BBC News We must fight to save post offices from axeScotsman, United Kingdom –2 hours agoLAST year saw the start of the latest round of post office closures in Scotland. So far, 44 post offices have been identified for the axe in the west of …Rural post offices to be closedBBC NewsAnger …

Xinhua Celebrating the Chinese New YearReuters –1 hour agoKessler's design also incorporates elements from the previous series of stamps, using Clarence Lee's intricate paper-cut design of a rat and the Chinese …Postal Service introduces new 2008 stamp seriesTerre Haute Tribune Star"Year of the Rat" stamp issuedXinhuaChina offering 'Year of the Rat' …

EBay to pay air quality violation fineMilwaukee Business Journal, WI –4 minutes agoInternet auction company eBay Inc. has agreed to pay a $79200 penalty for alleged air quality permit violations at its Rancho Cordova data center. … More: continued here

Historic beacon reversed on stampCanada.com, Canada –4 hours agoA Canada Post stamp carrying a reversed image of the Island's historic Pachena Point lighthouse has left one of its former operators rather miffed. … More: continued here

Super spy James Bond is the latest fictional character to grace the British stamp. More: continued here

Charity slams post office closure plansBexhill Observer, UK –1 hour agoJeremy Leggett chief executive of the charity, said: 'The Post Office has failed to help local communities that are prepared to run their own post office… More: continued here

Michael White's political blog: January 8Guardian Unlimited, UK –39 minutes agoApologists claim the £10k is a means of restraining those few MPs who (quite legally) spend up to £37000 a year on constituency stamps – including Labour's … More: continued here

BBC News Bond puts his stamp on Royal MailTimes Online, UK –1 hour agoYear by year Royal Mail is issuing more and more commemorative postage stamps that have little to do with prepayment for a postal service and everything to …To 007 fans — from Royal Mail with loveSifyA 'mail' BondNDTV.comRoyal Mail …

It looks like a real email from eBay, but you may be giving away your identity and perhaps your money to a scammer if you click the link enclosed. More: continued here

eBay’s bid to improve the buyer experience (pun intended) has apparently caused it to look inward in at least one area: it will now provide more information to bidders about proxy bids. More: continued here