The U.S. Postal Service expects to save more than $100 million annually through a series of steps, but a handful of other steps reportedly being taken by the agency during its economic crisis will raise both cash...
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Canada Post has raised it's rates, effective Monday. The 100% price increase of thick envelopes is drawing criticism from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, which says it opposes "arbitrary...
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"A special set of four stamps is being jointly issued by the Royal Mail and China Post to mark the handover of the Olympic Flag from Beijing to London. The 1st class stamps feature landmarks from the two cities, including Beijing's Bird's Nest Stadium where the track and...
Update 31 July 2008"A man has been arrested after blank passports worth £2.5m were stolen from a van. He is the delivery man who accompanied the driver of the van, sources said.A spokesman for Greater...
Isle of Man Post is issuing a set of stamps which will celebratesthe links between the Isle of Man and other Celtic nations.The eight stamps feature National flags of Mann, Scotland, Wales,Cornwall, Brittany, Ireland, Asturies and Galicia.Sets of stamps can be ordered now...
The intent of a 1993 federal law is clear: take voter registration drives to the people, especially those who use government assistance offices (welfare, food stamps) as well as driver's license offices. Now, however, ACORN, the umbrella activist group, says that Missouri...
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Photographers Without Borders is pleased to release its first collectible Earth Day Stamp Set, now available for ordering on its website: www.PhotographersWithoutBorders.orgProceeds from sales of the stamps will...
"The Drug Tax Man Cometh
riceKtreats.jpgIn Tennessee, there’s this law called the Taxation of Unauthorized Substances Act. It basically says that folks arrested for illegal possession of drugs have to pay a tax on those drugs, with the tax amount determined by the weight of...
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This is just getting more strange as time goes on.------------------------"An anonymous user operating a computer traced to Stamford, Conn. — home to World Wrestling Entertainment — posted an entry to pro...
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US Congressional Representatives Tim Ryan and Jim McGovern have agreed to subsist on food stamps for one week: they will have only US$21 to spend on food to last them for seven days. This works out to a buck per...
"New stationery, new currency, new postage stamps...
There is this insignia kinda thingy that is on a lot of places in UK and I am told it is specific to Queen Elizabeth. It looks like Queen Elizabeth emblem. If it really is specific to Queen Elizabeth than I am wondering...
"Those who have jumped the fence into America in order to avoid our immigration checks are not immigrants. Rather, they are illegal aliens, with no claim whatsoever to the welcome mat extended to legal immigrants."
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