Contador stamps his authority on Paris-NiceCNN International(CNN) — Alberto Contador wrested the overall lead in the Paris-Nice cycle race on Friday with a commanding victory on the testing sixth stage. Contador was always expected to make his move on the "mini-Ventoux" in a summit finish to the stage at La …

97.4 Rock FM Post Office workers threatenend at knife point97.4 Rock FM, UKAt about 2.15pm on Wednesday 11 March 2009, a security guard was making a delivery to the Beech Hill Post Office, on Beech Hill Avenue. A man suddenly appeared armed with a knife and threatened the guard. Fearing for …

Customers tired of long post office queues in ChichesterShoreham Today, UKCustomers fed up with long queues at Chichester's main post office have said 'enough is enough'. The West Street post office has been flooded with extra customers since the post office at Sadlers Walk in East Street closed last year and …

Post-9/11 reforms don't stop passport fakeryThe Associated PressThe fake documents were used to test whether passport office and postal service employees could be fooled. The ruses are detailed in a report being issued this week by the Government Accountability Office. A draft summary of the findings was obtained … More: …

Shock as village post office to close suddenlySpenborough Guardian, UKBy Margaret Heward Shocked customers learned this week the office will shut as postmaster David Whiteley plans to retire. However Post Office bosses say they are doing all they can to find alternative premises in the village. ce in Listing Lane after …

Grampians' culinary championsThe Australian, AustraliaJUDGING by its name, I expect the Royal Mail Hotel, beneath Mt Sturgeon in Victoria's southern Grampians, to have a stagecoach stationed in front, or at least a horse rail. Not at all. Although it dates from the 1850s, after a series of facelifts the … More: …

Tulare Post Office's renovation will be finished in 2 weeksVisalia Times-Delta, CA"We're responding to critical projects," he said. "It got in under the wire." Maher said it took about a year on the renovation project for the building, which dates back to the 1930s. "I hope the community enjoys their new …

Would the Royal Mail benefit from being partly privatised?PrintWeek, UK“As an ex-Royal Mail employee I think it can only be a good thing. I guess people may question who is going to buy into a business that is losing money, unless they plan on turning it around. But the Royal Mail …

Grass-fed Corn Flakes: from Food Bank to eBay?San Francisco Chronicle,  USAA reader pointed out that boxes of Kellogg's Corn Flakes and Frosted Flakes with Phelps' photo are for sale on eBay. Although it is possible they were on the market before the story appeared, there is no doubting that there …

Mather makes plea to resume postbusPress and Journal, UKENTERPRISE Minister Jim Mather has urged Royal Mail to reverse a controversial decision to axe a vital transport service in the Highlands. He said he “deeply regretted” the move to stop the postbus service between Thurso, Tongue and Bettyhill. … More: continued here