Post office manager faked robbery – The Oxford Times

Post office manager faked robberyThe Oxford Times, UKA POST office manager stole cash from the Bicester branch she was in charge of before helping to stage a fake robbery to cover her tracks, a court heard. Travis Stone, 24, of Nuthatch, Bicester, Tara Holland, 21, of Spindleside, Bicester and Lee Graham …

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Royal Mail sale to be put on hold (Guardian Unlimited)

• Ministers promise to wait for bidders to raise offers • Brown told delay is price of many MPs’ support The government’s plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail are to be put on hold pending an increase in the price bidders are willing are to pay, ministerial sources said last …

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Highway-straddling post office up for auction – Chicago Tribune

Highway-straddling post office up for auctionChicago Tribune, United StatesAP CHICAGO – A former Chicago post office that spans an expressway and has sat vacant for 14 years is going up for auction. US Postal Service spokesman Mark Reynolds says the 3-million-square-foot building will be auctioned Aug. …Old post office heading to …

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Old post office could be yours – Chicago Sun-Times

Old post office could be yoursChicago Sun-Times, United StatesThe US Postal Service plans to auction off Chicago's "incredible hulk," the massive old downtown post office that has been vacant since 1996. With its announcement Tuesday, the postal service served notice that it no longer has a long-term contract …Highway-straddling post office …

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