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The Hindu Stamps, Paintings, Films Mark Tagore's 150th Birth AnniversaryWall Street Journal (blog)As with the celebratory events of many popular political and cultural leaders, Tagore's birth anniversary will also see the release of a commemorative postage stamp by India's telecom minister, Kapil Sibal, while ruling Congress Party chief will …Tagore …

Save the Ukiah Post Office member calls late mailing extremely suspicious,’ asks for refund Members of a group trying to stop the closure of the downtown Ukiah post office are crying foul over how long it took fliers announcing last month’s community meeting to arrive in residents’ mailboxes. More: continued …

Warming up to the jacketBoston GlobeIt's a sad-sack sort of thing, an old Bruins warm-up jacket he found on eBay . He didn't even have to bid on it; he just submitted a best offer, and 35 bucks later, the shiny, black-and-gold piece of history was his. Ference thought the …

Postal workers in London are starting a strike ballot after Royal Mail rejected union plans to save jobs in the capital’s mail centres. More: continued here

eBay beat big guns Apple and Google due to the company’s long standing engagement with their customers through forums, which were introduced in the late 1990s, corporate blogging, Twitter and Facebook. More: continued here

Cloud computing case study: Royal Mail GroupComputingThe Royal Mail Group (RMG) is the only organisation that delivers daily postal services to every household in the UK. It has 165000 staff who process and deliver more than 70 million items to 28 million addresses across the country. … More: continued here

Post Office gets saved – thanks to usSwindon AdvertiserIn April, the Adver reported that the Toothill branch was to shut this month for a “temporary” period – but the Post Office said it did not know how long “temporary” meant. But since the news broke, campaigner Steve Wakefield and … …

Missouri should end food-stamp ban for drug felonsKansas City StarThe insight will help them to do the right thing to ensure fairness and fiscal savvy regarding who has access to food stamps in the state. Missouri is one of nine states where a person can commit murder, rape, aggravated assault, …

Potential post office closure concerns Shawmut residentsBillings GazetteCASEY RIFFE/Gazette Staff Mike Crowley picks up his mail at the Shawmut post office Thursday. Community members talk about the changes to their mail service, including the possible closing of the town's post office, which opened in 1885. …Town Fights Possible Post Office …

Food-stamp fraud bust nets 3 at 2 storesTheNewsTribune.comTacoma police arrested three people and shut down two businesses Thursday afternoon in a 10-month investigation into the fraudulent use of food stamps. Tacoma police arrested three people and shut down two businesses Thursday afternoon in a 10-month …and more » More: continued here