CNN International What will happen to the post offices?Wilmington News Journal, OHResidents in Reesville and Lees Creek may soon find themselves traveling further to visit a post office, but at least they can speak up about it. The US Postal Service recently notified residents of both Clinton County communities …Post Office History for SaleWall Street…
Long Beach council rubber-stamps budgetContra Costa TimesLONG BEACH — The Long Beach City Council on Tuesday pushed through a 2012 budget, enacting $20.3 million in reductions. The second reading of the spending plan approved Sept. 6 satisfies the City Charter's mandate of …and more » More: continued here
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Sydney Morning Herald Kid Cudi Buys Four Pairs Of Nike Mags (Marty McFlys)BallerStatus.comThe hype culminated with the release of 1,5000 pairs, which are currently being auctioned off on eBay with proceeds benefiting the Michael J. Fox Foundation. While reports surfaced about UK rapper Tinie Tempah copping the very first pair for $37500 in …Brew: how…
Endangered post offices still neededColumbus Ledger-EnquirerNationwide, 3700 rural post offices are on the proposed hit list. That includes 45 in Georgia and 52 in Alabama. Close to home, the discontinuance list includes post offices in Andersonville, Bluffton, Howard, Junction City, Omaha, Parrott, …and more » More: continued here
Reuters DOJ investigating alleged criminal actions by eBayTimes of IndiaSAN FRANCISCO: US prosecutors have launched a criminal probe into whether eBay Inc employees took confidential information from classified ad website Craigslist as eBay sought to build a rival service, a copy of a grand jury subpoena obtained by …Federal prosecutors probing alleged criminal activity by…
Kansas City Star Our view: Hard days at the post officeAnchorage Daily NewsThirty-one Alaska communities got a reprieve last week when the US Postal Service took them off its prospective list for closures. That was good for village Alaska, where the post office is a vital link for everything from snowmachine tracks to …Kelley: U.S….
The US Postal Service may close thousands of brick and mortar post offices by the end of the year as mail volume falls and an increasing number of people pay bills online. And though the brick and mortar post office might be little used in many communities, many residents in the Bronx- where 17 are…
Craiglist, the online classified ad company, claims that eBay stole data to start a rival site. More: continued here
Is the Post Office Going Extinct?Southern Pines PilotSo now it's the post office. I, too, will be mourning the demise of the 3700 sweet little hometown POs that will go the way of the manual typewriter and the VCR. Seems we've lost a lot of who and what we were in the last 20 years…