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RBS said 2,000 jobs are to go at its insurance arm, which includes the Direct Line, Green Flag, Churchill and Privilege businesses and employs 16,000 people. More: continued here

Hollywood post office named after Johnny GrantSan Jose Mercury NewsAP LOS ANGELES—The Hollywood post office is now named after Johnny Grant, the jolly honorary mayor of Tinseltown who died in 2008. Grant traveled the world …Post Office To Be Renamed After Johnny GrantCBS 2Post Office branch to be named for …

Hindustan Times Lady Gaga loses royal lingerieIndian ExpressRigby and Peller claims it sent seven sets of the Autumn/Winter 2010 collection to the singer to wear in a new music video, reported Daily Mail online. …Lady Gaga has royal lingerie company in a twist after priceless panties go missingDaily MailGaga grabs …

HAGERSTOWN — A 40-foot sculpture in rural Maryland of three New York City firefighters raising the U S flag at ground zero is being offered on eBay, but there’s a catch: You can’t take it home More: continued here

Lancashire Evening Post Tributes paid to long-serving Post Office workerLancashire Evening PostTributes have been paid to a woman who ran a village Post Office for 35 years before retiring – and then worked another six years at a neighbouring branch. … More: continued here

SHANGHAI (AFP) – CHINA’S largest retail website Taobao and Yahoo! Japan on Monday announced a new partnership aimed at increasing online shopping options for consumers in the world’s number two and three economies. Under the partnership, Yahoo! Japan merchants will list around eight million items in a special Chinese-language TaoJapan …

East Anglian Daily Times Police release image of getaway car used in post office raidsEast Anglian Daily TimesDetectives investigating two raids on a post office in Capel St Mary have released an image of the getaway car used by the armed suspect. … More: continued here

Sweden Post and Sweden’s central bank, the Riksbank, have unveiled new stamps and coins commemorating the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling on June 19th. More: continued here

US Post Offices Speed Up ServiceWISN MilwaukeeThe post office has introduced a new Zip Line at several Wisconsin post offices to help get customers through the line in less than five minutes. …and more » More: continued here

A REDUNDANT postal worker used his Royal Mail pay-off to buy a house – and turned it into a brothel. More: continued here