A Nob Hill post office is closed after several workers were sent to the hospital with symptoms that could be related to a hazardous materials situation. Fire spokeswoman Mindy Talmadge said five employees working at the post office on the 1400 block of Pine Street were told by their supervisor …

A San Francisco post office was evacuated Thursday after five employees found a mysterious white powder on their clothing. More: continued here

Washington Examiner Video: Sorry eBay— Turns Out Some Small Businesses Support the …TIMEOnline giant eBay is leading the charge against legislation that would require sales tax to be collected on Internet sales. The mandate would be an unfair burden on small businesses, eBay says. And yet who are among the …

NY bicyclist on quest to hit 4 'most' post officesWCAXSARANAC LAKE, N.Y. (AP) – A northern New York man is bicycling around the lower 48 states in a quest to visit the most eastern, southern, western and northern post offices. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports that 67-year-old Floyd Lampart of …

Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) Woman slightly hurt when pickup crashes into West Seattle post officeThe Seattle Times (blog)A pickup crashed through the plate-glass window of a post office in a West Seattle shopping center this afternoon, prompting evacuation of the building. Only one person was injured when a blue Dodge …

Inside eBay's 90PB data warehouseiT NewseBay has spent the past two years transforming its data analysis and reporting capabilities so front-line staff may help themselves to its massive data store. The e-commerce giant stores almost 90PB of data about customer transactions and behaviours to … More: continued here

My Citizens News Post Office seeks to 'Stamp Out Hunger' with annual food driveNJ.com“This is all post offices, all letter carriers, all day, so as they go out and deliver mail, they're looking to collect donations left by their customers,” said Ray Daiutolo Sr., a representative from the U.S. Post …

The U.S. Postal Service is helping out Salvation Army food pantries through its 21st annual 'Stamp Out Hunger' food drive. Postal customers can leave nonperishable food items next to their mailboxes on Saturday and carriers will pick them up. After making the collection, carriers will deliver them to food pantries …

Food stamps, not crop subsidies, highest hurdle for farm billYahoo! NewsAnalysts say food stamps for the poor, the biggest Agriculture Department program at an estimated $79 billion this year, is the make-or-break issue. Republicans are demanding far larger cuts than Democrats will entertain, and the debate is becoming …KEYC – …

By Charles Abbott WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lawmakers are preparing for a second run at writing the new U.S. farm law that ended in a stalemate in 2012, and the biggest obstacle is not likely to be soil conservation or crop subsidies, but the billions spent mostly in cities and towns. …