FedEx Corp. today awarded a four-year grant totaling $1 million to Teach For America to support its goals to grow in scale and diversity. Teach For America is the national corps of top college graduates who commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools and become lifelong …

Last week, while searching for some misplaced documents I came upon my boyhood stamp album. I collected stamps when I was a teenager. $”/> $”/>Philately is still taken seriously worldwide, but stamp collecting was a hobby that I lost interest in after only a few years. More: continued here

Auctionbytes eBay UK Sellers Gobsmacked by New Policy EnforcementAuctionbytes –5 minutes agoBy Ina Steiner eBay sellers in the UK are getting no warnings before suspensions for non performance, according to reports by bloggers on Tuesday. … More: continued here

Hoddlesden Post Office robber gets six yearsLancashire Telegraph, UK –5 minutes agoBy Telegraph newsdesk A ROBBER who leapt over the counter to steal from a Post Office has been jailed for six years. Kenneth Dring escaped with nearly £4000 … More: continued here

eBay Italy is eliminating Store inventory format while keeping the eBay Stores (“Negozi eBay”) concept. The site is introducing a new duration for Buy It Now (BIN) listings – 30 days in addition to 3, 5, 7 and 10 days – for all sellers. More: continued here

First of East Lancashire's doomed post office shuts in BurnleyLancashire Telegraph, UK –18 minutes agoBy Chris Hopper THE first post office has closed as part of cutbacks that will see a further 23 axed across East Lancashire. Customers at the Cheapside … More: continued here

Senate Democrats have spared Federal Express, for the time being, from a labor-backed provision that would give a big boost to its rival, the United Parcel Service (UPS). More: continued here

EU clears 1.7 bln dlrs state aid for Italian post officeEUbusiness (press release), UK –2 hours ago(BRUSSELS) – The European Commission cleared on Wednesday 1.1 billion euros (1.7 billion dollars) in state aid for Poste Italiane, judging the post operator … More: continued here

FERDINAND, Ind. (AP) – The post office in the southern Indiana town of Ferdinand has been renamed for Staff Sgt. David L. Nord, the town’s only combat fatality of the Vietnam War. More: continued here

Blackpool post office shuts for goodBlackpool Gazette, UK –5 hours agoSt Annes Road post office in South Shore shut its doors for the last time yesterday to the bitter disappointment of its customers. …First doomed post office shutsLancashire TelegraphPost Offices: Who cares about rural poor and elderly?Lynn NewsStick it to 'emTimes 24Norfolk …