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Royal Mail postman 'stockpiled parcels'myHermesA former employee of delivery company Royal Mail has been accused in court of stockpiling parcels and letters in a storage facility after becoming unable to cope with his job. Michael Harris stored nearly 3000 items at a unit in Bristol because he was …Postman prat: …

ZDNet (blog) Nicira platform brings network virtualization to cloudZDNet (blog)It is being used by AT&T, eBay and Rackspace In its first six months in business, startup Nicira has sold AT&T, eBay, Fidelity, NTT and Rackspace on its Network Virtualization Platform (NVP). The NVP, which was publicly unveiled today, …Meet Nicira. …

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Washington Examiner Jose Reyes selling dreadlocks on EBayNewsradio 620 (blog)Reyes had his dreadlocks chopped and is selling them on EBay. As of 3:55pm CST on February 6th, The bidding is up to nearly $6000 and closes on February 8th. No, Reyes is not being greedy – quite the opposite as …

Florida's proposed food-stamp restrictionsWashington Post (blog)Ronda Storms has attracted media attention for proposing state legislation that would, among other things, expand the list of foods people can't purchase with food stamps. Storms (R) has submitted a bill that would prohibit participants in the …and more » More: continued here

fox4kc.com McCaskill: Rural Post Offices Need ReprieveKMBC Kansas CityWith thousands of post offices, including many in rural parts of Kansas and Missouri, set to be closed in the coming months, US Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) said closing rural post offices may do more harm than good. McCaskill said mail service …

Reader commentary behavior and food stampsTheDay.comBy Paul Choiniere What does it say about human nature — and the nature of online comments — that a story and editorial this past Sunday both dealing with the topic of food stamps were greeted with such vastly different reader comments? More: continued here

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says the owner of the old Chicago post office must maintain ventilation systems below the building to help prevent train exhaust from entering inside Union Station. More: continued here

Efforts to tackle dangerous pollution that threatens the health of commuters at Amtrak’s Union Station are being delayed by the foot-dragging British owner of the neighboring Old Post Office building, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin alleged Monday.But International Property Developers — the British firm that owns the giant, long-empty post office …

Postage stamp now canvas for citizen's mugshotHindustan TimesDelhi's Sukrit Goel, 12, is eagerly awaiting the postman, who will arrive later this month with his grandmother's letter bearing his face on the postage stamp. canvas for the ordinary citizen's mugshot. The My Stamp scheme launched by the General Post … More: …