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Royal Mail has urged excited fans to leave the painting of postboxes to their staff after one was given a bronze makeover in honour of the British women's hockey team. More: continued here

The Royal Mail has a message for overexuberant Olympics fans: Leave the spray can at home. More: continued here

BBC News Ben Ainslie: Lymington gold post box painter arrestedBBC NewsPolice have arrested a man for spray painting a Royal Mail post box gold in honour of Olympic sailor Ben Ainslie. Rob Smith, 51, painted the post box in Lymington High Street where the gold medallist lives. He said: "When …

FOXSports.com Going for gold: Royal Mail issues OlympiFOXSports.comThe Royal Mail is has been busy paying tribute to the country's Olympians in the last two weeks with special issue stamps for gold medalists. The stamps feature the athlete in an action photo taken as they were competing – and with Britain …

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EBay tips are the topic of upcoming classesWRAL.com (blog)I featured Crissy Jeckel, a local mom and owner of Blueberry Hill Boutique, an eBay store, earlier this year. She and her husband also run First-In Fire Company, which brings a fire truck to birthday parties and other gatherings, including Go Ask …

Postal Service records another quarter of red ink; can corporate America help?Peoria Journal Star (blog)The latest report from the U.S. Postal Service is that it's drowning in red ink (a $5 billion quarterly loss). Despite cuts and closures, the post office is still running a huge deficit. This doesn't come …

Crackdown on food-stamp fraudBattle Creek EnquirerStores that illegally traffic in food stamps could both disqualify a retailer who traffics and assess a monetary fine proportional to the amount of business the store does with SNAP. Currently the department cannot do both and too often the penalties … More: continued here

Maidenhead Advertiser LATEST: McKeever featured on Royal Mail stampMaidenhead AdvertiserLATEST: McKeever featured on Royal Mail stamp. Ed McKeever stamp Men's kayak single 200m Olympic champion Ed McKeever had been immortalised by Roya Mail on a stamp. The company had promised to produce a stamp for each of the Team GB …

BBC News Ed McKeever gets Royal Mail gold stamp and postboxBBC NewsTeam GB gold medallist Ed McKeever will have his own Royal Mail stamp and gold postbox to celebrate his success. The 28-year-old from Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, won Britain's 26th gold medal in the men's 200m kayak sprint. Royal Mail has …