The Virginian-Pilot Harry Potter stamp riles Postal Service panel, traditional stamp collectorsWashington PostFor more than half a century, a committee of cultural heavyweights has met behind closed doors, its deliberations kept secret, weighing the faces and images of Americana worthy of gracing U.S. postage stamps. While its rulings have been …

With more than a dozen free agents who need to be dealt with and an expansion draft which may suck more talent away, the 2014 Calgary Stampeders are bound to be a somewhat altered team than the one that fell one game short of the final goal. More: continued here

India Post throws open personalised commemorative postal stamps for public. More: continued here

Mail thieves striking post offices late at nightDaily BreezeJust three weeks after a burglar was caught on video prying open the indoor drop to steal mail from the north Torrance post office, four similar crimes have occurred at other Southern California post offices. The crimes have prompted the U.S. Postal …

PayPal, the online payment service that succeeded by wedding itself to EBay Inc. (EBAY) , is moving into more modern marketplaces through a deal with car-service company Uber Technologies Inc. More: continued here

Bankers to argue Royal Mail float was transparentCITY A.M.BANKERS summoned to give evidence to the Business Select Committee tomorrow are expected to argue they would have risked the flotation of the Royal Mail collapsing if they had tried to re-price it upwards at the last minute. They will also argue …

Walk into General Post Office, leave your stamp behindDaily News & AnalysisGet your face on the postal stamp. Starting Monday, personalised commemorative postal stamps – 'My Stamp' – are available for Mumbaikars at the General Post Office. “Personalisation is achieved by printing a thumbnail photograph of the customer, images …and more » …

Ian Curtis' kitchen table is again for sale on eBayConsequence of SoundIn case you missed out on the first go-around, the kitchen table once owned by Joy Division singer Ian Curtis is again available on eBay. Apparently, the highest bidder of the previous auction was Canadian and a “time waster” …

Food Stamp Costs Swelled by States Spending $1 on Heating AidMoneynewsMembers of a House-Senate conference committee are scrutinizing food stamp eligibility rules as they seek to reconcile different versions of a bill that would set agricultural policy for the next five years. Either would cut food-stamp spending, mostly … More: …

A Little Paxton pub has officially become a post office. Villagers have had to put up with a mobile Post Office operating out of the Village Hall’s car park since December 2012. More: continued here