Jamestown Post Office Opens For First Time Since FloodsCBS LocalJAMESTOWN, Colo. (CBS4) – Nearly five months after floods devastated Colorado, the Jamestown post office is now back open for business. Jamestown was hit particularly hard by the floods with many homes and businesses having been wiped away.Jamestown celebrates 'the most …

Sonora, CA — Sonora's second downtown post office branch has received a reprieve. More: continued here

Fight continues to save Southmore Post Office at the site of Houston's first …abc13.comThe Southmore Post Office on Almeda is one of six locations that could be relocated. But community activists want to keep the post office in that location because of the role it played in Houston's history. It's …

Downing Street declines to defend Royal Mail sale price, as Nick Clegg says Cable is 'not a share price expert'         More: continued here

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The Secret Weapon at Christmas for the Post Office: SundaysWall Street Journal (blog)“The key for us is the seven-day a week delivery,” said Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe during the Postal Service's quarterly earnings call with journalists. “If we hadn't delivered on Sunday, we would have carried heavy volumes into Monday …

Part of the Farm Bill: Cuts to Food StampsNew York TimesAt $8.6 billion, the cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) make up more than half the “savings” from this bill. The 850,000 low-income households that will see significant reductions in their …Obama Signs …

Could Bitcoin Be Answer for Profit-Starved Post Office?BloombergResearchers for the U.S. Postal Service inspector general's office are making the case that an agency rooted in delivering mail and selling stamps can help Bitcoin go mainstream. The inspector general's staff is urging the Postal Service to expand into … More: continued here

WHAS 11.com (subscription) Senate panel signs off on guns on Post Office groundsGOPUSAconcealed_pistol A Senate committee unanimously passed a measure Thursday to allow people to carry guns on postal service property, but killed a broader push to let gun owners carry their firearms into actual post office buildings. The measure …

The fight continues today to save a post office in southwest Houston More: continued here