Stamps to cost 54 centsThe Gazette (Montreal), Canada –4 hours agoThe cost of a stamp to mail a regular letter within Canada is slated to jump two cents to 54 cents next January, Canada Post said. …Canada Post asks for 6-cent stamp increase over 3 yearsTimes ColonistCanada Post seeks two-cent increase in …

The Open Championship returns to Royal Birkdale for the first time in 10 years next month. Here PA Sport looks at some of the best – and worst – incidents on the Southport links. More: continued here

Calgary Herald Every post office must be savedHalifax Evening Courier, UK –5 hours agoUnfortunately for the post offices this Blair/Brown Labour Government has systematically prevented the post office network from doing both. …Labour peer rues Brown leadershipWalesOnlineall 301 news articles More: continued here

Watchdog bid to hear eBay clientsSydney Morning Herald, Australia –24 minutes agoONLINE auction group eBay's angry customers get the chance tomorrow to air their grievances with the company's plan to make them use a single payment system … More: continued here

With the line of people behind him growing longer by the minute, Joseph Matt licked the back of his stamps and carefully positioned them on the sheet of cardboard. He wiped the surface with his white handkerchief before sliding it toward the man with the rubber stamp. More: continued here

THE family of a five-year-old girl who depends on parcels of life-saving medicine sent to her local post office have spoken out against the controversial programme of branch closures. More: continued here

I’ve bid on eBay “treasures” and won several items. Last time I won a watch auction and my winning bid wasn’t a cheap one, either. More: continued here

FedEx founder Frederick W. Smith says he has no interest in becoming the running mate of presumed GOP presidential candidate John McCain. More: continued here

Postbox mystery solvedHuddersfield Examiner, UK –2 hours ago“Royal Mail is in the process of submitting a planning application to get it done, but doesn’t have a date set for its return.” She added: “The way in which … More: continued here

WASHINGTON — The essence of Bhutan is its absolute isolation. A constitutional monarchy in the clouds, it’s tucked between the lush Himalayas like a child in his parents’ bed. But Bhutan, where many live a two-day trip from the nearest road, has led the world in a basic form of …