Associated Press – March 4, 2008 1:54 PM ET JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Senators are considering a bill that would let drug convicts get food stamps. More: continued here
Read More »What's going on – Detroit Free Press
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Read More »TNT to Cut 1,850 Jobs as Company, ING End Post Office Venture (Bloomberg.com)
March 5 (Bloomberg) — TNT NV , Europe’s second-biggest express-delivery service, will eliminate 1,850 jobs after the company and ING Groep NV agreed to end their Dutch post-office banking joint venture over the next five years. More: continued here
Read More »North Essex 'has worst postal service' – East Anglian Daily Times
expressandstar.com North Essex 'has worst postal service'East Anglian Daily Times, UK –5 hours agoFigures released by Royal Mail have revealed the CO postcode, which covers most of north east Essex including Colchester and Tendring, is second only to the …Fifth of letters fail to arrive next dayexpressandstar.comA second class post serviceOxford Mailall …
Read More »Pom poms, short skirts, Rah! Rah! Rah! Got what it takes? Become a Stamps cheerleader (Calgary Sun)
The famed Calgary Stampeder Outriders cheer squad is hosting auditions this weekend. If you’re over the age of 18, own some hot pants and are ready to get your groove on at the Stamps games in 2008, head to Cardel Place on Sunday — 1950 Country Village Link N.E. More: …
Read More »Astronomer royal talks on physics, history (Deseret Morning News)
After the lecture Tuesday night by Sir Arnold W. Wolfendale, Great Britain’s 14th astronomer royal, a listener asked him if the appointment could only go to someone from that country, or if there could be a foreigner in the position. More: continued here
Read More »postcode without a post office – This is London
This is London postcode without a post officeThis is London, UK –1 hour agoAn entire London postcode has been left without a single post office for the first time since the capital was split into districts in 1857. … More: continued here
Read More »Post office battle meeting – Hornsey and Crouch End Journal
Post office battle meetingHornsey and Crouch End Journal, UK –1 hour agoAnd residents will unite to block the cutbacks with a protest at the Tottenham post office on West Green Road, set to take place by the end of March. … More: continued here
Read More »TNT, ING to Cut Jobs as They End Post Office Venture (Correct) (Bloomberg.com)
(Corrects headline, first paragraph to specify that job cuts are at joint venture.) March 5 (Bloomberg) — TNT NV , Europe’s second-biggest express-delivery service, and ING Groep NV will eliminate 1,850 jobs as they end their Dutch post-office banking joint venture over the next five years. More: continued here
Read More »Post Office closures are “Politics of the Madhouse” – Cotswold Chatterblog
Post Office closures are “Politics of the Madhouse”Cotswold Chatterblog, UK –1 hour agoGeoffrey Clifton-Brown the Conservative Member of Parliament for the Cotswolds found some unlikely allies during a debate on Post Office Closures yesterday …Post Office Meeting in Longborough in the CotswoldsCotswold Chatterblogall 2 news articles More: continued here
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