Support a Harmon Killebrew stamp and you could win a year's worth of root beer

By Joe O'Donnell

1. Frosty 'Brew

Minnesota-based Killebrew Root Beer is sweetening the pot for supporters of the movement to put the company's namesake, Minnesota Twins legendary slugger Harmon Killebrew, on a U.S. Postal Service stamp. 

The soda producer says it will give one year's worth of root beer to one lucky signer of a this online petition supporting the Killebrew stamp cause. 

So far, the petition has 971 signatures. It has a listed goal of 10,000.

Read more about the push for a Killebrew stamp:

• Minnesota Twins want Harmon Killebrew on a U.S. stamp
• Push for stamp featuring Minnesota Twins great Harmon Killebrew continues

2. Who is Scott English?

"When his friend began talking about a job running the country’s biggest stamp organization, Scott English thought his friend wanted to know if he had any stamp collecting friends who might want the job.

"No, the friend said, he wanted English, a well-known South Carolina political operative who doesn’t collect stamps, to apply for the executive director’s job at the American Philatelic Society."

Read the full story of English's hiring.

"Royal Mail will issue 10 stamps Aug. 18 featuring seven species of bees from different parts of the United Kingdom."