Sky News Royal Mail To Get New Price FreedomsSky NewsRoyal Mail will be handed unprecedented power to set stamp prices under proposals to be outlined in the coming days, Sky News has learned. To view this content you need Flash and Javascript enabled in your browser. Please download Flash from …

FRAUDSTERS have been targeting mailboxes in Mile End, Colchester, to steal residents’ personal details so they can apply for credit cards and bank loans. More: continued here

Man sentence to 5 years in food stamp fraudSunHerald.comA Jackson man has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to lying on an application for food stamps. US District Judge Daniel Jordan sentenced 49-year-old Louis S. Brooks on Monday. Brooks was ordered to pay $2908 in restitution. …

Prior Lake man pleads guilty to making fake stampsShakopee Valley Newsby Shannon Fiecke Earlier today in federal court in St. Paul, a 31-year-old Prior Lake man pleaded guilty to manufacturing counterfeit postage meter stamps. Andre George Mehilove pleaded guilty to one count of counterfeiting postage stamps. …Prior Lake Man Pleads …

Merkley bill could save Tiller post officeNRToday.comJoAnn Gilliam, shown leaving the Tiller post office after mailing a letter, said she would hate to see the post office she's used for 40 years closed as the US Postal Service looks to trim costs after losing $10 billion nationwide in the fiscal …

The State Column Braley Works to Stop Closures of Iowa Post OfficesThe State ColumnBraley was able to successfully amend the bill to require the Postal Service to report on the number of jobs eliminated by their proposed post office closures, including the number of veterans jobs eliminated. Braley's amendment was …

Fraudsters take thousands in Colchester after stealing ID in postHalstead GazetteRoyal Mail has said it is urgently investigating after at least two residents of Bradford Drive had mail stolen from their letterboxes. Ward councillor Martin Goss said tens of thousands of pounds had been stolen in the victims' names. …and …

Two thieves who held up a West Lothian post office with a samurai sword before fleeing on bicycles are jailed. More: continued here

A glitch is causing eBay to display a misleading message about shipping costs in certain search results. Sellers who use eBay’s shipping calculator to dynamically display shipping costs based on shoppers’ location began reporting the problem on Sunday. More: continued here

Westwood stamps his world No. 2 statue in ChinaEXEGOLFLee Westwood continued to stamp his World No. 2 stature in capturing the China Golf Challenge. After playing just 18 holes in seven days on seven different golf courses, and clocking up 5400 miles in travel over the length and breadth of …