Local artist puts unique stamp on postal serviceTheDoings-ClarendonHills.com, IL –3 hours agoThe graphic artist and Clarendon Hills resident has designed four stamps for the US Postal Service, two of which will be issued nationwide Jan. 16. … More: continued here

BREAKING NEWS: Plane Crashes into Hudson River in New YorkWSAZ-TV, WV –1 hour agoPosted By: Terrie: About your tax dollars going for someone elses food stamps. Remember they and their families paid into the tax system for years too. … More: continued here

You might not be a future president, but you can drive like one. President-elect Barack Obama’s 2005 Chrysler 300C is up for auction on eBay. The current owner is Illinois restaurant manager Tim O’Boyle. Bidding on the ’05 Chrysler starts at $100,000. More: continued here

Peter Mandelson yesterday set a collision course with Labour MPs by refusing to back down over selling parts of the Royal Mail. More: continued here

Lord Mandelson signalled his willingness to review the regulatory caps on the prices that Royal Mail can charge its competitors, as the government on Wednesday faced a mounting rebellion over its plans to part-privatise the postal operator. More: continued here

Royal Mail fights order to sell its Wickford sorting officeBillercay Weekly News, UK –5 hours agoBy Paul Offord » ROYAL Mail has joined the chorus of protests against plans to build 173 luxury flats on the site of a postal sorting office. …Work to start soon on Royal Court flats schemeBasildon Newsall …

Gilbert Scott’s designs on new stampsMaghull & Aintree Star, UK –2 hours agoLIVERPOOL Cathedral has helped Royal Mail launch its British Design Classics stamps by bringing together Sir Giles Gilbert Scott’s largest and smallest … More: continued here

stv.tv VAT-free Royal Mail gets EU backingThe Press Association –3 hours agoRoyal Mail's VAT-free status has been backed by an advocate-general at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. The legal "opinion" came in a case …European Court Advisor Affirms Royal Mail's VAT ExemptionTax-news.com (subscription)EU Court Advocate:UK Royal Mail Service Should …

BBC News Police win extra time to quiz Post Office suspectsReuters UK, UK –35 minutes agoCraig Hodson-Walker, 29, was shot dead at the post office and general store in the village of Fairfield, Worcestershire, on January 9. His father Ken, 56, …More time to quiz murder suspectsBBC NewsBarry family mourn Post Office …

eBay Community Gives Record $36 Million to Nonprofits in 2008SYS-CON Media, NJ –2 minutes agoeBay (Nasdaq:EBAY) sellers and buyers gave a record $36 million to US nonprofit organizations in 2008 through eBay Giving Works, which makes it easy to … More: continued here