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Inquirer movie critics Steven Rea and Carrie Rickey have been chatting by e-mail about their picks for the Oscars, which will be awarded tonight. Here are excerpts; for the complete version, go to http://philly.com/philly/entertainment/ More: continued here

Kent Online Pedestrian killed in truck crashKent Online, United Kingdom –2 minutes agoAt 5.30pm, a 7.5tonne Royal Mail lorry hit two parked cars, one of which was pushed on to the pavement striking two female pedestrians. … More: continued here

24dash Have you been over-charged for Royal Mail stamps?24dash, UK –4 hours agoAnyway – the Royal Mail doesn’t condone charging over the odds for stamps. So – (1) do watch out for what you’re being charged, and (2) if you are charged … More: continued here

Hackney Gazette Profitable post offices face the axeThis is Money, UK –1 hour agoSuccessful post offices are being closed down while loss-making ones survive in a farcical shake-up by Royal Mail, it has been claimed. …Campaigners gear up for a battle royal over post officesHampstead and Highgate ExpressThe people's post officeWorthing HeraldWALTHAM …

A computer engineer accused of posing as a member of the Moroccan royal family on the social networking Web site, Facebook, has been sentenced to three years in prison. More: continued here

Why are SMEs so reluctant to switch postal operator?PrecisionMarketing, UK –9 minutes agoRoyal Mail is also starting to feel the impact. At the same time as mail volumes declined by 2 per cent in 2006/07, downstream access (DSA) licence holders … More: continued here

Perhaps they were at the casino, or maybe they just stayed home. Wherever they were, it would seem residents of View Royal are indifferent to a request from Great Canadian Casinos to serve liquor next to the gaming floor. More: continued here

Subscribe to our e-mail newslettersComputerworld, MA –1 hour agoThe ministry discovered the loss of the two laptops during an investigation into the theft earlier this year of a laptop from an officer in the Royal Navy. … More: continued here

LONDON (Thomson Financial) – State-owned Qatar Investment Authority is looking at investing in Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Britain’s second-largest bank, the Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported. More: continued here

Unrepresentative of postal workersHell Mail, UK –4 hours agoThe position on postal worker pensions is a tough one too and I'm not sure if there is an easy way to solve the pension crisis faced by Royal Mail workers … More: continued here