Pueblo Chieftain Post Office CompromiseHartford Courant, United States –2 hours agoFor those business customers that would be hurt by a reduction in delivery days, why not keep local post offices open on the day that mail is not delivered …Post Office changes will impact local businessesLeesville Daily LeaderMain St. Postal Service site …
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The Royal Mail is to hold a two-day summit with union leaders next month to discuss modernising the business amid reports that thousands of jobs are to be axed. The postal group is aiming to cut costs by 10% and to press ahead with a huge modernisation programme in the …
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Read More »Hoover students take short route to post office lesson – Corvallis Gazette Times
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Read More »A PRESIDENT'S DAY Four new Lincoln stamps mark 200th birthday – Kansas.com
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NANCY BENAC WASHINGTON More than 37 million Americans live in poverty, and the vast majority of them are in line for extra help under the giant stimulus package coming out of Congress. Millions more could be kept from slipping into poverty by the economic lifeline. People who get food stamps …
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The Spokane Valley-based Berg Cos. recently opened a Coeur d’Alene sales and marketing office and hopes to begin construction of a manufacturing facility in Post Falls before the end of the year, says Lindsey McDonough, company spokeswoman. More: continued here
Read More »Cakes, parties, stamps and beards: Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday marked with reverence, fun (WHO-TV 13 Des Moines)
LONDON (AP) — They threw him a party at the Natural History Museum, they trotted out a set of stamps in his honor, and a zoo offered free admission to anyone sporting a beard in recognition of his famous facial hair. More: continued here
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