Two new stamps showing Victorian illustrations of Charles Dickens characters are unveiled to mark the novelist's birth bicentenary.

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Sen. Mary Landrieu urges post office rescue NOLA.com Landrieu, D-La., joined Vermont's two senators, Independent Bernie Sanders and Democrat Patrick Leahy, at a news conference Monday outlining steps they believe can avert the Postal Service's plan to close 3600 post offices, eliminate Saturday mail …

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Royal Mail will commemorate 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens with new stamps featuring The Pickwick Papers and Nicholas Nickleby.

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I-Team: Food stamp fraud continues despite electronic tracking kypost.com COLUMBUS, Ohio - One out of every six Hamilton County residents is on food stamps. It's a $216 million program in the county, $75 billion nationwide. Even though people still refer to them as food stamps, Ohio did away with the paper coupons more than …

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iPhone App Uses eBay Data to Estimate Charitable Deductions Accounting Today By Michael Cohn, Accounting Today A new app for Apple's iPhone relies on data from eBay to estimate the fair market value of goods donated to charity for charitable deductions. The newly launched DonationApp from CharityDeductions.com lets taxpayers … Online tools can help calculate your tax deductionBlue Springs Examiner all 2 news articles »

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After falling out with post office, BISP issues Benazir Card with Rs1,000 a month The Express Tribune Previously, the women received financial assistance from the BISP through the post. However, after a series of complaints and embezzlements, the collaboration between the post offices and BISP came to an end. According to the provincial minister for …

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Dickens stamps released to mark centenary Kent Online Charles Dickens has had the ultimate seal of approval - his work on a set of stamps! The celebrated author, born exactly 200 years ago today, is being celebrated by Royal Mail in a set of 10 stamps to be released on June 19. But these two stamps have …

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Daily Mail in the dock Politics.co.uk Unite, Britain's biggest union, representing almost 10000 managers at Royal Mail Group, today (Tuesday 14 June) accused the company of failing with its slash and burn jobs strategy, which has failed to deliver a turn around in Royal Mail's fortunes. Dacre seeks tighter press controlsThe Press Association Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre 'knew of use of detectives'BBC News A badge of good journalism: We need 'kite mark' for press standards, Mail…Daily Mail The Guardian (blog) -thejournal.ie all 423 news articles »

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Newt Gingrich is playing racial politics and he is playing to win.

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