Judge sentences another member of the McKinney familyBelleville News DemocratLOUIS — The last of the four McKinneys who took part in a scheme to defraud the Internal Revenue Service, lied on a mortgage loan application and deceived the food stamp office in order to get food stamps that she was …
Read More »Ingk Labs rescues technology behind SwapThing to build the next eBay (exclusive) – VentureBeat
VentureBeat Ingk Labs rescues technology behind SwapThing to build the next eBay (exclusive)VentureBeatIt hopes to use that second-hand technology to corner the online-bartering market and take on eBay and Amazon. Ingk Labs rescues undervalued intellectual property (IP) from dying startups, and then brings its IP buys back to life as …
Read More »Post offices not going anywhere — at least not yet – The Riverdale Press
Post offices not going anywhere — at least not yetThe Riverdale Press13 that they negotiated with Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe for a five-month moratorium on post office closings, while both the Senate and USPS study the potential solvency of the service. The USPS had planned to close 252 of its …
Read More »Post Office delays office closings – Sequoyah County Times
Post Office delays office closingsSequoyah County Timesby Dianna F. Dandridge, Staff Writer The two county post offices that had been considered for closing received a Congressional reprieve last week, according to Dionne Montague, corporate information spokesman for the postal service. … More: continued here
Read More »HMB post office plans to downsize
Postal officials plan to sell and close the Half Moon Bay post office on Stone Pine Road next year and open a new, smaller branch in the area. Postal officials say the change will not affect service n More: continued here
Read More »Commentary: The stamp of disapproval – CattleNetwork.com
Commentary: The stamp of disapprovalCattleNetwork.comAll you need is a few minutes' time and some stamps. For most of us those stamps depict jolly old St. Nick, reindeer on the roof or maybe a close-up of a generic holiday ornament. But for the veggie activist, now there's an alternative: A new …
Read More »HMB post office plans to downsize – Half Moon Bay Review
HMB post office plans to downsizeHalf Moon Bay Reviewby Clay Lambert Postal officials plan to sell and close the Half Moon Bay post office on Stone Pine Road next year and open a new, smaller branch in the area. Postal officials say the change will not affect service nor the …
Read More »GoodShop, eBay make gift-buying charitable – San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
San Francisco Chronicle (blog) GoodShop, eBay make gift-buying charitableSan Francisco Chronicle (blog)Another way to give back with just a click comes from eBay. Head to the virtual eBay Giving Tree to choose, buy and send a gift through the site to a Bay Area child participating in the Family Giving …
Read More »Post Offices to be Open, Mail Delivered on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve – Printing Impressions (press release)
Post Offices to be Open, Mail Delivered on Christmas Eve and New Year's EvePrinting Impressions (press release)21, 2011—All Post Offices nationwide will be open on Christmas Eve (Dec. 24) and New Year's Eve (Dec. 31). Most will have shortened retail lobby hours and will close at noon. Mail delivery on …
Read More »Man sends tons of tweets via Post Office
Could you do Twitter via the mail? That’s the question writer Giles Turnbull posed (on Twitter), then went on to literally post his tweets by post, or snail mail: “Twitter is the contemporary postcard — social updates that are limited by size, but not imagination. More: continued here
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