China issues special stamps depicting role of Beijing OperaPeople’s Daily Online, China –2 hours agoChina on Saturday issued the last set of stamps depicting the role of Beijing Opera at the capital's Meilanfang Grand Theater. The six stamps feature the … More: continued here

Is toddler selling my stuff on eBay?Irish Independent, Ireland –1 hour ago… but now I'm not so sure. A ghostly presence is bad enough but a shoe-stealing sprite … Unless Jack is selling the gear on eBay. More: continued here

Champ Stephanie Gilmore Stamps Authority at DuranbahGlobal Surf News –1 hour agoSurfersvillage Global Surf News, 24 February, 2008 : – – Coolangatta – Reigning ASP Women’s World Champion Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) was in sensational form … More: continued here

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati receives as many as 2,500 letters from common people every day. However, at least 20 percent of these are without the necessary postage stamps and find their way back to the Returned Letter Office (RLO). More: continued here

Salem scribe pitches Sox flick on eBayBoston Herald, United States –1 hour agoBy Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa Salem screenwriter Bill Harris has turned to eBay, the online auction choice of Red Sox [team stats] sluggers Manny Ramirez … More: continued here

PITTSBURGH – A winning bid of $3 million for a huge record collection offered on EBay was apparently a fraud. More: continued here

PITTSBURGH – A winning bid of $3 million for a huge record collection offered on EBay was apparently a fraud. A bidder had claimed he would shell out $3,002,150 for the collection of nearly three million vinyl albums, singles and CDs being sold by Paul Mawhinney, 68, of Ross Township. …

Successful post offices are being closed down while loss-making ones survive in a farcical shake-up by Royal Mail, it has been claimed. About 2,500 smaller branches face the axe following Government proposals to halt £3million-a-week losses More: continued here

Nick Cohen: The wealthy have got away with financial crimes for so long they no longer regard them as crimes More: continued here

Crossed lines from BT to Post OfficeThe Observer, UK –3 hours agoI have a Post Office Homephone and the first I knew was when the Post Office wrote to me in October expressing regret that I was changing providers. … More: continued here