Workers at Crown post offices will today launch a fresh wave of strikes in an escalating row over jobs, pay and closures. More: continued here

Workers at Crown post offices are launching a fresh wave of strikes in an escalating row over jobs, pay and closures. More: continued here

Postal Service to unveil March on Washington stamp this weekWashington Post (blog)The other two stamps commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation that freed slaves, and the 100th anniversary of the birth of Rosa Parks, the African American activist who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, …

San Francisco Chronicle Too many Californians left without food stampsSan Francisco ChronicleThe House of Representatives jolted the country in June when it refused to renew the nation's food stamp program as part of the Farm Bill. Passage of the Farm Bill is usually a bipartisan, uncontroversial matter, but little is …

Armed robber holds up Yeadon Post OfficeDelaware County Daily TimesThe U.S. Postal Inspection Service is offering an award of up to $50,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a suspect who carried out an armed robbery at the Yeadon Post Office this morning. An unidentified individual robbed …

EBay offers discounts for auto dealer-listing subscriptionsCrain’s Detroit BusinessThe consumer Web site offers three- and 12-month subscriptions ranging from five to 100 listings a month at discounted prices depending on the subscription length and number of listings, says Bryan Murphy, general manager of eBay Motors, eBay's … More: continued here

NOLA.com Postal Service updated study called flawed as Gretna rallies to save downtown …NOLA.comChallenging the U.S. Postal Service's assertion that shuttering Gretna's downtown post office would save $1 million over a decade, city officials made a last effort to stave off closure at a rally Friday. The crowd was sparse, …

Boise State University The Arbiter Online Food stamp cuts coming soon, sponsored by Democrats (You read that correctly)Plain DealerBut the biggest share was actually from SNAP, more commonly known as food stamps, with cuts this November of $36 for a household of four that receives the maximum allocation, $29 for …

Former Santa Monica Post Office At 5th/Arizona May Gain Historic StatusSanta Monica MirrorAfter the Post Office on Fifth Street shut down June 29 at the direction of the U.S. Postal Service, city officials are looking for ways to preserve the building at 1248 Fifth Street in the downtown core. When …

eBay Outage Followed by Technical Issues Friday MorningEcommerceBytes (blog)eBay experienced an outage in which users were unable to sign in to the site, and users say they continue to have problems with certain features this morning. Sellers are concerned about the loss of income the outage and resulting glitches are …