Probe after Tory leaflet delivery blunderKeighley News, UKBy Keighley News reporter » Royal Mail is investigating how a Conservative Party leaflet was delivered inside a Bradford Council newsletter in Keighley. It follows a complaint by a Riddlesden resident to the council last weekend. … More: continued here

MP condemns town's postmark lossBBC News, UKA Greater Manchester MP has said Royal Mail's decision to stop using the Stockport postmark is "outrageous". Hazel Grove MP Andrew Stunell was given the news in a reply from Royal Mail bosses to his protest over the closure of the Stockport mail…Battle on for …

Post office phases out stamp vending machines in countySpartanburg Herald Journal (subscription), SCBarret Harding, of Spartanburg, said he missed the vending machines because they cut down on the lines at the post office that have grown longer recently because of the influx of customers who are just purchasing stamps. "It's more …

Stamps are odds-on favourites to repeatVancouver Sun,  CanadaTraining camp is still two months away, but pressure is already mounting on the Stamps to repeat in front of the home crowd. But it's a weight of expectations that simply rolls off the back of head coach and general manager John Hufnagel. …

Endangered post office is more than just mailboxesOrange County Review, VAThe Market at Locust Grove Manager Carol Soaper said locals use the contract post office for the services it offers, and as a means of socializing. By Hannah Wever A neighborhood post office isn’t just a place to buy stamps. … …

Postie's mail stash shameHartlepool Today, UKA POSTWOMAN stashed more than 6000 items of mail at her home rather than delivering to homes across Hartlepool. Jennifer Boddy hoarded 6113 undelivered items of post at her Hartlepool home. Over 19 months, the 34-year-old Royal Mail worker hoarded junk … More: continued here

Auctionbytes ebay Long Beach Redux: Meeting in MiamiAuctionbytesBy Ina Steiner ebay is meeting with a small group of top sellers in Miami this week. Last year, the company announced it was canceling its annual conference, which usually attracted 10000 attendees, in favor of several small meetings around the country … …

Reason Morning Links: Obama OLC Nominee Faces Opposition, Fargo …Reason Online, CARepublican senators mounting challenge to Dawn Johnsen, Obama's nominee to head up the White House Office of Legal Counsel. Their complaint? She opposes torture and broad views of presidential power. • Hillary Clinton tells Mexico that US drug war … …

FedEx said that it will cancel 15 firm orders for 777Fs if a proposed US House of Representatives bill that calls for the delivery giant to be governed by the National Labor Relations Act rather than the Railway Labor Act becomes law. More: continued here

The post office will run out of money this year unless it gets help, Postmaster General John Potter told Congress on Wednesday as he sought permission to cut delivery to five days a week. “We are facing losses of historic proportion. More: continued here