Royal Mail faces strike after scrapping pensionTimes Online, UK –10 hours agoRoyal Mail is facing a fresh threat of industrial action after the Communication Workers Union (CWU) voted overwhelmingly to oppose changes to the pension … More: continued here
Tributes were paid yesterday to two Royal Marines killed by a bomb in Afghanistan on Sunday. The Daily Mail’s Defence Correspondent Matthew Hickley spent time with Lieutenant John Thornton, an outstanding soldier, and mourns the loss of a friend More: continued here
eBay pulls Vista laptop pwned in hacking contestRegister, UK –56 minutes agoBy Dan Goodin in San Francisco → More by this author An eBay listing for the Windows Vista laptop that was successfully compromised at last week's Pwn2Own …Linux Does Not Share GloryEnews 2.0Vista SP1 second to fall in hacking contestTech DigestUbuntu last laptop standing in hacking…
Do no harm An eBay listing for the Windows Vista laptop that was successfully compromised at last week’s Pwn2Own hacking contest was removed after the online auctioneer said it violated terms the forbid sales of items that might do harm.… More: continued here
Diggers honoured on NZ stampsNewstalk ZB, New Zealand –10 minutes agoThe many New Zealanders who lost their lives fighting on foreign fields are being remembered and honoured in New Zealand Post's latest stamp series. … More: continued here
A Lamont man has been arrested after officials say he tried to set a post office on fire. More: continued here
Irish Independent Americans to live on food stampsPRESS TV, Iran –7 hours agoA vast majority of Americans may reportedly be required to use government food stamps to survive the country's looming economic recession. …As Jobs Vanish and Prices Rise, Food Stamp Use Nears RecordNew York TimesExperts predict record number of food stamps as economy slumpsUSA TodayUSA 2008:…
A London coroner suspended the inquest Tuesday into the death of Princess Diana to get a translation of an e-mail from France suggesting new evidence. More: continued here
Web surfing for food stampsSalon –54 minutes agoAt buzz.yahoo.com, Yahoo's recently launched Digg-equivalent, the list of Top Searches had "food stamps" ranked No. 5 around 4 pm PDT. … More: continued here
EBay pulled the listing for a hacked laptop complete with Windows Vista attack code within hours of its appearance Monday, saying that it could have harmed users. More: continued here