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PanARMENIAN.Net Franz Werfel stamp issued by Raoul Wallenberg FoundationPanARMENIAN.NetTo honor these exceptional people the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation conducts a program that aims at issuing commemorative stamps to promote exemplary behaviors during the Holocaust. Moreover, the Wallenberg Foundation pays tribute to people …and more » More: continued here

OregonLive.com Odds and ends: Underwater dogs! Bacon roses! And the best eBay score ever!OregonLive.comThe same principle applies to eBay. Here's why: Some guy had a safe he'd acquired and been unable to open. So he sold it on eBay for $122.93. This would've been a good deal, except that the …

1972 International Travelall Is One Dangerous Ebay FindJalopnikWhile searching Ebay this past week I came across this cool 1210 Travelall and it hasn't been far from my waking thoughts ever since. When finding an old International Harvester the question is never "Does it have any rust?" but "How much rust …

A village post office which closed down last month re-opened today. More: continued here

Huge backlog of post at Brighton sorting officeThe ArgusBy Anna Roberts » A backlog of more than 1000 parcels and packages has built up in a Royal Mail sorting office. One postal worker told a customer that there were items stacked “up to the ceiling” in the building in North …

43700 using food stamps: Program numbers growingPacific Daily NewsBY THE NUMBERS In fiscal 2010, state agencies issued about $64.7 billion in food stamp benefits to a monthly average of 18.6 million households, or 40.3 million people, in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. More: continued here

TIME Post office: $18B loss without cuts, rate increaseAlbany Times UnionThe plan, for instance, notes that if the post office could raise current stamp prices from 45 cents to 50 cents, either in a single year or over a multiyear period, it could bring in new revenue of roughly $1 …

Rabbi urges Ebay to end 'holy rock' salesYnetnewsWestern Wall Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz wants Ebay to disallow the selling of Western Wall rocks. In a letter sent to the website's manager, the rabbi said such sales constitute a desecration of the holy site's sanctity, violate a Jewish law prohibition … More: …

Norwich Evening News Grimston post office re-opensNorwich Evening NewsThe branch in the Grimston Post Office Store closed in January after the postmaster resigned, despite a petition signed by 1000 people. Today, it re-opened with a temporary subpostmaster behind the counter, who will operate the business until a more …and more » …

ABC News (blog) Postal Service Seeks 50-cent StampsOrlando SentinelWASHINGTON, DC — A nickel boost in the first-class stamp price to 50 cents is part of the US Postal Service's latest plan to stop bleeding red ink. The Postal Service released the 5-year business plan to Congress late Thursday in part …