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Royal Mail defends its increase in stamp costsYorkshire PostThe increases will take effect on March 31, two years after the last increase in stamp prices, although the now-privatised Royal Mail maintained it had “thought carefully” about the impact on customers and its business before making the decision. More: continued here

A POST office based at a Co-op store is to undergo a revamp just as the building is taken over by upmarket supermarket chain Waitrose.The post office branch in Buxton Road,, Leek, will shut on March 26 for the work to be carried out. The new-look branch will re-open on …

A woman has been shocked to receive an undelivered letter she posted 12 years ago, a report says, adding the was a brochure she sent from Johannesburg to KZN advertising a workshop she was hosting.         More: continued here

Dylan Favell scored the shootout winner for the Swan Valley Stampeders as they knocked off the visiting Virden Oil Capitals 5-4 in a preview of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League's Sher-Wood Division semifinals on Friday night. Elsewhere on Friday, it was: Neepawa Natives 3, Dauphin Kings 2 (SO); More: continued …

NBC 7 San Diego Editorial: Military spending and food stampsThe RecorderDoing so, he would realize that veterans and their families aren't immune to requiring the assistance of food stamps, now known as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). According to analysis from the Center on Budget Policy and Policy …Douglas Cohn: Balancing …

Agent says alleged gunrunner used Granite State post officeThe Union LeaderBRENTWOOD — A Hampton man charged with illegally selling firearms through an underground Internet marketplace allegedly brokered his first transaction with an undercover federal agent by sending a firearm from the New Castle post office to a location … More: continued …

The Times (subscription) Royal Mail puts up price of stampsThe Times (subscription)Consumers and MPs reacted with anger as Royal Mail slapped an inflation-busting increase on the price of stamps, less than five months after the company was sold to private investors. The price of a first-class stamp went up 2p …

Hightower: Don't close our post offices — put them to workLubbockOnline.comBelieve it or not, though, one organization still stands as a bulwark of middle-class employment: the post office. Yet, incredibly, those now in charge of this venerable American institution have gone Wal-Mart on the workers, turning postal positions … More: …

iPad Mini with Flappy Bird sells for $8K on eBay amid listing takedownsVentureBeatAlas, since none of the plethora of techie tools in my possession seem to have the Flappy Birds app loaded, I've been consigned to watch the melee unfold over the eBay sales of flappy happy devices instead of …

Scandal-Ridden SAC Capital Sells Micron, eBay, and NokiaMotley FoolThe latest 13F season has arrived, when many money managers issue required reports on their holdings. It can be worthwhile to pay attention, as you might get an investment idea or two by seeing what some major investors have been buying and …