Changes are designed to stamp out mail cheatsMirror.co.uk, UK –4 minutes agoThe trick costs the struggling Royal Mail hundreds of thousands of pounds a year – and is soaring as credit crunch-hit customers try to get away without … More: continued here

AFP Nighthawkers raid nation's archaeological heritage to sell on eBayTimes Online, UK –5 hours agoThey also want eBay to introduce more stringent checks on antiquity sales in the UK, a practice already in force in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. …Treasure raiders scooping up UK heritageguardian.co.uk'Nighthawks' raid archaeology digsThe Press AssociationWarning over metal …

Post office is being shippedBurbank Leader,  United States –58 minutes agoBy Veronica Rocha BURBANK — The Magnolia Park Post Office will close at the end of the year because of a lease increase and be combined with Burbank’s main … More: continued here

Woolbrook hoping for Post Office reprieveSidmouth Herald, UK –19 hours agoUPSET Woolbrook residents are "praying" they don't lose their Post Office as its future remains uncertain. The Herald understands official receivers, … More: continued here

The Associated Press Japan headed for longest, deepest post-war recessionThe Australian, Australia –1 hour agoThe December period was the third successive quarter of economic contraction for Japan, although the official panel reporting to the Cabinet Office has …Japan's economy in quarterly diveBBC NewsJapan slump fastest in decadesAljazeera.netJapan says economic crisis worst since …

Motorsport fans in a spin over stampsStuff.co.nz, New Zealand –5 hours agoBy WARWICK RASMUSSEN – Waikato Times | Monday, 16 February 2009 Some motorsport fans are upset with New Zealand Post's latest stamp series, which they say … More: continued here

Los Angeles Times She ran EBay, can she run California?Los Angeles Times, CA –48 minutes agoEBay thrived under her and then hit rougher waters. Meg Whitman says she would make trade-offs as governor to put the state's financial house in order. …Meg Taps OC; St. John Goes Back to BlackOrange County Business …

West Midlands News Rare misprint US airmail stamp to be auctioned …Birmingham Post, UK –13 minutes agoA rare stamp which was printed in error is to go under the hammer in Warwickshire next month. The 1918 US airmail stamp depicts the Curtiss JN-4 Jenny … More: continued here

WEEKEND entertainment events in south-west Victoria raised more than $20,000 for the bushfire appeal. The coins started flowing on Friday at Dunkeld’s Royal Mail Hotel where patrons helped raise $5… More: continued here

International GYMNAST Magazine Online Historic IG Collection Up for eBay AuctionInternational GYMNAST Magazine Online, OK –3 hours agoHe also brought with him every issue of International Gymnast since it premiered in 1956, and on Sunday put the rare collection up for auction on eBay. … More: continued here