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Crossed lines from BT to Post OfficeThe Observer, UK –3 hours agoI have a Post Office Homephone and the first I knew was when the Post Office wrote to me in October expressing regret that I was changing providers. … More: continued here

PITTSBURGH — A winning bid of $3 million for a huge record collection offered on eBay was apparently a fraud. A bidder had claimed he would shell out $3,002,150 for the collection of nearly 3 million vinyl albums, singles and CDs being sold by Paul Mawhinney, 68, of Ross Township. …

Webwise: profit from online auctionsTimes Online, UK –6 hours agoTo many, online auctions are synonymous with eBay: it has 233 million users worldwide and in Britain the site dominates the market. … More: continued here

Village fight to keep post officeBBC News, UK –13 hours agoVillagers in Witcombe have taken to the streets to protest against the proposed closure of their local post office. Tewkesbury's Conservative MP Laurence … More: continued here

OverTheLimit.info $3M Bid for Record Collection Is a FraudThe Associated Press –3 hours agoPITTSBURGH (AP) — A winning bid of $3 million for a huge record collection offered on eBay was apparently a fraud. A bidder had claimed he would shell out …Pennsylvania man sells nearly 3M vinyl albums, singles and …

“It’s bent. They sent me a jacked-up trophy… They got to their last trophy and it was broken and they said, `We’ll send it to him and blame it on FedEx.’ They better fix it … More: continued here

China on Saturday issued the last set of stamps depicting the role of Beijing Opera at the capital’s Meilanfang Grand Theater. The six stamps feature the Jing role, one of the famed opera’s four main characters. More: continued here

This is Money Profitable post offices face axe in 'farcical shake-up by Royal Mail'Daily Mail, UK –5 hours agoSuccessful post offices are being closed down while loss-making ones survive in a farcical shake-up by Royal Mail, it has been claimed. …£4.5m for chiefs in charge of closing our Post OfficesThis is MoneyProposed …

New York drug-tax plan derided as a dopey ideaMinneapolis Star Tribune (subscription), MN –4 hours agoThe new tax would apply to cocaine, heroin and marijuana and could be paid with pre-bought "tax stamps" affixed to the bags of dope. … More: continued here

SMALL and defenceless it may be, but Liechtenstein has never willingly given up a banking secret. Now the unthinkable has happened: a DVD has found its way into the hands of British tax inspectors detailing Britons’ dealings in the Alpine tax haven. More: continued here