In 2009, the U.S. Postal Service commemorates the 200th anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe, one of America’s most extraordinary poets and fiction writers. For more than a century and a half, Poe and his works have been praised by admirers around the world, including English poet laureate Alfred, Lord Tennyson, who dubbed [...]
A North Texas business says its name and logo were fraudulently used in a check-fraud scheme that promises to pay people for being “secret shoppers.”
Galaxy Electronics, a Richardson fiber optic cable company, has received more than 50 of the checks from across the country. The company’s bank refused to cash the checks.
Jay Dorfman, of Galaxy [...]
Accused fraudsters Bernard Madoff and Marc Dreier apparently think that many hedge funds are saps. The Federal Bureau of Investigation apparently thinks so, too.
Four con men were convicted on Long Island earlier this week of trying to defraud a hedge fund of $3 billion. What they learned when they arrived to collect their check—allegedly for [...]
Artist Gregory Manchess of Beaverton created the oil painting of the Oregon coast featured on a U.S. stamp to mark the state’s 150th birthday Feb. 14. Collectors crowded a first-day-of-issue ceremony Wednesday at the World Forestry Center in Portland. About 30 million copies of the 42-cent stamp have been printed.
She attracted a cult following after [...]
NEW YORK - A Jersey City couple are grateful the post office returned one of their letters accidentally sent out with the mail. Michael Yun, owner of Garden State News in Jersey City, says his wife mistakingly put the envelope containing the days earnings from the shop in the mail.
“I was rushed, I just put [...]
This week in videogame history, we’re going to take a look at several things that have left an undeniable stamp on the industry and in our minds including the hard work of inventor Ralph H. Baer, various videogame patents (and the lawsuits that came with them), World of Warcraft, and an actual commemorative videogame stamp.
Nine [...]
It’s the year of Edgar Allan Poe. January 19th is the 200th anniversary of Poe’s birth, and in four East Coast cities with connections to the scribe the occasion is being heralded in a big way.
This week Boston College is holding a two-night celebration called The Raven Returns to Boston. (Poe was born in the [...]
Washington, D.C.—The U.S. Postal Service’s rate changes that were announced last fall went into Jan. 18. They include rate hikes ranging from 3.9% for priority mail to 8.5% for some international shipping services.
Other price increases include: parcel select (5.9%), express mail (5.7%) and parcel return service (5.3%). Overall, shipping services prices will increase an average [...]
Keeping the Mail Safe
Even though the holiday season is behind us, as the old saying goes, “crime takes no holiday.” In fact, as the economy dips, crime generally moves in the other direction. A recent crime data report by a retail trade group showed an 84 percent increase in shoplifting as the economy weakened, with [...]
Swift changes have come in recent years to the ways people must send letters and packages to one another — affecting everything from pickup locations to lengths some locals must go to purchase postage stamps.
It’s been especially acute for older residents forced to travel out of the way to handle mailing needs.
“That’s the reason I [...]