NPR Stamps, Jeans, Beer: What Americans Want From North KoreaNPRDonald Sundman, president of Mystic Stamp Co. in Camden, N.Y., asked for permission to buy postage stamps from North Korea. Some North Korean stamps show pictures of dogs. There's at least one that, weirdly, has a picture of Princess Diana. Another …and …

Daily Californian Postal Service rejects appeal of main Berkeley branch saleDaily CalifornianThe U.S. Postal Service announced a final decision Thursday to sell Berkeley's main post office despite city and community appeals. In a letter explaining the decision to relocate, Tom Samra, vice president of facilities at the Postal Service, said …

Opponents of closure of historic post office in Glendale speak outGlendale News PressGlendale residents opposed to the possible closure and sale of the city's historic downtown post office building called on the U.S. Postal Service to rethink its cost-cutting plan during a public forum on Thursday at Glendale City Hall. …

A video that has gone viral shows a FedEx driver in Manhattan carelessly throwing packages into a delivery truck, prompting… More: continued here

LA Canyon News Post Office on verge of axing door-to-door deliveryThe Business Review (Albany)The U.S. Postal Service could eliminate door-to-door mail delivery in a push to save between $4 billion and $6 billion a year. Congress is considering a big change that would end door delivery for 30 million U.S. …

Customers want to believe their packages are in good hands with companies like FedEx or UPS, but a new video shows footage of New York City employee tossing some packages into the back of a delivery truck like they’re pizzas. In a video uploaded to… More: continued here

THE Post Office has launched a six-week public consultation over plans to move its Coniston branch to a new location with double the opening hours. More: continued here

Tomb Street security alert endsBBC NewsA security alert which led to the evacuation of the Royal Mail sorting office in Tomb Street, Belfast, has ended. Tomb Street was closed for a time but has since re-opened to traffic. Army bomb experts examined a suspicious package discovered in the … More: …

NASA … Like the Post Office in Space: Late-Night Comedy RoundupThe AtlanticLike the Post Office in Space: Late-Night Comedy Roundup. Plus: Diego Rivera's depiction of Detroit as a socialist workers' paradise may be pawned off to the museum of irony — and more. Ross Gianfortune Jul 26 2013, 11:40 AM …

US farm bill on hold while House tries again on food stamp cutsReutersWASHINGTON, July 25 (Reuters) – The Republican-controlled U.S. House will try to cut billions of dollars from the food stamp program before negotiating an overall farm bill with the Senate, the House majority leader said on Thursday two …