The post office in the Spencer County, Ind., town that bears the name of Christmas’ famous gift giver on Friday unveiled this year’s custom postmark that will be available for letters and cards. More: continued here

A planned one-day strike on Monday over jobs and pay by staff working at larger Post Office branches is called off. More: continued here

Reductions are a result of the expiration of a provision in 2009 stimulus legislation. More: continued here

Food stamps cuts on Friday amount to $5 billion, and additional cuts could occur via a farm bill. More Americans are on food stamps than at almost any other point in the past decade. More: continued here

Starting today, families who depend on food stamps will see their benefits cut as $5 billion in funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) expires. And those aren't even the only cuts coming to SNAP. Eventually, Congress will pass a new farm bill with revised SNAP spending. So, what …

Today begins a $5 billion reduction in federal benefits, but Congress's slashing isn't close to done yet More: continued here

Residents here are getting their very own post office, albeit a smaller, informal one, with Willingham General Store owner Wayne Willingham playing the role of “postmaster.” More: continued here

WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – One of every seven Americans will take a hit on Friday when a $5 billion cut in food stamps, the first across-the-board reduction in the history of the decades-old federal program, takes effect.         More: continued here

BEAVER — Following a public meeting on Oct. 24, the U.S. Postal Service announced the Beaver Post Office will reduce its weekday hours to two hours a day, starting Jan. 11, 2014. The open window… More: continued here

Staff at a Royal Mail sorting office have voted to take industrial action tomorrow. More: continued here