As you are reading this, I’m on vacation. />Turns out, a bunch of other people had a similar idea, because a lot of my usual question-answerers are on vacation this week. More: continued here
After a very brief deliberation, the six-person jury in the case of a FedEx driver accused of vehicular homicide in Raynham delivered a verdict of not guilty. More: continued here
Anger over Royal Mail strike planFinancial Times… workers' union announced on Thursday that 121000 Royal Mail staff had voted overwhelmingly for national strikes over jobs, pay and working conditions. … More: continued here
Telegraph.co.uk Argos and ebay ready to desert Royal Mail as union votes for strikeguardian.co.ukRetailers are preparing to ditch Royal Mail after postal workers voted for a national strike. Photograph: Johnny Green/PA Argos joined a growing band of …Alternatives to the Royal MailBBC NewsAmazon eyes wander as Royal Mail strike loomsRegisterAmazon Denies Royal Mail Contract EndedNew…
BBC News Worcestershire post office killing trial hears of 'ferocious violence'The Birmingham PostCraig Hodson-Walker was killed during the robbery at the post office and general store in Fairfield, Worcestershire, in January. …Post Office murder trial beginsBarry and District NewsFour in court on murder chargeexpressandstar.comSon died defending his parents, court toldguardian.co.ukBBC News –The Sun –TeleTextall 18 news articles »…
Go-To-Gal gets lowdown on drug stamps, bridgeNewton KansanA. If you read the daily record stuff, you probably see people being charged with no drug tax stamp (or similar wording). Basically, I would call it a way … More: continued here
BBC News Brothers behind post office raidBBC NewsA jury has found Ryad Morgan, 28, guilty of the raid on the Briton Ferry branch office near Neath in May. His brother Richard Morgan had already admitted …'I didn't do robbery with my brother' – Briton Ferry Post Office trial co-accusedSouth Wales Evening Postall 2 news articles »…
Royal Mail workers voted Thursday in favour of a national strike in a bitter row over jobs and pay, a move condemned as “deplorable” by Royal Mail. More: continued here
Calderbridge Post Office in west Cumbria is to close at the end of next month. More: continued here
Senate sends agriculture spending bill to ObamaThe Associated PressAs of July about 36 million people received food stamps under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, about half of them children. …and more » More: continued here