Wait for food stamps longerMonitor, TX –3 minutes agoAP AUSTIN (AP) — Texans seeking food stamps are waiting longer to have their applications processed through an updated computer system intended to … More: continued here
Barking and Dagenham Post Mayor threatens Post Office actionThe Press Association –3 hours agoThe Post Office has been threatened with legal action over plans to close almost a fifth of branches in London. Mayor Ken Livingstone condemned the move and …New location may aid post officesBBC NewsLegal bid to end post office closuresWimbledon GuardianPost offices disappear…
UNBORN-AGAIN ex-believers trying to unload their Scientology gizmos on Ebay are being thwarted as the self styled ‘church’ zaps the listings itself. More: continued here
Thank goodness a Royal Mail insider has leaked that at least 11 post offices are earmarked for the chop in Camden and Barnet (Named: secret list of post offices to close, H&H February 14). More: continued here
A new Indio post office many years in the making could be built by September 2009. More: continued here
Associated Press – February 20, 2008 5:25 AM ET AUSTIN (AP) – New state data shows that Texans in need of food stamps are waiting longer to have their applications processed. More: continued here
From YouTube to MySpace, angry eBay sellers are tapping the Web to call for a boycott of the online auction house, which beginning today is changing the fees it charges sellers to use the marketplace. Last month, eBay announced plans to raise prices for… More: continued here
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1.07PM – PROTESTORS HALT TRAFFIC OUTSIDE POST OFFICEthisisgloucestershire.co.uk, UK –10 minutes agoPROTESTORS in Kingsholm, angry at the proposed closure of their local post office, stopped the traffic in an attempt to get their message across. … More: continued here