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Someone Paid $738 on eBay for a Perfectly Round EggThe Daily MealA British woman whose hen laid a perfectly spherical egg in her garden has sold that very egg to the highest bidder on eBay for an impressive £480, or approximately $738 USD. Kim Broughton, whose hen produced the unusual …

OPINION: THE local post office plays an important role in the life of hundreds of country towns, large and small, around Australia. More: continued here

Gidding post office staying put for nowClovis News JournalThe Gidding Street Post Office is staying in the building … at least until the U.S Postal Service lease is up in five years. But the county is moving forward with renovation plans for the property at 417 Gidding Street. The Curry …

Chicago Sun-Times Police: Machete-Wielding Man Held Mom Hostage Over eBay PurchaseCBS Local(STMW) — A man threatened his mother with a machete and later held her hostage in a west suburban police station parking lot because she refused to buy him $4,000 worth of basketball cards and a costume mask on …

WGRZ-TV Post Office Suspends Mail Delivery to Apartment ComplexWGRZ-TVBuffalo, NY – The snowy sidewalks are so dangerous at one Buffalo apartment complex that the post office has stopped delivering mail. Excessive snow and ice blocking the sidewalks at Towne Gardens forced the post office to tell mail carriers it is …

CRIENGLISH.com Royal Mail Joins Hands with AlibabaCRIENGLISH.comA delivery van with the royal mail livery parks outside the delivery office in Wimbledon, London, UK on 18 Dec 2014. [Photo: Imagine China]. Britain's Royal Mail has announced it's joining Alibaba's Tmall Global online marketplace. Royal Mail is … More: continued here

Kindergarten Post Office sells stamps for schoolsTimes Herald-RecordTUXEDO PARK – Kindergarten students at Tuxedo Park School got a stamp of approval from their teachers after counting up their profits from selling stamps. The Kindergarten Post Office is a dual lesson on writing letters to peers, faculty and staff and … …

The Gidding Street Post Office is staying in the building … at least until the U.S Postal Service lease is up in five years. But the county is moving forward with renovation plans for the property at 417 Gidding Street. More: continued here

Texas Tribune Texas Households on Food Stamps Almost Tripled Since 2000Texas TribuneThe number of households in Texas receiving food stamps has almost tripled since 2000, according to figures released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau. In 2013, 1.3 million Texas households received aid from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance …The astonishing state-by-state …

Stamps Calling For Debate In Chicago's 37th Ward RaceProgress IllinoisTara Stamps, the aldermanic challenger in Chicago's 37th Ward race, is calling on incumbent Emma Mitts to engage in a public debate. Stamps is "demand[ing] that the fading incumbent come before the voters to defend her track record as they head …