much longer. It is one of 3600 mostly rural post offices and … More:…
eBay is opening a New York City office that will focus on advanced technical development. Chris Dixon, co-founder of Hunch, which eBay acquired in late 2011, will head the eBay Technology Center of Excellence at 625 6th Avenue. More: continued here