Post office raiders huntedTeleText, UKPolice are hunting three men who held a couple at a New Forest post office and stole £16000 from the safe. The robbers held the occupants in a back room of the post office in Cadnam while the premises were searched. Police believe the three men drove … More: continued here
Big Summer Deals: Area ebay businesses can take care of the buying …Mansfield News Journal, OHBy ERIK SHILLING • News Journal • June 14, 2009 MANSFIELD — Just five or six years ago, getting rich by selling your junk on ebay seemed well within reach. The popular auction site had, in many ways, turned into the…
BBC News New cabinet 'tested' on post planBBC News, UKPushing ahead with plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail is "the test" of Gordon Brown's reshuffled cabinet, says Tory frontbencher Ken Clarke. He said the next steps on the plans would show whether the government was capable of "big decisions". … More: continued here
SLAM! Sports Stamps trade Renaud, stick with Dales, DeAngelisSLAM! Sports, CanadaIt was an off-season situation that caused the Stamps to bring two punters to training camp. When Dales went to free-agency without a deal in Calgary, the Stamps signed his former Concordia teammate Renaud. About a month later — despite an erroneous …Blue swap draft pick…
Chicago Tribune Postal service: Post office building sale won't hurt service in …Palm Beach Daily News, FLBy MARGIE KACOHA Palm Beachers will still be able to buy stamps, ship packages and maintain a post office box somewhere in the immediate neighborhood if and when the United States Postal Service sells its main island branch at North…
Stamp of approval for effortsWilkes Barre Times-Leader, PAThe Plymouth resident began a quest in 1986 to honor past, present and future miners with a Coal Miners Postage Stamp. Vengien, 90, continued that quest until his death Tuesday. “It is time for America to recognize the contributions of its coal miners, … More: continued here
Signed, sealed, delivered: Stamp sold for $375KIndianapolis Star, United StatesBy John Tuohy After a decades-long journey that included a blood-soaked side trip through the criminal underworld, a 140-year-old stamp was auctioned off Saturday for $375000. The estate of J. David Baker, Indianapolis, put the 1869 Abraham Lincoln … More: continued here
Mail service 'being pared to the bone'Hexham Courant, United Kingdom“They (Royal Mail) don't care what time the mail is delivered – they just want to make their savings,” he said. “Basically the policy is 'get it delivered as cheaply as possible and sod the customer'. “Royal Mail made £321 million in profit during the ……
Times Online Post unions must deliver a solutionguardian.co.uk, UKRoyal Mail is braced for further industrial unrest, with unions expected to ballot more regions for strike action as early as this week. It follows the vote last week by postal workers in London to stage a 24-hour walkout this Friday. …British postal workers to strike next week…
Post office serving the homeless saved from shutting downABC15.com (KNXV-TV), AZA Phoenix post office branch serving the homeless will remain open thanks to donations from Valley foundations and individuals. The facility at the Lodestar Day Resource Center near 11th Avenue and Jackson Street serves about 3000 homeless people. … More: continued here