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A pair of Calgary Stampeders who dressed in last November’s Grey Cup victory in Montreal won’t have a chance to win back their jobs at next month’s training camp. More: continued here
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Little-known Newmarket trainer Robert Cowell was left dreaming of Royal Ascot after High Spice made an impressive debut at his local track. More: continued here
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The Associated Press Ask AP: Flags on ships, 'Simpsons' on stampsThe Associated Press___ We've been hearing about losses with the US Postal Service, yet I see they have issued new stamps featuring "The Simpsons." Did the USPS pay for the rights to use those images or did creator Matt Groening …
Read More »Will Stamp Costs Implode When Internet Crashes? – Post Chronicle
Will Stamp Costs Implode When Internet Crashes?Post Chronicle – Grant Swank, JrSo when that happens, will the price of stamps go down? In quick time, stamp costs will go up. Soon. Reason would conclude then that with emails going zip via Internet crash, stamp costs should plummet, rejoicing over the upswing in …
Read More »Post Office collecting food Saturday – Keyser Mineral Daily News Tribune
Post Office collecting food SaturdayKeyser Mineral Daily News Tribune, WV – Richard KernsThose living outside the city who are served by the Keyser Post Office can place items near mailboxes before their rural carriers arrive. Donations can also be dropped off at the Keyser Post Office all this week, or on Saturday, the …
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Randy Smythe, a former top eBay PowerSeller, Amazon.com seller, blogger and consultant, joined AuctionBytes in a podcast interview to talk about how eBay has changed – and about his new role as “Merchant Evangelist” for Buy.com’s third-party merchant program. More: continued here
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CNET News BlackBerry and me: a tipping pointCNNMoney.comThese women, who included Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and the top female execs at Google (GOOG) and Yahoo (YHOO) and eBay (EBAY), assumed that I was as tethered to technology and “with it.” I began to slip two summers ago when Apple launched …
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