The Merced post office has a new top official. Tony Renon, 51, took the postmaster oath of office Friday at the M Street location from Bobbi Riley, manager of post office operations. More: continued here

Belgium's $1 billion bpost IPO bodes well for Royal MailYahoo!7 NewsBRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgium's postal service bpost made a robust market debut on Friday, a bullish signal for Britain as it looks to sell Royal Mail. Private equity firm CVC raised 812 million euros ($1.07 billion) from selling a 28 …

Deseret News House votes no on crop subsidies , food stamps cutDeseret NewsWASHINGTON — The House rejected a five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm bill Thursday that would have cut $2 billion annually from food stamps and let states impose broad new work requirements on those who receive them. Those cuts weren't deep …

After what seems like years of speculation, the U.S. Postal Service has made it official – it is considering closing the Victoria Main Post Office. More: continued here

ASHEBORO — Former Mayor Joe Trogdon, for whom Asheboro’s post office on Church Street is named, died Thursday at the Randolph Hospice House. He was 80. William Joseph “Joe” Trogdon, an Asheboro native and Asheboro High graduate, began a career in public service in his hometown that spanned more than …

Raw Story Louie Gohmert Defends Cutting Food Stamps: Not 'Evil' Because They're Just …MediaiteOne of the biggest congressional fights over the farm bill that failed yesterday was a provision that would make significant cuts to the food stamp program. Today Texas Republican Louie Gohmert took to the House floor to …

Home News Guinea pig armour draws $25000 eBay bidHamilton SpectatorFor $25,000, you could buy a brand new car. Or, you could buy handmade guinea pig armour. No, it's not made out of gold — it's steel, actually. It's all the work of Sean McCoy of Fairfax, Va., who spent over …

Rep. Schiff calls decision to close Glenoaks post office'misguided'Burbank LeaderRep. Adam Schiff issued a statement Friday reiterating his position that closing the Glenoaks post office in Burbank — a decision announced earlier in the day — is part of a “misguided” strategy that will do little to address larger financial …

For more than 13 years, Angela Holmes, 50, and her mother both had P.O. Boxes at the Glenoaks branch. When her mother died last year at 75 after battling diabetes , Holmes kept her P.O. Box, even though another branch sat closer to her Burbank home. More: continued here

In a move to expand globally, FedEx Corp. is acquiring service provider, Supaswift and its subsidiaries that offer FedEx Express international services in Southern Africa. More: continued here