A NEW YORK State Department of Education employee has been arrested for allegedly purloining hundreds of historical documents and other artefacts from the New York State Library and trying to sell them on Ebay and elsewhere. More: continued here

BA human resources director Tony McCarthy faces issues over Open …PersonnelToday.com, UK –5 hours agoMcCarthy, appointed in November after five years in charge of HR at Royal Mail, now faces the first test of his ability to calm tensions at the airline. …New flights chaos looms as angry BA pilots vote on …

Stamps will honour francophone artists, tooStarPhoenix, Canada –5 hours agoQUEBEC (CNS) — Canada Post said Monday that francophone artists will be featured on a second series of postage stamps honouring legendary Canadian singers … More: continued here

Axe falls on Rye's Tilling Green Post OfficeRye & Battle Observer, UK –6 minutes agoBy Andy Hemsley Rye's Tilling Green Post Office will close in March after a piblic campaign to keep it open fell on deaf ears. The decision to close the … More: continued here

Leaders talk Post OfficeGo Blue Ridge, NC –2 minutes agoCommunity leaders gathered together to talk about the future of the Post Office in downtown Boone yesterday. Taken by eminent domain for $7000 in 1938, … More: continued here

Digital World: The eBay open-book testJerusalem Post, Israel –2 minutes agoThey say that school is just a paradigm for life, and in the case of eBay, that certainly seems to be the case. eBay (www.ebay.com) and its international … More: continued here

SlashGear First Optimus Maximus hits eBaySlashGear, AZ –2 minutes agoAs expected, the first Optimus Maximus hit eBay, and with an official sticker price of around $1500 if you’re looking to buy one from Art Lebedev, … More: continued here

New York halts sale of historic documents on eBayReuters UK, UK –11 minutes agoEBay auctions posted by Lorello included a Currier & Ives lithograph that he described as "in excellent condition." The Calhoun letter auction said "100 … More: continued here

Families Using Food Stamps Rises in IowaForbes, NY –Jan 25, 2008By DAVID PITT 01.25.08, 5:33 PM ET The number of households on food stamps more than doubled since 2000 as did the amount of money spent on the federally … More: continued here

UN, Israel issue Holocaust remembrance stamps www.chinaview.cn 2008-01-29 04:59:29 Print UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) — The United Nations and Israel jointly launched on Monday stamps in observance of the Intern … More: continued here