BLUEFIELD — Mail a Christmas card and donate to a local animal shelter. At least that is what Bluefield post officer workers Miriam Lewis and Mary Beth Price hope customers will do this week during the Sixth Annual Prerogative Shelter Drive. More: continued here

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Ways 2 Save: Free Stamps and 69¢ Holiday CardsWGRZ-TVBUFFALO, NY – It's that time of the year for delivering your holiday cheer on a dime… if you use the right coupon code. Thankfully, in the last 24 hours, a discount code popped up to lower your costs dramatically at one …

StarWatch Consumer | Barnes & Noble cuts Nook Simple Touch price; food …Kansas City StarFood stamps went to a record 47.7 million Americans in September, up 1.3 percent from August, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. The figure, which included disaster assistance, was 3.1 percent higher than September 2011. Spending …

Chicagoans read Santa letters sent to Post Office, help make kids' holiday …The RepublicCHICAGO — Hundreds of Chicagoans are getting in the holiday spirit by reading letters that local children send to Santa — then making their wishes come true. The U.S. Post Office in Chicago has received more than …

Ark. post offices open Christmas, New Year's EvesSeattle Post IntelligencerLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — U.S. Postal officials in Arkansas say the state's post offices will be open on both Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve — but hours may vary. Spokeswoman Leisa Tolliver-Gay says all post offices will be open …

It had become a tradition for Virgil Stockdale to drive more than 40 miles each year to the post office in tiny Bethlehem, Ind., where former Postmaster John Cable would hand-stamp Christmas cards with images of the Star of Bethlehem and the Three Wise Men. More: continued here

Man found hanging at local post officeCarmi TimesCoroner Chris Marsh said it appeared the man tied a rope to a handrail that surrounds some stairs leading to a basement door on the south side of the post office. His body was discovered by a postal service employee reporting for work …

Report: Food stamps soar despite unemployment declineFox NewsThe idea of going on food stamps is an idea we should always try to avoid. It's something that should be so painful that we only go on them for a brief time so that there is an incentive to get back into …

EcommerceBytes A Closer Look at eBay's New Global Shipping ProgramEcommerceByteseBay said it is seeing early positive results of its new Global Shipping Program (GSP), which is currently only open to selected sellers. Manish Joneja, eBay Senior Manager of the Global Shipping Program, said both buyers and sellers who have sent …