By BRYON OKADA FORT WORTH — The Postal Service unveiled its American Journalists series of commemorative stamps in Washington on Tuesday. Postmasters from the hometowns of the featured journalists — including Fort Worth native George Polk — held smaller presentations. The new stamp sheet features five journalists who reported on iconic stories of the 20th…
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LONDON — Royal Dutch Shell Plc is to cut hundreds of jobs in Aberdeen, as it sells oil fields in the declining North Sea, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. More: continued here
INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis post office branch will be renamed for the late U.S. Rep. Julia Carson. The U.S. Senate on Tuesday approved a bill by Indiana Sens. Richard Lugar and Evan Bayh to rename the Mapleton Station Post Office the Julia M. Carson Post Office Building. More: continued here
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