George Best features on a new set of commemorative stamps More: continued here

WLTX.com Village Post Office Opens in Newberry CountyWLTX.comChappells, SC (WLTX) – You can now go to one place in Newberry County to get a soda and chips–and mail a package. Horne's General Store in Chappells is now the first Village Post Office in the Greater South Carolina District. They held …

FedEx says it can't connect its brand with such polarizing figure as Damien Echols More: continued here

Pyongyang, February 7 (KCNA) — The State Stamp Bureau of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea issued new stamps (two sheets and individuals) to celebrate the Day of the Shining Star (Feb. 16), the birth anniversary of leader Kim Jong Il. More: continued here

Whippany needs its post office backDailyrecord.comWhy was a trailer not set up for the Whippany residents in the Whippany Post Office parking lot or why hasn't the USPS rented space at one of the vacant stores at Pine Plaza, 831 Route 10, in Whippany? We should not have to pay …

EcommerceBytes eBay Seller Thinks New Royal Mail Rules StinkEcommerceBytesYou might be able to buy and sell almost anything on eBay, but that doesn't mean you can ship it – and in the UK, that now applies to perfume. eBay UK warned sellers this week that Royal Mail had issued new …

US Post Office Plans to Stop Saturday Mail DeliveriesBloombergThe post office's losses have widened and are estimated at $25 million a day. Mail volume is down 26 percent from its 2006 peak as individuals and businesses have shifted toward e-mail and e-billing. The service, which has 521,000 career employees, … …

Melisa Porter delivers mail Thursday along West Lenoir Avenue. Porter has worked with the U.S. Postal service for 16 years and transferred to from Georgia to work as a carrier in Kinston eight years ago. More: continued here

Of 373 Crown Post Offices, it has revealed plans to seek partnerships with retail firms for 70 of its main high street branches across the UK. More: continued here

Restricting food stamps to fight obesityWACHCOLUMBIA (AP) — South Carolina's public health chief says further restricting what people can buy with food stamps might be a way to cut down on the state's obesity problem. Department of Health and Environmental Control director Catherine Templeton … More: continued here