MANILA, Philippines — Lieutenant General Antonio Romero, vice chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), relinquished his post on Wednesday, more than a month before he is scheduled to leave his office to prepare for his new position at the defense department. More: continued here

Office Skit Turns Into eBay AuctionWired News –22 minutes agoA funny sketch from The Office leaped from the small screen to real with, thanks to an eBay auction. In last week's episode of popular worker drone sitcom, … More: continued here

Hall proposes to name post office after soldierTimes Herald-Record, NY –8 minutes agoJohn Hall, D-Dover Plains, introduced a bill yesterday to designate the post office on Route 17M in Chester as the 1st Lieutenant Louis Allen Post Office. … More: continued here

Another entrepreneur is trying their hand at selling unsanctioned Mac OS X desktops. AppleInsider spotted an eBay listing for a generic desktop tower running Mac OS X Leopard, weeks after Psystar made a very public show of defying Apple’s licensing agreement for Leopard with its Open Computer. More: continued here

Forever stamps flying off the shelvesRhinelander Daily News, WI –14 minutes agoBy Giles Morris – Daily News Staff With another postal rate increase just two weeks away, the USPS is counting on its Forever stamps to make life easier on … More: continued here

Elite Stables (www.elitestables.com), the High Percentage Thoroughbred Racing Stable, announced today that they are planning to have 6 horses running over the Preakness Stakes weekend at Pimlico Race Course. In addition, they have listed an eBay Auction, selling the right to Sponsor their racing team during the event of the …

WKYC-TV Forever stamps keep valueFlorida Times-Union, FL –1 hour agoBy David Bauerlein, The Times-Union Mailing a letter will get more expensive next week, but it's possible to lick the higher cost by buying Forever stamps…Stamps to increase on MondayTemple Daily TelegramRush is on for 41-cent ‘Forever’ stampsMarconews (subscription)Stamps Increasing to 42¢ on …

Opening up the UK postal service to competition has produced “no significant benefits” for households and small business and leaves Royal Mail facing “radical changes”, according to an official review. More: continued here

eBay sellers find porn loopholeThe Age, Australia –13 minutes agoPeddlers of pornography are using loopholes in eBay to sell their products over the internet. A report by website ninemsn.com.au, has shown how easy it is … More: continued here

Mailing a letter will get more expensive next week, but it’s possible to lick the higher cost by buying Forever stamps for first-class mail and going online to purchase postage for Express and Priority mail. More: continued here