This month, passengers from US Airways ill-fated Flight 1549 are starting to get special deliveries: FedEx boxes containing dried and cleaned wallets, handbags, coats, cameras, jewelry, clothing, important papers, even toothbrushes rescued from a watery grave and returned to their owners. More: continued here
Read More »Hudson crash passengers collect bags (Sky News Australia)
Passengers, including an Australian woman, on a US Airways flight that ditched in the Hudson River in New York are starting to get their luggage back, dried out and neatly packed inside FedEx boxes. More: continued here
Read More »Sherman Post Office hosts passport fair (The Herald Democrat)
The Sherman Post Office is hosting a Passport Fair from 9 a.m. -2 p.m. on Saturday, May 23 at 701 E. Peyton St. in Sherman to provide information to U.S. citizens and to accept passport applications. More: continued here
Read More »Pa. man pleads guilty in eBay forgery scheme – Philadelphia Inquirer
KYW1060.com Pa. man pleads guilty in eBay forgery schemePhiladelphia Inquirer, PAA Reading man pleaded guilty yesterday to a scheme to sell forged signatures of famous authors – including Truman Capote, Tom Wolfe, and Tom Clancy – over eBay that netted him more than $300000, US Attorney Laurie Magid announced. Forrest R. …
Read More »Post office runs low on stamps (Washington Daily News)
Veteran U.S. Postal Service employee LeVerne Buck shows off some 2-cent stamps, which have been hard to acquire in Washington. Because postal rates recently increased, the stamps are in demand to augment the difference between old first-class stamps and the new rate. More: continued here
Read More »eBay Motors and Hollander to Unlock Used Auto Parts Inventory with Exclusive Online Deal (The Auto Channel)
SAN JOSE, Calif.–eBay Motors (www.ebaymotors.com) , the #1 online automotive marketplace worldwide, announced an exclusive agreement with Hollander, a Solera company and the leading provider of auto recycling and parts yard management solutions in the U.S. and Canada, to provide access to over $2.7 billion in retail value of used …
Read More »EBay Backs Curbs on Pricing Accords – Wall Street Journal
EBay Backs Curbs on Pricing AccordsWall Street JournalBy JOSEPH PEREIRA An eBay Inc. executive told a US Senate hearing Tuesday that some manufacturers of consumer products are falsely accusing eBay merchants of selling counterfeit merchandise in an effort to restrict retail discounting. …EBay, Others Want End to Retail Price-fixingPC WorldeBay …
Read More »LETTERS/May 20: Texas Legislature, cars, stamps, guns and abortion (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Puzzled by the Legislature More: continued here
Read More »POE: Iowa’s Johnson has FedEx Cup lead (Sioux City Journal)
Don’t look now, but Zach Johnson, the pride of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has vaulted to the top of the FedEx Cup standings. More: continued here
Read More »16 state employees honored for service (The Olympian)
OLYMPIA – They sorted out tax disputes in the aftermath of a flood, reduced building costs, straightened up agency finances and eliminated waiting lists for food stamps. More: continued here
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