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Area post offices are braced for a rush on one cent stamps as the price of mailing a first class letter, which cost 41 cents Sunday, is now 42 cents.The price to mail a postcard also increased a penny to 27 cents.The price increases took effect at midnight. More: continued …

Capital News 9 Pastal Rate Hike Kicks InWGRZ-TV, NY –2 hours agoForever stamps also are going up to 42 cents. But buyers may want to stock up anyway, looking ahead to next May when prices are expected to be adjusted …Deadly tornadoes kill 18 along Oklahoma-Missouri borderKCAUHerd Falls To WingsWKBW-TVFBI surveillance video …

Auctionbytes eBay Adds Functionality to Shipping CalculatorAuctionbytes –1 hour agoBy Ina Steiner In another move to encourage sellers to offer free shipping, eBay has added functionality to its automated Shipping Calculator so that … More: continued here

After FedEx Corp. cut its fiscal 2008 forecast this weekend, analysts said higher fuel costs and decreased demand will weaken the shipping company’s profit into fiscal 2009 as well. More: continued here

D-day for post office campaignersHartlepool Today, UK –2 hours agoThe sites awaiting their future in Hartlepool are Raby Estate Post Office, in Chatham Road, in the Dyke House area of town, Elwick Road Post Office, … More: continued here

Next time you send a letter you’ll have to pay more – Postage stamps go up a penny today. More: continued here

London SE1 "Save Borough Post Office" say trade unionists and pensionersLondon SE1, UK –6 minutes agoTrade union members and representatives of the National Pensioners' Convention staged a protest outside Borough Post Office on Monday against plans to close … More: continued here

eBay Find of the Day: The JerrariAutoblog, CA –6 minutes agoThe eBay auction for this abomination includes numerous pieces of documentation, like a 1971 review of the car by "Road & Track." Another is a letter from a … More: continued here

In another move to encourage sellers to offer free shipping, eBay has added functionality to its automated Shipping Calculator so that sellers can offer “Free Shipping.” Previously, free shipping could only be offered with flat rate shipping. More: continued here

Manyatshe claims post office knew he was innocentLegalbrief (subscription), South Africa –6 minutes agoMTN SA's ex-MD Maanda Manyatshe is preparing to provide evidence which will show the SA Post Office (Sapo) knew he was not guilty of instituting tender … More: continued here