Painting, maybe by Keith Haring, sells for $1525The Associated PressThe eBay listing didn't claim "Hope" is the genuine article. It said buyers were bidding on a painting that looked remarkably like Haring's work. The unsigned 7-foot painting is on the back of a piece of wood paneling and shows a …
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Delegate wants photo ID for food stamp recipientsBeckley Register-Herald, WVDelegate Tom Loui-sos not only heartily endorses Blair’s proposal but has crafted one of his own to compel anyone getting food stamps to present a photo ID at the supermarket. Under the existing setup, Louisos, D-Fayette, explained Tuesday, …Drug Testing Bill IntroducedWest …
Read More »Back Around the Bend- Miccosukee Post Office – WCTV
Back Around the Bend- Miccosukee Post OfficeWCTV, FLWCTV takes us to a Post Office that first got electricity in 1994, as we go "Back Around the Bend"… In today's tech savvy world, communication travels worldwide in the blink of an eye. Through this changing climate, the business of delivering the … …
Read More »Mail row 'makes sell-off harder' – BBC News
guardian.co.uk Mail row 'makes sell-off harder'BBC News, UKThe row over plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail is making it harder to find a firm to buy a stake, Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has admitted. He criticised the "shrill" nature of the debate and union "propaganda" that "foreigners" would own …Dutch Frontrunner …
Read More »Economic Magic: USPS Makes Tenderloin's 'Full-Service Post Office … – SF Weekly Blogs
Economic Magic: USPS Makes Tenderloin's 'Full-Service Post Office…SF Weekly Blogs, CANot quite a year ago, SF Weekly reported on how the postal service's district manager gleefully announced via press release "The community asked us to consider upgrading the Civic Center Post Office to a 'full-fledged' retail center, and we listened" … …
Read More »FedEx offers free resume printing Tuesday (Atlanta Business Chronicle)
FedEx Office is helping out job seekers Tuesday by offering one day of free resume printing. More: continued here
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Despite the scale of backbench opposition in the Commons, this is not necessarily something Labour MPs and peers will go to the grave for Next week it will fall to Labour peers in the House of Lords to fight the fight begun by Labour MPs to oppose Lord Mandelson’s part-privatisation …
Read More »Sequim police cleared of wrongdoing for eBay sales – Seattle Post Intelligencer
Sequim police cleared of wrongdoing for eBay salesSeattle Post IntelligencerThe Sequim city attorney says no law or policies were broken by a police volunteer who sold junked police gear on eBay. Police Chief Bob Spinks says the items cleaned out of a storage unit were headed for a landfill. They …
Read More »Durrell Stamps (Jersey Insight)
Durrell’s conservation work has earned it a place on a new set of Jersey stamps. The set of six feature six species which are under threat. It is hoped letters sent from the island will help raise awareness of Durrell’s work and its message of biodiversity conservation. More: continued here
Read More »Stamps celebrate pioneers of Industrial Revolution (Yorkshire Post)
A new series of stamps celebrating pioneers of the Industrial Revolution was unveiled by the Royal Mail today. More: continued here
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