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FRONT ROYAL — Work to repair a water valve will force the closing of the intersection of West 17th Street and North Royal Avenue today. More: continued here

National Railway Museum helps launch new set of steam locomotive stampsThe Press, YorkRoyal Mail took a trip back to the golden age of steam when York's National Railway Museum helped launch a new set of special stamps. …and more » More: continued here

Portsmouth man's anger over postal deliveriesPortsmouth NewsHe has called the Royal Mail six times to let them know about the mistake – but still the letters keep coming. 'They keep saying they will fix the problem … More: continued here

In reply to I Don’t Care: Of baby dumping and sex education : There’s no need for a royal commission with “experts” putting their minds together on an issue that kampung folks could advise on. Everybody more or less knows the where and whyforces of this social problem. The problem is with society. Most of…

FRONT ROYAL — Due to a pipe replacement project, South River Road will be closed on Thursday to through traffic. More: continued here

Royal Mail took a trip back to the golden age of steam when York’s National Railway Museum helped launch a new set of special stamps. More: continued here

The first mortgage note on 292 Madison Ave. has been sold by Royal Bank of Scotland to an entity controlled by JEMB for about $30 million. The $60 million face value mortgage was taken out by Haim Revah and Jacob Abikzer’s Metropolitan Realty Partners who control the building through… More: continued here

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010 12:29:00 HUA HIN: High above Thailand’s parched landscape the kingdom’s fleet of intrepid royal rainmakers work their meteorological wizardry. A squadron of 20 aircraft plunges through the clouds firing a cocktail of chemicals that they hope will provoke a downpour to alleviate the effects of drought on the country’s crucial agriculture…

How (not) to sell a vanTimes OnlineI am currently part owner of an ex-Royal Mail van — it feels rather like owning part of a race horse. To be precise I fronted up some cash for the son to … More: continued here

What’s Your Reaction? Today a spokesman for the former prime minister, who is understood to have already received a £4.6m advance for his memoirs, said he would hand over all the money he makes — including the advance — “as a way of marking the enormous sacrifice [the armed forces] make” . More: continued here