MAIL COMMENT: A desperate gamble fraught with risks (Daily Mail)
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Post office plans premium bonds (BBC News)
Guernsey’s post office says it is investigating the possibility of starting up a Premium Bonds scheme. More: continued here
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Putting a stamp on shirts: hobby turns lucrative for T-shirt designer – Melrose Free Press
Putting a stamp on shirts: hobby turns lucrative for T-shirt designerMelrose Free Press, MAMuch of that interaction comes from her wedding business, where Gobiel creates custom wedding stamps, “save the date” cards and “thank you” cards, in addition wedding-related t-shirts. She works with each couple personally when coming up with a design; … More: continued here
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Thailand enters marketing partnership with eBay (The Malay Mail)
BANGKOK: The Thai government yesterday entered a partnership with eBay to promote the kingdom’s e-commerce, which already amounted to an estimated US$1 billion (RM3.65 billion) last year. More: continued here
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Guilty plea in Seattle in counterfeit goods case – Seattle Post Intelligencer
Guilty plea in Seattle in counterfeit goods caseSeattle Post IntelligencerAP SEATTLE — The US attorney's office in Seattle says a former Whidbey Island resident pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court in a scheme to import counterfeit fitness equipment and other goods and sell them on eBay. The 28-year-old man who now …Importer guilty in $2.1M…
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Northwest District: Dude, don’t plan party on cell at post office (The Oregonian)
Ten minutes before closing on a Friday afternoon, the line at the post office at 1706 N.W. 24th Ave. winds out the door. The succession of customers in winter coats stare solemnly at the floor or blankly past the wool… More: continued here
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eBay renames ‘yellow star’ after ‘Nazi’ complaint (TODAYonline)
Ebay logo at Ebay-France headquarters in Paris. Internet auction house eBay has temporarily renamed the yellow stars it uses to evaluate sellers on its French site after a complaint that the symbol had anti-semitic connotations. More: continued here
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The git that keeps on giving (Guardian Unlimited)
As a hideously middle-class Guardian reader, there’s a very real chance you’ve experienced the disappointment of “charity gifting’. The horrible moment when you tear open a birthday present from a “friend” only to discover that, in lieu of an actual gift – a decent bottle of wine, a hot air balloon ride, a nice cat…
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Investigators search for post office robbery (WLBT 3 Jackson)
UTICA, MS (WLBT) – Utica police are searching for the man who robbed the post office there about 2:00pm Thursday. We don’t have many details right now. But investigators say the man hit the postmaster over the head, then robbed the post office. More: continued here
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Main post office starts passport appointments (Louisville Courier-Journal)
The Louisville Main Post Office, 1420 Gardiner Lane, has begun requiring an appointment to apply for passports on Saturdays. More: continued here