USPS Artist Kam Mak Brings His Chinese Heritage to LifePatch.comSo far Mak's paintings have appeared on a total of five Lunar New Year stamps since 2008, and he has seven more works for the stamp series through 2019. A common theme that runs through his works is his Chinese heritage. …
Read More »Woman accused of using someone else’s food stamps
OLEAN—A West Green Street woman has been arrested by Cattaraugus County sheriff’s deputies and charged with spending someone else’s food stamps while that person was in jail. More: continued here
Read More »eBay simplifies data calls with new web query language
In the hopes of reducing the complexity of making data calls over the Web, eBay has launched a programming language, called ql.io, which bundles separate API requests into a single call. More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail scrap plans to close Guisborough delivery office – Gazette Live
Royal Mail scrap plans to close Guisborough delivery officeGazette LiveThe Royal Mail announced in June that the Morgan Drive office was to be moved to Malmo Court – on Redcar's Kirkleatham Business Park – next year. Its plans were met with widespread condemnation with 30 members of staff plus more …
Read More »Postal Service may close its doors at Mesa Verde park – The Durango Herald
Postal Service may close its doors at Mesa Verde parkThe Durango HeraldArea visitors may no longer be able to have their Cliff Palace or Spruce Tree House postcards postmarked from Mesa Verde National Park under a proposed plan by the US Postal Service to close the park's only post office. …
Read More »Stamps dedicated to Junior Eurovision 2011 were cancelled – Times.am
Stamps dedicated to Junior Eurovision 2011 were cancelledTimes.amOn December 3 at the Karen Demirchyan Sports Concerts Complex, in cooperation of Haypost and Armenian Public Television, the cancellation ceremony of the stamp dedicated to Junior Eurovision 2011 took place. The cancellation was carried out by RA …and more » More: continued here
Read More »FedEx Field escalator stops suddenly, 2 injured
The Associated Press The Associated Press LANDOVER, Md. Authorities say two men were taken to hospitals for minor injuries after an escalator at FedEx Field came to a sudden stop as the crowd was leaving the stadium. It isn’t clear why the upper-level escalator at Gate A came to a …
Read More »App helps viewers shop while watching TV programs – Reuters Canada
App helps viewers shop while watching TV programsReuters CanadaUnlike television shopping channels, Watch with Ebay is a new feature in eBay's iPad app that lets users buy items related to the program they're currently viewing. "The idea is to provide a new form of TV watching entertainment that includes the …
Read More »Post Office issues ‘last chance’ reminder – Manx Radio
Post Office issues 'last chance' reminderManx RadioToday (Monday) is the last day the Post Office will guarantee pre-Christmas delivery on items bound for South and Central America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the Far East, Australia and New Zealand. From today, Douglas Mail Centre …and more » More: continued …
Read More »Post office set to close 250 of nearly 500 mail processing centres as early as … – Daily Mail
Daily Mail Post office set to close 250 of nearly 500 mail processing centres as early as …Daily MailBecause the consolidations typically would lengthen the distance mail travels from post office to processing centre, the agency also would lower delivery standards for first-class mail that have been in place since …
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