LONDON – Britain’s Defense Ministry said a laptop containing personal details of 600,000 new or prospective military recruits was stolen last week from a Royal Navy officer in Birmingham. The ministry said it was urgently writing to 3,500 people whose bank details were included. More: continued here
Read More »Philips May Say Quarterly Profit Rose on Stake Sales (Update2) (Bloomberg.com)
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Read More »Senator Wants Post Office Named After Carson – INDYchannel.com
Senator Wants Post Office Named After CarsonINDYchannel.com, IN –3 minutes agoEvan Bayh plans to push for Indianapolis' Mapleton State Post Office to be renamed the Julia M. Carson Post Office, in honor of the late congresswoman. … More: continued here
Read More »Chinese artifacts at ROM have been smuggled: book (CBC)
A new book by a Chinese scholar says hundreds of Chinese antiquities at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto were smuggled out of China illegally, according to an article in the Globe and Mail. More: continued here
Read More »Former NFL defender Stubblefield admits lying about BALCO (TODAYonline)
Dana Stubblefield, then of the Washington Redskins, celebrates stopping the Detroit Lions on a third down during their first-round NFC playoff game at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland, January 2000. Former San Francisco 49ers defender Stubblefield has pleaded guilty to lying to federal agents about taking performance-enhancing drugs, becoming American …
Read More »Bayh to propose renaming post office branch for Carson (The Indianapolis Star)
Sen Evan Bayh, D-Ind., announced today that he plans to introduce legislation next week renaming the Mapleton annex post office in Indianapolis to the Julia M. Carson Post Office, in honor of the late congresswoman. More: continued here
Read More »Queen Creek to get new post office (East Valley Tribune)
Queen Creek’s quaint but overburdened post office will soon be replaced by a larger, upgraded facility. More: continued here
Read More »Public meeting on post office closures – Wiltshire Times
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Read More »Del. Valentine calls vote to honor post office in Valentines – Lynchburg News and Advance
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Read More »Kay says a big thank you to her postman a big thank you to her postman – ic Wales
Kay says a big thank you to her postman a big thank you to her postmanic Wales, United Kingdom –2 minutes agoKay was so thankful for Grant’s quick action that she wrote to Royal Mail praising him. The letter means Grant has been nominated for the company’s First … More: continued here
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