BBC News Shropshire postboxes unofficially painted goldBBC NewsRoyal Mail is officially painting postboxes gold in the home towns of winning British athletes at the Olympic and Paralympic Games. A spokesman said: "While we understand the sentiment, we'd much rather people left the painting of postboxes to us." …Over-eager vandals turn …

Wapato's 'rock stars of kilt making' are going gangbusters [Yakima Herald …BusinessweekSo, Laws posted a picture of her kilt on eBay, and was overwhelmed by responses from people wanting to buy one, she said. In fact, the overwhelming inquiries led her to leave her administrative job at St. Paul's Law …

Final delivery: LO postmaster retiresLakenewsonline.comcould be heard among the chatter at the Lake Ozark Post Office on Friday, Aug. 31. A regular was coming in to check their mail and saw a familiar face — the face of Paul Damron, post master. Damron has worked for the Lake Ozark office …

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"Hi, Paul!" could be heard among the chatter at the Lake Ozark Post Office on Friday, Aug. 31. A regular was coming in to check their mail and saw a familiar face — the face of Paul Damron, post master. Damron has worked for the Lake Ozark office more than …

A man has been shot dead by the police and another arrested following an armed robbery in Ilinge, near Queenstown, Eastern Cape police say. More: continued here

WA today Jockey Danny Nikolic banned indefinitely after words with Racing Victoria's …Herald SunSee why Jockey Danny Nikolic's ride on third favourite Royal Mail has become the centre of a steward's inquiry. 120816s Danny Nikolic. Controversial jockey Danny Nikolic had a heated exchange with chief steward Terry Bailey at Seymour …

Stamps deliver clutch victory; defensive brilliance in third quarter a major …Calgary Herald (blog)It will be overlooked by many in the wake of what occurred in the fourth quarter on Monday afternoon at McMahon Stadium, but what the Calgary Stampeders' defence did during the third quarter to the Edmonton Eskimos …

College Football Rankings: eBay's StubHub Aims To Gauge “True Popularity”WebProNewseBay-owned ticket marketplace, StubHub, has launched a new weekly scorecard aimed at gauging the “true popularity” of college football teams among fans, based on its own internal data. StubHub's system uses the AP Top 25 as a starting point, then uses …

eBay's Jeff King Joins SignatureLink Board of AdvisorsSacramento BeeRIDGELAND, Miss., Sept. 4, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — Jeff King, head of strategy and platform partnerships at eBay Inc., has joined the SignatureLink Board of Advisors. In his role as an advisory board member, King will primarily provide guidance in the …and …