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Villagers' Ice Lodge replacing crunch-hit post office and storeExpress & Echo, UKVILLAGERS have come up with the answer to the closure of their only shop and post office— they are opening one of their own. Volunteers in Ide, near Exeter, have teamed up with the parish council to plan a new …

Telegraph.co.uk Harriet Harman tried to delay Royal Mail privatisation billTelegraph.co.uk, United KingdomHarriet Harman, the deputy Labour leader, attempted to delay the publication of legislation to part-privatise the Royal Mail. By Robert Winnett The Prime Minister over-ruled the proposal but there are growing signs of high-level splits within … More: continued here

VANCOUVER, B.C. – A man who was fed up with paying a $35 FedEx customs-brokerage fee has lost his fight in a B.C. Supreme Court. More: continued here

LANSING — The delay time for getting food stamps in Michigan is getting shorter, even as the caseload continues to climb to record heights, state officials say. More: continued here

Harriet Harman the deputy Labour leader attempted to delay the publication of legislation to partprivatise the Royal Mail. More: continued here

The Islander fetches $23600 on EbayCape Cod Times, MAThe Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation of New York put the vessel on eBay after an extensive marine survey found it needed at least $6 million in repair work. They originally purchased the ferry from the Martha's Vineyard and …State loses $476K …

MAIL COMMENT: Missed chances to save the Royal Mail More: continued here

Post Offices Should Remain OpenJamestown Post Journal, NYThe post office should remain open six days a week because there are time-sensitive parcels to be handled. However, mail collection and delivery should become an every-other-day occurrence. Keeping the post office open would allow access to a service … More: continued here

CNET News Having a cow over Gmail just misses the pointCNET News, CAA few years ago it seemed that eBay's Web site was seizing up all of the time. The reality was less severe but merchants and bidders would scream bloody murder. At the same time, eBay, Yahoo, Amazon, and Buy.com …

Reuters Britons prefer Amazon for digital media -surveyReutersO) and eBay (EBAY.O). Martin Olausson, head of Digital Media Research at the research firm said Amazon was still some distance behind Apple's iTunes in actual market share, but it was in good position to gain share. "Our survey results suggest that …Report: …