Postal service: Worker stole $20000 in stamps for mortgageCNN(CNN) — Postal authorities say a Michigan postal worker has admitted to stealing some $20000 worth of first-class stamps since September and trying to sell them to online auction-site customers to help pay his mortgage. An arrest warrant has been … More: …
Read More »Get your passport at the Breckenridge Post Office on Thursday – Summit Daily News
Get your passport at the Breckenridge Post Office on ThursdaySummit Daily News, COThe Breckenridge Post Office will have extended hours on Thursday to process passports for families. As of June 1, 2009, passports will be required to travel to Mexico, Canada, Bermuda and the countries of the Caribbean. On Thursday, the …
Read More »Farmers Markets in Maine Accepting Food Stamps – The Exception Magazine
Farmers Markets in Maine Accepting Food StampsThe Exception Magazine, MEBy Exception Staff | May 11, 2009 The 99000 Maine families in the state's food stamps program will have an easier time purchasing fresh produce. Vendors at farmers markets across the state are increasingly accepting food stamp payments via the …Maine farmers …
Read More »Covet UT history? Star's 1914 uniform up for bids on eBay – Austin American-Statesman
Covet UT history? Star's 1914 uniform up for bids on eBayAustin American-Statesman, TXBy John Maher Dennis Behm admits that he's almost addicted to eBay. The former music professor has bought and sold a variety of things on the Internet, including the handmade French horn he used in concerts, which fetched $10000. …
Read More »Historic 1914 Texas uniform could fetch big bucks on eBay – Orlando Sentinel
Historic 1914 Texas uniform could fetch big bucks on eBayOrlando Sentinel, FLForget the recession, credit crunch and the fact you can't find two dimes to scratch together. There's vintage football gear on the market, and one of you will likely try to snatch up this gem. It's a 1914 University of …
Read More »Stamp costs rise; post office $4 billion in debt – WZZM
Stamp costs rise; post office $4 billion in debtWZZM, MIAt 5:30 Monday evening, there was no line, no wait to see one of five clerks at the Michigan Street Post Office. What's worse is that used to be their rush hour, with lines out the door for service. It speaks volumes …
Read More »The Price Of A Postage Stamp Just Went Up – State Journal
State Journal The Price Of A Postage Stamp Just Went UpState Journal, WV"I got the Forever stamps at 42 cents and stocked up. So I've got about a year's worth. But I just think everything's going up. Just like the price of gas. So stamps are going up too. Somebody's got …
Read More »Peel ‘Em and Weep: First-Class Stamps Rise 2 Cents (Fox News)
The price of a first-class stamp for mailing a letter or paying a bill climbed to 44 cents Monday, though folks who planned ahead and stocked up on Forever stamps will still be paying the lower rate. More: continued here
Read More »Prosper suspends operations, returns to 'quiet period' – Bizjournals.com
Prosper suspends operations, returns to 'quiet period'Bizjournals.com, NCProsper and similar services are pioneering a new form of lending in which borrowers and lenders are matched through a service likened to Ebay for money. “As a result of this decision, we will not be accepting new lender or borrower registrations or …Prosper …
Read More »Drunk woman crashes into Post Office (The New Zealand Herald)
A woman who crashed her vehicle into a post office after going to look for her partner was found to be nearly two and half times over the limit, police say. More: continued here
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