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The U.S. Postal Service reported a record annual loss of almost $16 billion. Postmaster General Patrick Donahue talks to Charlie Rose and Norah O'Donnell about what he hopes Congress will do to ensure that the U.S.P.S. survives. More: continued here

eBay pulls Glenn Beck's 'Obama in Pee Pee' jar after bids rise to $11300Washington ExaminerA jar of what appeared to be Blaze media mogul Glenn Beck's urine with a President Obama toy in it is already going for $11,300 on eBay – and bids are rapidly rising. According to Beck …

WalMart earns record profits while supporting Republicans who want to slash …PoliticusUSABecause WalMart pays their employees slave wages, workers are forced to rely on food stamps and Medicaid which is how WalMart siphons money from taxpayers. The taxpayer dollars allow WalMart to pay their workers an average of $8.81 an …

TameBay Post Office to open in the evenings in New YearTameBaySpeaking at the ECMOD conference yesterday, Mike Newnham Royal Mail's Chief Customer Officer had some welcome news regarding opening times. In the early part of 2013 both Post Offices and Royal Mail Delivery Offices will have longer opening hours …Post …

KOB.com Rural post office hours reducedKOB.comThe effort is part of what's called the Post Plan. KOB Eyewitness News 4 has learned that around 150 rural post offices are expected to have their daily hours cut. According to postal officials, the Lemitar Post Office will reduce retail service from … More: …

A message from the most famous post office in the worldThe Herald | HeraldOnline.comNORTH POLE, CA, Nov. 28, 2012 — /CNW/ – Canada Post is delivering an important message this year: Mrs. Claus is helping Santa with the more than one million letters he gets each year. The following letter …

Olympic medallist visits Gateshead Royal Mail centre – Gateshead …ChronicleLiveAs Royal Mail staff prepare for the hectic festive season, which sees millions of Christmas cards sent across the world, Team GB champion Etienne Stott stopped off at Tyneside Mail Centre in Gateshead. Canoeist Etienne was given a tour of the …

GIMBY (blog) Hunger in Plain Sight – NYTimes.comNew York Times (blog)Food stamps allow you to shop more or less normally, but on an extremely tight budget, around $130 a month. It's tough to feed a family on food stamps (and even tougher without them), and that's where food banks — …

Royal Mail risks igniting a row over the multi-million-pound costs of privatising the company after appointing a line-up of heavyweight City advisers to prepare the landmark deal.I have learned that Royal … More: continued here