Public TV members to pack Police concertReuters UK, UK –2 hours agoVIP packages were available for purchase at higher pledge amounts, while an auction of VIP packages on eBay raised $40000. A signed instrument auction went …My beard has sexual powers, Sting saysStuff.co.nzall 20 news articles More: continued here

One of the newest yellow-star sellers on Internet auction site eBay has a familiar handle: wvsurplusproperty.Although a 2006 law authorized the state Surplus Property Division to sell items no longer used by various state agencies via the Internet, the div… More: continued here

Get ready for the price of stamps to go up again: For the quarter ended June 30, the U.S. Postal Service had a net loss of $1.1 billion, which officials blamed on reduced mail volume in the slowed economy and high fuel prices. — The Associated Press More: continued here

Lecture hinours leading Health and Safety thinkerMaterials Handling World Magazine, UK –4 minutes agoA memorial lecture in honour of the highly-respected health and safety practitioner Allan St John Holt, OBE, is to be staged annually by Royal Mail and the … More: continued here

Post Office puts stamp on $6kCay Compass, Cayman Islands –1 hour agoThe Cayman Islands Post Office kicked off the Olympic reception in style with a $6000 cheque. It was to support the Olympic Fundraising Committee to help … More: continued here

Woman, 71, has pension snatched in post officeEssex Echo, UK –22 minutes agoThe woman was getting the cash from the post office at the Riverview Centre, in Vange, when the attack happened. The hooded robber burst in and walked up to … More: continued here

RBC confirms US subpoena over auction-rate securitiesGlobe and Mail, Canada –46 minutes ago"I can confirm that RBC Capital Markets Corp., along with others, were subpoenaed back in April," Royal Bank spokeswoman Beja Rodeck said in an e-mail… More: continued here

Battle to save post office continuesGloucestershire Gazette, UK –8 minutes agoBy Liza-Jane Gillespie » TYTHERINGTON Post Office has been given its date for closure despite continuing efforts to keep it open. It was announced in April … More: continued here

Union talk of action over sorting office planLiverpool Daily Post, UK –18 minutes agoUNION leaders will meet today to discuss taking industrial action after Royal Mail confirmed it wants to close the Copperas Hill sorting office. … More: continued here

Keep us postedLiverpool Echo, UK –18 hours agoThe fight to keep 800 Royal Mail jobs in Liverpool – and ensure the city does not become the only major centre outside London without its own sorting office … More: continued here