Men jailed for failed Consett post office raidChronicleLive, UK –1 hour agoDurham Crown Court heard how the plot to raid a post office had been dreamt up the night before when Alan Palmer, 29, and Paul Lee Davison, 20, …Post office raid planned during drunken nightNorthern Echoall 2 news articles More: continued …
Read More »Most Stamps back Barack (Canada.com)
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Read More »Citigroup, Continental, eBay are big movers – The Associated Press
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Read More »Mascot leads post office protest (BBC News)
A resort mascot will present a 6,000-name petition to 10 Downing Street in protest at planned post office closures in Skegness More: continued here
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Read More »PARTY AS POST OFFICE REOPENS – Herts and Essex Observer
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Read More »Need grows to for food stamps, especially in Michigan – KTKA.com
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Read More »Mail call for local address – Liverpool Echo
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Read More »eBay Marketplace Grows Just 4%, Company Lowers Guidance (AuctionBytes)
eBay posted its third-quarter 2008 earnings on Wednesday, revealing it earned $2.12 billion in revenue for the quarter, which was down 4% compared to the previous quarter and up 12% year over year. Its Marketplaces business was down 6% from the previous quarter and up 4% compared to the same …
Read More »eBay courses tackle credit crunch (BBC News)
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