An armed raider has escaped with an undisclosed sum of money after holding up a post office in Co Kildare today. More: continued here
Read More »A year after fire, new Matinicus Island Post Office opens – Working Waterfront
A year after fire, new Matinicus Island Post Office opensWorking Waterfront, MaineWanda Philbrook, Matinicus Island's postmaster (and yes, she does prefer that title), looks through the service window from her neat office on the other side. She hands the islander the stamps, and his mail (as of this writing, the actual …
Read More »Come July, pay your electricity bill at the post office – Times of India
Come July, pay your electricity bill at the post officeTimes of India, IndiaCHENNAI: Soon, you will be able to pay your electricity bill at the post office. The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board and the postal department have been discussing modalities for about three months now, to introduce the facility in Chennai. …
Read More »Stamp mistakes expected to bring millions – The Associated Press
Stamp mistakes expected to bring millionsThe Associated PressThese are the rare variety produced when part of a postage stamp is printed upside-down. The collection amassed by Pittsburgh stockbroker Robert H. Cunliffe, who died last year at the age of 83, is expected to sell for more than $4 million when …
Read More »Kansas bomb squad blasts suspicious package left at the post office, but find Bible (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. – A bomb squad used a disrupter gun to blast a suspicious package left on the counter of the Leavenworth post office, but only a Bible was found inside. More: continued here
Read More »King: Broncos set dangerous precedent; more mail (Sports Illustrated)
A few thoughts on the terminal ugliness in Denver, Roger Goodell being plagued by the stalling injustice of Plaxico Burress (with a judge echoing me in deriding the legal process), and the Brett Favre HBO interview before I get to your mail: More: continued here
Read More »Powder at Ponoka post office (Red Deer Advocate)
Ponoka RCMP were called to the Ponoka post office on Monday after a small amount of white powder was found in containers used to transport mail from Edmonton to the town. Mounties responded at about 8:15 a.m. More: continued here
Read More »Sacramento PD checking suspicious object outside post office – Sacramento Bee
Sacramento Bee Sacramento PD checking suspicious object outside post officeSacramento Bee, USABy Kim Minugh Sacramento police are investigating a suspicious object found outside the post office at Alhambra Boulevard and Q Street, according to authorities. The object was found in front of the Post Office on Alhambra, between Q Street …
Read More »Union Stops Payments To Labour Over Expenses (SkyNews via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
The union says it is not breaking its alliance with the party, but it is concerned with the direction of policy, particularly the part-privatisation of Royal Mail. More: continued here
Read More »Suspicious Device Found At Post Office (KCRA 3 Sacramento)
A bomb squad was called to a Sacramento post office Tuesday after a suspicious device was found, police say. More: continued here
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