The Lafayette Post Office is taking cost cutting measures because of the economy. A decrease in mail volume has forced the US Postal service to adjust its routes, and make some internal changes to save costs. More: continued here
The Duke of Edinburgh has become the longest-serving consort to a British monarch. More: continued here
The head of a Florida agency in charge of food stamps says that call centers in India will no longer handle questions from food stamp recipients who use a debit-like card to buy groceries. More: continued here
Associated Press – April 17, 2009 7:05 PM ET DALLAS (AP) – A Georgia man’s collection of thousands of President Lincoln stamps has sold at auction in New York City for $1.961 million. More: continued here
KUALA LUMPUR: Pos Malaysia will issue special stamps and a first-day cover featuring Malaysia’s past and present accomplishments in engineering. More: continued here
Dallas — A Georgia man’s collection of more than 10,000 Abraham Lincoln stamps has sold at auction in New York City for a total of nearly $2 million. More: continued here
Associated Press – April 17, 2009 7:05 PM ET DALLAS (AP) – A Georgia man’s collection of thousands of President Lincoln stamps has sold at auction in New York City for $1.961 million. More: continued here
McCauley Constructors, based in Windsor, broke ground recently on a $3 million FedEx shipping facility west of the Grand Junction Regional Airport. More: continued here
Minnesota's stream trout season opens statewide | KXNet.com North …KXMC, NDAnglers fishing for stream trout must have a trout stamp in addition to a regular fishing or combination license. Licenses and trout stamps purchased last year expire at midnight April 30. Trout stamps cost $10. The money goes to benefit trout habitat. More: continued here
The future of Royal Mail was confirmed as a key election battle ground at SNP conference today as controversial UK Government plans for part-privatisation were flatly rejected by the party. More: continued here