Removal of 'dangerous' post box stuns localsLancashire Evening Post, UK –5 hours agoRoyal Mail chiefs say traffic makes it too dangerous for posties to collect letters from the pillar box on the corner of Acregate Lane and Ribbleton Avenue … More: continued here
FROM POST OFFICE TO MOBILE KIOSKMearns Today, UK –4 hours agoAUCHENBLAE Post Office is to be reduced to a mobile kiosk operating for just a handful of hours each week, the Leader has learned. …MPs disappointed as post office cutbacks go aheadPress and JournalUnder-threat post offices win reprieveAberdeen Press and Journalall 3 news articles More: continued here
Wisbech Standard PENSIONERS' POST OFFICE CONCERNSFenland Today, UK –1 hour agoBy sue irving NINETY-three-year-old campaigner Hilda Boyce has added her voice to the post office closure protest. Three years ago, Hilda made the headlines …POST OFFICE CLOSURES: Councillor's plea for campaigners to write …Wisbech StandardLifeline for threatened post officesManchester Onlineall 4 news articles More: continued here
KOKOMO #8212; People receiving food stamps, Medicaid and other welfare told a legislative study committee Thursday that the state #8217;s automation of services that determine their eligibility has cost them their benefits at times, and they urged the lawmakers to fix the system. More: continued here
Associated Press – August 1, 2008 7:24 AM ET MARKSVILLE, La. (AP) – An ongoing investigation by the Avoyelles Parish Sheriff’s Office and U.S. postal inspectors has led to three arrests in… More: continued here
Angelica Mari, Computing , Friday 1 August 2008 at 10:55:00 Web-based parcel tracking among the latest services on offer Royal Mail web-based self-services have raised web site hits from 3.5 million in 2007 to 4.5 million in the first half of this year…. More: continued here
eBay drops 'blonde bombshell' holiday listingThe Age, Australia –4 hours agoA listing for a four-week holiday with a Queensland woman looking for "the best time of my life" has been removed by online auction site eBay, which said …Blonde bombshell sells holiday on eBayThe Ageall 2 news articles More: continued here
Lunacy gets the Green LightCalgary Herald, Canada –5 hours agoAnd even though the Stamps will be listed as the home team, much of that home-field advantage will be negated by the leather-lunged fans of the Grey Cup …Cates da manEdmonton Sunall 8 news articles More: continued here
Royal Mail launches mailer touting the benefits of DMBrand Republic, UK –7 minutes agoby Ben Bold Brand Republic 01-Aug-08, 14:45 LONDON – Royal Mail has launched a direct mail campaign extolling the virtues of DM as a marketing medium by … More: continued here
Looks like those famous ducks aren’t the only ones getting down to business at The Peabody. Next month, a FedEx Office branch (formerly FedEx Kinko’s) will open inside the venerable hotel, taking over the space previously occupied by International House of Gifts. More: continued here