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People in the Jefferson County hamlet of Plessis will have to travel farther to get their mail. The post office on State Route 26 will close Saturday. More: continued here

Stamps to mark the centenary of the birth of James Bond creator Ian Fleming are to be issued next month. More: continued here

SOMEONE has paid more than $2,500 on eBay for one of Dan Rather’s Emmy awards. The statue that Rather took home for his 1972 “Coverage of the Shooting of Governor [George] Wallace” on the “CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite” recently popped… More: continued here

Extra long stamps to mark Bond creator, Ian Flemings centenaryThaindian.com, Thailand –3 hours agoThe Royal Mail said that six stamps are to be issued on January 8. The stamps will feature different editions of his novels, including Casino Royale and Dr … More: continued here

Drug busting cameras for post office -compromise reached with CustomsStabroek News, Guyana –4 hours agoSurveillance cameras will soon monitor internal operations at the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) as it moves to stop drug trafficking through postal … More: continued here

Woman stamps on OAP in mystery attackThe Star, UK –4 hours agoA FRAIL woman aged 80 is in hospital with serious injuries after being badly beaten up on Boxing Day as she walked along a South Yorkshire street. … More: continued here

FedEx Corp. announced a general rate increase of 5.5 percent Wednesday for its FedEx Freight trucking division. More: continued here

Man Charged In Post Office Bomb ScareMyFox Kansas City, MO –3 minutes agoThe post office at 87th and Monrovia was shut down for hours as police searched for any sign of an explosive device. The city hall and courthouse were on … More: continued here

JAMES Bond creator Ian Fleming is to be commemorated in the new year with a set of stamps from the Royal Mail. More: continued here

THE fight to save Coventry’s main city centre post office has been dealt another blow. Postal services watchdog Postwatch has said it will not be objecting to the loss of the Hertford Street branch. More: continued here