Folks who grew up as television came of age will delight in a 20-stamp set included in the Postal Service’s plans for 2009 recalling early memories of the medium. Lucy and Ethel and Joe Friday are just some of the characters that are featured on the new stamps. More: continued …
Read More »Post office tops list of what Rutland misses most – Rutland Times
Post office tops list of what Rutland misses mostRutland Times, UK –5 hours agoRed phone boxes, lazy Sundays and the post office have topped a list of British institutions which Rutlanders miss the most. The iconic ideas featured in a … More: continued here
Read More »Postal Service lifts curtain on next year’s stamps (FOX 19 Cincinnati)
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Postal Service has lifted the curtain on the stamps it plans to release in 2009. One 20-stamp set commemorates black & white TV, such as when Lucy and Ethel lose their struggle with a chocolate assembly line. More: continued here
Read More »Almost one in 10 Floridians are on food stamps – Palm Beach Post
Almost one in 10 Floridians are on food stampsPalm Beach Post, United States –4 hours agoIn the last two years, the number of Floridians on food stamps has increased more than 40 percent to 1.7 million. That increase is the highest in the nation …Almost one in 10 Floridians on food …
Read More »Bob Dylan's Nashville Skyline Outtakes Sold on eBay – CMT.com
Bob Dylan's Nashville Skyline Outtakes Sold on eBayCMT.com, TN –1 hour agoAn original master recording of outtakes from Bob Dylan's Nashville Skyline sessions has apparently sold on eBay for $30000. … More: continued here
Read More »Carmike To Show FedEx BCS National Championship and NBA All-Star Saturday Night, Live in 3-D at 35 Theatres in 19 States (Centre Daily Times)
Carmike Cinemas, Inc. (NASDAQ: CKEC), the nation’s leading motion picture exhibitor in 3-D, today announced that it will be showing two upcoming Live 3-D broadcasts: the FedEx BCS National Championship Game between the University of Florida and the University of Oklahoma on January 8th and NBA All-Star Saturday Night on …
Read More »Ribbon cutting for new post office (NBC 2 Fort Myers)
The Estero community is welcoming 2009 with a new post office. More: continued here
Read More »Estero Post Office ‘unofficially’ opens (The News-Press)
Estero unofficially opened its 4,500-square-foot post office on Three Oaks Parkway on Monday. More: continued here
Read More »MP samples first class mail service (Reading Evening Post)
Rob Wilson delivered his Christmas thank you to posties at the Royal Mail’s sorting office. More: continued here
Read More »eBay’s New Year Resolution: Protect Endangered Elephants (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
The New Year should begin well for elephants with eBay’s worldwide ban on ivory products set to go into effect January 1, 2009. The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) played a key role in the Internet company’s decision to ban ivory by providing extensive data to eBay on the …
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