Six stamps tell the stories of comradeship between cultures – Maori and Pakeha; between the services – land, sea and air; and between nations. More: continued here

"The Simpson" Postage Stamps CeremonyNews10.net, CALOS ANGELES (AP) — Sideshow Bob, AKA Kelsey Grammer, will emcee a ceremony when "The Simpsons" postage stamps go on sale. It'll be May 7th at Fox Studios in Los Angeles. That's where the series is written. Homer, Marge, Bart and Lisa also will be … …

Buckmasters Online Worcester artist wins Maryland duck stamp contestOcean City Today, MD(April 24, 2009) A Girdletree man's painting of two blue-winged teal resting on the water is the winner of this year's Maryland Migratory Game Bird Design Contest, more commonly known as the duck stamp contest. "I was very excited," Wally …

A drug roundup early Thursday morning sent several suspected dealers to jail in eastern Kentucky. More: continued here

Madoff's Mets Season Tickets Sell for $38100 in EBay AuctionBloombergThe two bidders elevated the price last night from the minimum opening of $30000 on EBay Inc.'s auction site. The owner of the winning bid was identified only by the screen name s***e. The seats for the Mets' final 75 home …

BBC News In Hindsight: We're all just supporting players on Larry Ellison's …San Jose Mercury News,  USATwo more Silicon Valley icons joined the tech earnings cavalcade: San Jose online auction powerhouse eBay and Cupertino iPhone, iPod and "I'm a Mac" computer maker Apple. EBay, not surprisingly, has been battered by …

A former FedEx worker has admitted tipping off thieves who hijacked a company truck in Manhattan and held its driver hostage for hours in a brazen but bungled heist. More: continued here

The puppy abandoned at a post office has been delivered to a new home. The most attention-grabbing puppy in the Helen Woodward Animal Center’s history was adopted Thursday, and Molly’s new family thinks they were all meant to be together. More: continued here

Delivery divas United Parcel Service (UPS: sentiment, chart, options) and FedEx Corporation (FDX: sentiment, chart, options) were bombarded by bearish options bettors on Thursday, after UPS projected second-quarter earnings below the Street’s expectations…( Read More ) More: continued here

Ars Technica Farley Post Office to lose 24-hour serviceChelsea Now, NYBy Patrick Hedlund New Yorkers will lose access to the city's only 24-hour mailing center under a new plan by the United States Postal Service to slash hours at the landmark James A. Farley Post Office on Eighth Ave. next month. …