Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri is one of the few members of Congress who is trying to help small communities to retain their post offices and to save six-day mail delivery. She unveiled her proposal the past week. More: continued here
Read More »Asset tests put food stamps out of reach in some states – Minneapolis Star Tribune
The Associated Press Asset tests put food stamps out of reach in some statesMinneapolis Star TribuneThe 2010 Buick Enclave parked in her garage kept Michigan resident Renee Moore from getting food stamps for two months last year, even though her family's income had dropped to below the poverty level, her …
Read More »LTTE leaders in US, Norway and India behind offensive stamps
The intelligence sources believe the hardcore LTTE leaders are behind the issuance of a string of offensive personalised stamps depicting terrorist symbols in the European Union. More: continued here
Read More »America’s ‘Food Stamp Nation’ continues to grow – Toronto Star
America's 'Food Stamp Nation' continues to growToronto StarShe was running out of supplies and carefully timed this visit to buy more food minutes after midnight — the moment her automated “food stamp” card would be topped up for a new month. “I've got two children,” she says. “I've got to …
Read More »Day 2 of Fashion Week—Tramp stamps & debt woes – New York Post
New York Post Day 2 of Fashion Week—Tramp stamps& debt woesNew York Post“There's a joke that the tramp stamp has moved to a new location,” he told Buzz Thursday at his pop-up tattoo shop at the Empire Hotel overlooking Lincoln Center. The tramp stamp's new locale: the rib. “The trend …
Read More »Thousands send mail to Wyo. town for unique stamp
The Post Office in the tiny eastern Wyoming community of Hartville gets a lot of business this time of year. More: continued here
Read More »Campaign seeks to have Hmong leader Vang Pao honored on postage stamp – Sacramento Bee
Campaign seeks to have Hmong leader Vang Pao honored on postage stampSacramento BeeVang Pao, the venerated Hmong leader who died in 2011, is now the subject of a campaign seeking to have him honored on a US postage stamp. Jasmine Yang, a mail carrier in South Natomas, initiated a petition …
Read More »Devizes man driven to theft – The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald
Devizes man driven to theftThe Wiltshire Gazette and HeraldFoster, 25, of Longcroft Avenue, Devizes, who, until his arrest was also a retained firefighter in Devizes, admitted stealing 14 packets belonging to Royal Mail when he appeared before magistrates in Salisbury on Tuesday. Bob Booker, prosecuting …and more » More: continued here
Read More »Hartville Post Office in Wyoming features Valentine stamp; but this may be its … – The Republic
Hartville Post Office in Wyoming features Valentine stamp; but this may be its …The RepublicThe Post Office in the tiny eastern Wyoming community of Hartville gets a lot of business this time of year. The Hartville Post Office offers a special postmark, which has the town's name and a large …
Read More »Late GP Koirala’s postal stamp affixed – Himalayan Times
Late GP Koirala's postal stamp affixedHimalayan TimesSpeaking at a programme for affixing the first cancellation marks on the commemorative stamp depicting the portrait of the late Girija Prasad Koirala, the supreme personality of Nepali politics, here on Friday, NC president Koirala said the Unified …and more » More:
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