Spokane airport firefighters, other emergency responders and college students are soon going to have a large jet aircraft to use for training. FedEx Express is donating the airframe of one of its retiring Boeing 727-200s to Spokane International Airport. More: continued here

Christian Science Monitor Post office will not ship laptops, iPads abroadNews 10NBCBeginning Wednesday, consumers may no longer make the shipments, including to army and diplomatic post offices. That means friends and family will have to use more expensive private companies such as UPS and FedEx to ship electronics to US …

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Post Office Hour Reductions, Called a “Win-Win,” Feel More Like a Lose-LoseTIMEBy Josh Sanburn | @joshsanburn | May 14, 2012 | + Last week, the post office announced that rather than close thousands of rural post offices around the country to cut costs and reduce a ballooning deficit, it would …

First class fashion: Designer stamp added to museum collectionDeadline NewsTHE biggest archive of a fashion designer anywhere in the world will today add an iconic image stamp of Jean Muir's design to its collection thanks to Royal Mail. National Museums Scotland is home to the fashion designer's archive, after it …

Monday Papers: ECB talks publicly of possible Greek exitCitywire.co.ukThe Guardian: Royal Mail plans to sell off half its flagship sorting office in central London with the transformation of the five-hectare site into flats, netting the postal service up to £1 billion. Financial Times: Louis Dreyfus Commodities, …and more » More: continued …

Christian Science Monitor Post office will not ship laptops, iPads abroadThe Virginian-PilotBeginning Wednesday, consumers may no longer make the shipments, including to army and diplomatic post offices. That means friends and family will have to use more expensive private companies such as UPS and FedEx to ship electronics to US …

Telegraph.co.uk 'Queen's knickers' for sale on eBayTelegraph.co.ukThere, it is claimed, they were picked up by the pilot and given to his friend, Hungarian-born Dobronyi. After the latter died in 2010, it is said his family discovered the garment and are now auctioning it on internet site eBay.Queen Elizabeth's underwear for …

'Queen's underwear' for sale on eBayNinemsnA pair of underpants that allegedly once belonged to the Queen has gone on sale on eBay. The silk bloomer style undergarment, embroidered with the Queen's initial E and a crown, is already commanding bids of almost $5000, according to The Telegraph. More: continued here

This is Money Ebay and Amazon ordered to hand over names of biggest traders in HMRC tax …This is MoneyBy Colin Fernandez Ebay and Amazon have been ordered to surrender tens of thousands of members' details to the taxman as part of a crackdown on online trading. HM Revenue and …