Royal Mail RFP is in the postInternational Financing ReviewThe UK government fired the starting gun on the privatisation of Royal Mail last week, as it confirmed it was about to invite pitches for lead roles on a planned IPO. Mandates are set to be awarded by the end of May, …

ABC7Chicago.com Court ruling aims to reduce diesel fumes at Union StationChicago Tribune (blog)The old post office will have to keep its 11 exhaust fans running 24/7 to prevent diesel fumes from backing up in the adjacent station, according to a consent decree reached among Amtrak, Union Station and the building's …

The post office in Westminster has been named in honor of a local Army officer killed in Iraq. More: continued here

eBay Experiencing a Gatsby EffectFashionistaNevermind the fact that the film hasn't even come out yet–everyone's had Gatsby fashion on the brain since the film was announced in 2010. And, unsurprisingly, they're all taking to eBay in droves to get it. A rep for the e-commerce site told us there …and …

A NEW village post office will open later this month (Tuesday, May 14). More: continued here

Should the state regulate what people buy on food stamps?ABC NEWS 4COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCIV) – State Rep. Bakari Sellers (D-Bamberg) made a friendly challenge to Gov. Nikki Haley and Department of Social Services Director Lillian Koller on Friday to live on food stamps forMore >>. State Rep. Bakari Sellers (D-Bamberg) …

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A PAIR of Merseyside post office clerks who made £34,000 of customers' bank deposits disappear into thin air avoided being sent to prison. More: continued here

BBC News Andrew Mitchell's 'plebgate row' bike sold on eBay for £10600BBC NewsThe bike at the centre of the "plebgate row", which cost a cabinet minister his job, has been sold for £10,600 on eBay. Andrew Mitchell denied calling officers "plebs" when they refused to let him leave Downing Street …

End of the battle to save Royal Mail delivery officeWhitstablepeopleRoyal Mail has set the date for May 20 but said the Cromwell Road office would be open for an unspecified "interim period" so people could continue to collect their mail. Bosses said the joint review with the CWU had been …