Stamps in honour of the nation’s five leading, living philanthropists have been unveiled on Australia Day eve. The four stamps feature the portraits of Dame Elisabeth Murdoch AC DBE, Victor Smorgon AC along with his wife Loti Smorgon AO, Lady (Mary) Fairfax AC OBE and Frank Lowy AC. More: continued …

OLEAN — Kimberly M. Ketchner, 35, of Division Street, has been charged by Cattaraugus County sheriff’s deputies with nine counts of offering a false instrument for filing and misuse of food stamps. More: continued here

Loppington Post Office raider jailed for six yearsic CheshireOnline, UK –3 minutes ago… sentence was imposed at Shrewsbury Crown Court today (Friday) on a 29-year-old man who carried out a masked armed robbery on Loppington Post Office. … More: continued here

BBC News Last post for rural post office?BBC News, UK –4 hours agoBy Catherine Marston Plans are afoot to close 2500 post offices nationwide. The post office in the village of Burton Fleming in East Yorkshire is one of …Branches stamped outic Walesall 2 news articles More: continued here

Pledge as post office closesLancashire Evening Post, UK –2 hours agoA Lancashire village post office is to close after the resignation of the sub-postmaster. The announcement comes days after the Post Office announced the …Council set for post office battleThe Wymondham and Attleborough MercuryNewspaper campaigners visit No 10 to fight post office …

Post office will (finally) deliver overtime dataMilwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription), WI –1 hour agoBut the post office said, "NO" to overtime figures. We said, "yes," and appealed their decision to keep the information secret. The request was a follow-up … More: continued here

THE baby son of the Earl and Countess of Wessex is undergoing tests after being admitted to hospital with a mystery illness yesterday. More: continued here

NEW YORK, January 25 (newratings.com) – Analyst H Terry of Credit Suisse maintains his “outperform” rating on eBay Inc ( EBAY.NAS ), while reducing his estimates for the company. The target price has been reduced from $46 to $41. More: continued here

Fight to save post officesPreston Citizen, UK –33 minutes agoBy Nazia Parveen Deepdale Road Post Office is one of four in Preston and four in South Ribble earmarked for closure as part of the Royal Mail review. … More: continued here

Reading – The Reading Parking Authority has approved a $4 rate increase for a pack of six all-day parking stamps from $26 to $30, effective Feb. 1. More: continued here