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Daily Mail Stephan Brooks: Postman caught on CCTV stealing penis enlargement pillsDaily MailBy Daily Mail Reporter A postal worker suspected of thieving was embarrassed to be caught on CCTV stealing penis enlargement pills from a parcel. Stephan Brooks was spotted by his manager using a penknife to slice open post …
Read More »Chepstow woman urges people to cash in used Christmas stamps for puppy charity – Free Press Series
Chepstow woman urges people to cash in used Christmas stamps for puppy charityFree Press SeriesWITH Christmas fast approaching, a puppy parent from Chepstow is urging the local community to turn its used Christmas Card stamps into cash for Canine Partners. Canine Partners is a national charity that trains puppies to …
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LEBANON — Lebanon officials expect to bring more than 100 jobs to city through a deal with FedEx Ground to build a distribution facility.The $8.5 million project would involve FedEx Ground building an 18,000 square foot facility on 26 acres in the Lebanon Commerce Park off Homan Road, city officials …
Read More »Christmas shopping on eBay, Hardy Gallery style – Green Bay Press Gazette
Christmas shopping on eBay, Hardy Gallery styleGreen Bay Press GazetteYou've probably looked at things for sale on eBay— did you know the Hardy Gallery has an auction site on eBay? It's just launched, and they have some of the coolest things — including original and signed prints from Door County …
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Royal Mail fails to deliver to Hade Edge man's house because flagstones are …Huddersfield ExaminerBut Royal Mail has refused to deliver Don Booth's post because the few flagstones on the flat ground outside his front door have been judged 'too dangerous'. For the last five weeks Don, of Hade Edge, …
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