Set to close this month, the Fayette County post office will remain open for another two years after a deal to extend the lease on the building used by the postal center. More: continued here

Berkeley Food Pantry feels bite from food stamp cutbackContra Costa TimesBERKELEY — Here's a sobering holiday riddle: What does a cutback in food stamps have in common with the fact that Tami Groves regularly has 800 pounds of frozen chicken jammed into the back of her Toyota? Answer: The Nov. …

Fayette post office gets reprieveCharleston GazetteSet to close this month, the Fayette County post office will remain open for another two years after a deal to extend the lease on the building used by the postal center. Media outlets report that Rep. Nick Rahall announced the agreement Monday. The …Danese …

Post Office Sued Over Embarrassing Statue Of Liberty Stamp Mix-upHuffington PostLAS VEGAS (AP) — An embarrassing mistake involving a Statue of Liberty stamp is coming back to haunt the U.S. Postal Service. The stamp design released in 2011 was not based on the statue in New York Harbor, as intended, …

WorldLister launched today, completely upgrading the experience of listing items on eBay. The free cloud-based application enables anybody — from first-time sellers to power sellers — to list items in … More: continued here

What to do with downtown Fort Worth post office?Fort Worth Star TelegramFORT WORTH — The U.S. Postal Service will brief the Fort Worth City Council today on the possibility of relocating the downtown post office on Lancaster Avenue. The historic federal building was listed with 3,700 other post offices being …

Calorie foods. The agriculture department oversees this. We are joined from washington with someone who follows the usda for us. What are the restrictions under what you can buy with food stamps now, and what would they like to see changed? More: continued here

Washington Post (blog) Harry Potter stamps: Will Owl Post be next?Los Angeles TimesThe stamps, depicting scenes from the movies based on J.K. Rowling's books, went on sale in late November despite vehement opposition from some serious stamp collectors, who objected that they were both un-American and crassly commercial. Michael …Inspector general …

EBay stock attracts bargain hunters as holiday shopping surgesThe Globe and MailA crowd of Wall Street analysts seem confident that eBay is well positioned to capitalize on consumers' shift toward e-commerce. The company's strong gains in sales recorded over the crucial Thanksgiving shopping period in the United States helped …NEW …

The program, which has operated for more than 100 years, enables members of the public and charities to respond to letters from children that are addressed to Santa Claus in the North Pole. More: continued here