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MiamiHerald.com Five ways passengers are getting even with cruise linesCNNPerhaps the most aggressive to date has been Royal Caribbean, which recently added a $14.95 surcharge for passengers ordering a filet mignon in its main dining room and a $3.95 "late-night service charge" for onboard room service orders placed between …Baltimore …

Lithium Battery Brings Bomb Squad To Post OfficeKWCH, KSHe suggests senders talk with postal employees about packaging requirements any time they send materials deemed hazardous by the post office. He says investigators have spoken to the person who sent the package in question. … More: continued here

$50000 Reward Offered in Post Office RobberyFirst Coast News, FLJACKSONVILLE, FL — The Post Office wants your help finding the man who tried to rob a local branch. On Friday, April 17, a man walked into the Westland Post Office on Blanding Blvd. at about 6:20 pm and tried to rob …

Former eBay chief executive Meg Whitman returned to Silicon Valley as a potential candidate for governor on Monday, facing a roomful of business leaders who appeared skeptical that anyone — even one of their own — could cut through California’s More: continued here

I think most of the baseball blogosphere missed this sad story when Mockingbird posted it earlier in the month, but the World Series ring that Derek Bell won with the Blue Jays in 1992 was up for sale on eBay . However, the final bid of $7,499 did not meet …

NEW YORK (AP) — A former FedEx worker admitted Thursday to tipping off thieves who hijacked a company truck in Manhattan and held its driver hostage for hours in a brazen but bungled heist, prosecutors said. More: continued here

Centralia council rejects trench shield bids, city may turn to eBayWJBD Online, ILCouncilman Louie Kalert said that he had looked up the pieces of equipment on eBay and had found the same for much cheaper, City manager Grant Kleinhenz said that city staff had also looked at eBay for comparative prices, …

Royal Mail employees face pay freezeClickAJob News, UKRoyal Mail staff are facing pay freezes as a direct result of the recession, it has emerged. The 181000 people employed by the company are the largest workforce to so far be affected by the downturn. In a letter to union leaders, Jon Millidge, …

Postal officials are offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect who robbed an Overland Park post office last December. More: continued here

Central Oxford gets new post officeOxford Mail, UKBy Andrew Ffrench » A NEW post office opened in central Oxford yesterday, 50 yards from where another closed despite a fight by 3000 people to save it. In February, the Post Office franchise at Lloyds Pharmacy closed after Lloyds decided to shut. … …