Fundraising Launched For Post Office DoorsHartford CourantFARMINGTON — – A group of residents has started raising money to pay for power-operated doors at the post office in Unionville. … More: continued here
Hundreds of soldiers prepared for the battlefields of Afghanistan in a major Army exercise on the vast expanse of the Brecon Beacons. Reporter Lisa Jones joined the 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh (The Royal Welch Fusiliers) as they get ready for deployment in October More: continued here
BLACKSBURG – Virginia Tech will play Boise State, college football’s small-conference darling, next season at FedEx Field in Landover, Md. The first meeting between the schools will take place Oct. 2 at the home of the Washington Redskins. To accommodate the game, Tech and Syracuse canceled their home-and-home series scheduled for 2010 and 2011. More:…
The U.S. Postal Service started selling first-class stamps Thursday with five Gulf of Mexico lighthouses that withstood hurricanes … More: continued here
Australia Post is applying to raise the price of a normal postage stamp to 60 cents. More: continued here
CAITHNESS postal services could be affected by strikes being carried out by the Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) over disputes with Royal Mail. More: continued here
The BC Lions (1-2) welcome the Calgary Stampeders (1-2) to BC Place for a pivotal West Division showdown. Both clubs enjoyed their first win of the 2009 season last week with the Lions hammering the Edmonton Eskimos by a 40-22 score and the Stamps drubbing the Toronto Argonauts by a 44-9 margin. More: continued here
MEMPHIS, July 23 (UPI) — FedEx Corp.’s 92 new U.S. hybrid electric trucks will save fuel, improve air quality and possibly spur mass production of the vehicles, the company said. More: continued here
A win-win-win: Use of food stamps great for farmers and consumersDaily CameraAfter the quiet shift in food stamps from paper coupons to debit cards nationwide, advocates of those in need said it would … More: continued here
SAN FRANCISCO: EBay Inc posted better-than-expected quarterly results after managing to slow a persistent deterioration in its main Web auctions and retail business, propelling its shares nearly 5 percent higher. But executives and analysts warned that consumer spending remained weak with unemployment rising and credit still tight, likely dampening revenue growth in coming quarters. Chief…