As a new stamp of Marie Stopes shows, the people and things that go on stamps can prove a controversial business. More: continued here
Read More »Ahead of the Bell: EBay down after 3Q report (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Shares of eBay Inc. were trading down ahead of the market open Thursday after the auction site reported third-quarter earnings that an analyst found “extremely disappointing.” More: continued here
Read More »Secret London wartime tunnel complex for sale – Reuters UK
BBC News Secret London wartime tunnel complex for saleReuters UK, UK –1 hour agoThe Public Records Office used the site, known as Kingsway Tunnels, after the war to store historic documents. The Post Office later took over the property …For sale: mile-long tunnel complex. Price: £5mTimes OnlineHideout For SaleEURSOCLondon tunnel network put …
Read More »A stamp of approval – Frankfort Station
A stamp of approvalFrankfort Station, IL –2 hours agoThe program takes recycled, commemorative and foreign stamps and postcards and turns them into funds for Illinois Audobon Society and its land acquisition … More: continued here
Read More »Post office to hold passport fair Saturday – Gainesville Sun
Post office to hold passport fair SaturdayGainesville Sun, FL –1 hour agoThe United State Post Office will be holding a passport fair at the University Station Post Office on Saturday. The one-stop event will offer everything …Passport Fair this SaturdayAM850all 2 news articles More: continued here
Read More »Banknotes and stamps – Londra Gazete
Banknotes and stampsLondra Gazete, UK –20 minutes agoTWO events this week caught my eye, one involving new Turkish Lira banknotes, the other a set of six special stamps from the Royal Mail. … More: continued here
Read More »Taxi Driver Shot And Killed Near FedEx Field (CBS 13 Baltimore)
Prince George’s County police say a taxi driver was shot and killed in what police say was a carjacking near Fed Ex Field in the Landover area. More: continued here
Read More »Village post office waits on its fate – South Devon Herald Express
Village post office waits on its fateSouth Devon Herald Express, UK –5 hours agoMORELEIGH post office will definitely close as part of the Post Office's rationalisation plans but the final verdict on Abbotskerswell is yet to be made. …Ten post offices to get the chopSouth Yorkshire TimesFury as 'lifeline' post offices axedDerbyshire …
Read More »Queen Elizabeth II visits Google’s British HQ (AP via Yahoo! News)
She was the first monarch to send an e-mail. She has her own Web site. And on Thursday, Queen Elizabeth II uploaded video to YouTube during a visit to Google’s British headquarters. More: continued here
Read More »Upstate remains contender for FedEx hub (The Greenville News)
FedEx Ground, the ground-delivery arm of FedEx Corp., isn’t ruling out the Greenville-Spartanburg area as a possible location for a $110 million hub, even though the company has already bought land for the facility in North Carolina’s Triad region. More: continued here
Read More »