Firestone to back Homestead showdown. More: continued here

The Labour government is pushing ahead with privatisation in Royal Mail. They snuck the first stage of the bill through the House of Commons last Thursday. More: continued here

NJ man pleads to smuggling 16 million cigarettesPhiladelphia Inquirer, PAFrondelli bought untaxed cigarettes from the undercover agents and took them for black-market sale to areas like New York City, where required tax stamps cost $4.25 per pack. Authorities estimated that state and local governments were cheated out of … More: continued …

Car slams into Kiln post officeWLOX, MSBy WLOX Staff KILN, MS (WLOX) – The folks at the Kiln post office got quite a scare Tuesday afternoon. Just before 1pm, a car with two people inside went hurling into the building. The driver of the car told WLOX News she thought she …

School Library Journal Keats Foundation Lobbies for 'The Snowy Day' Postage StampSchool Library JournalThe Ezra Jack Keats Foundation has launched a campaign to have the US Postage Stamp Citizens' Advisory Committee select Keats's The Snowy Day as a subject for a stamp in 2012, the year that marks the 50th …

Ryo Ishikawa didn’t come close to qualifying for the U.S. Open when he missed by five shots in a qualifier in Japan. The 17-year-old sensation still has not secured a spot in the British Open at Turnberry. More: continued here

It’s a case of bad news, slightly-less-bad news for Psystar, the Mac clone-maker. According to The Mac Observer, the Miami-based company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this past weekend. More: continued here

Demand for food stamps upNewton Kansan, KSBy Chad Frey By Chad Frey Most refer to the program as “Food Stamps.” But it has a name — The Food Assistance Program — and it doesn't use paper stamps any more. The Food Assistance Program, funded by the US Department of Agriculture and …

School bus rams post office in south-central Pa.Philadelphia Inquirer, PAAuthorities say 22 students were aboard a school bus that crashed into a post office in south-central Pennsylvania. The accident happened around 7:30 am Tuesday in Brogue as the bus was on its way to the York County School of Technology. …Bus …

Telegraph.co.uk Buckingham Palace sells freezer on eBayMonsters and Critics.comAfter picking up the item – which he had bought on auction website eBay – from the Royal Mews, Paul and his three children were given a private tour of the area and even got to sit in the queen's gold state …