Urban Artisans: How Casey's Stamps in NYC's East Village Preserved a Lost …Complex.comJ.C. Casey, owner of Casey's Stamps, avoids getting sentimental about his craft. His shop is wonderfully unfussy. The shelves are haphazardly lined with stamps of every imaginable variety; his desk is obscured with loose papers and old coffee …

Washington Post (blog) Old Post Office building sees dreary final daysWashington Post (blog)On the last day open to visitors at Washington's Old Post Office Tower Wednesday, a pair of building workers were the first two people up a glass-walled elevator, way ahead of the tour groups and history buffs looking …

Report: Inmates, dead people sent food stamps and welfare benefitsKPHO PhoenixThe Auditor General's Office compared names, social security numbers and birth dates, of those on the state's food stamp and welfare programs, with the Department of Corrections' inmate records. Nearly 14,000 names matched. But, we don't know how …Report: Ariz. provided …

Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail row: 'priority investor' Lazard sold shares after a week for an £8m …Telegraph.co.ukThe row over Royal Mail has been inflamed after it emerged that Lazard Asset Management, the investment arm of the Government's adviser on the historic privatisation, was one of the 16 “priority” investors in the …

The Independent Royal Mail sell-off: Vince Cable on the run as MPs attack carve-upThe IndependentPressure on the Government over the botched Royal Mail sell-off intensified on Monday as more hedge funds were unmasked as key investors in the flotation and the chairman of a committee of MPs condemned the “corporate …

A shooting at a FedEx store in Georgia injured 6 people. The incident occurred on Tuesday morning when a man entered the store with an assault rifle and several rounds of ammunition strapped to his chest. Witnesses described the shooter … More: continued here

Photo by Marie Dirle/New Jersey Herald – Gary Smith, Andrea Montgomery, Harry Kaplan and Sheila Hughes, of the Newton Post Office, hold donated food items in front of their trucks. More: continued here

Lazard's advisory division advised the Government on the pricing of Royal Mail and its investment arm was one of 16 investors chosen to form a long-term shareholder base More: continued here

Froma Harrop: No special delivery in selling off old post officesOmaha World-HeraldThe U.S. Postal Service's bizarre decision to sell beloved old buildings to raise quick cash has created angst across the country. A 1937 post office in Virginia Beach, Virginia, was razed and replaced by a Walgreens (which, ironically, sells …

Postal frustration lingers for residents of Kansas town currently without officefox4kc.comThe city's post office has been out of commission since March 11 when a car rammed into the back of it. FOX 4 Problem Solvers first met with frustrated residents at the mobile home park nearly a month ago. They've …