Facing post office cuts, residents circulating petitionLompoc RecordOn Wednesday, resident Janeen Chester sat at a table near the entrance collecting signatures from people coming in and out of the post office. She said the main concern for post office users is the reduction of hours could lead to the eventual …

Residents and businesspeople in Los Olivos are rallying to reverse a plan to cut the post office’s retail service time by 10 hours a week, starting in mid-July. More: continued here

Cut the Farm Aid, Keep the Food StampsBusinessweekThe main reason the House couldn't muster the required votes was a set of sharpening disagreements over food stamps. Specifically, the legislation called for $21 billion in cuts to the food stamp program over the coming decade. Rebellion set in after a … …

Wired (blog) In Search of Tech Cred, eBay Builds a New Engine for a New IdentityWired (blog)It was 2008, and eBay had a problem. Mark Carges had just arrived to lead the tech side of what the company would come to call the “turnaround” of its core marketplace business. The …

Police are investigating an armed robbery at a Greenville post office where the suspect stole more than $1,000 Saturday morning. More: continued here

Royal Mail boss gets £1.5m pay packetEvening StandardThe boss of Royal Mail is set to be handed a total pay package of more than £1.5 million, according to a report, threatening to stoke tensions ahead of plans to privatise the company. Moya Greene's pay package for the year to the …

News roundup–Former Torex Retail executive jailed, Royal Mail boss set for …Catalogue e-businessThe Daily Mail reports Royal Mail's chief executive Moya Greene could receive a pay package worth more than £1.5million if she hits performance targets. The piece says the details of Miss Greene's pay will be contained in the …

More than just better search results, eBay hopes it’s built a new engine for a new identity.         More: continued here

Birmingham Royal Mail worker guilty of terror chargesBirmingham MailA Royal Mail worker from Birmingham has been found guilty of possessing terror documents including one entitled: ''How to make a bomb in the kitchen of your mum.'' Mohammed Benares, 45, from Alum Rock was convicted by a jury at London's Southwark …and …

Letter: Concerns about post office privatization, security of mailStatesman JournalWhat the post office didn't say in the June 17 article was that the Salem processing center was dismantled and moved to a private facility in Portland. I don't know how much these folks will be paid, but I'm guessing near …