The Chicago Post Office is offering tips to ensure gifts and greetings arrive on time this year. More: continued here

Willie Stargell Postage Stamp Hits Home Run in SalesPolitic365The San Francisco Giants won the World Series a month ago, and although the team has something special to cheer about, so do the fans of Willie Stargell. They stepped up to the plate in the Stamps Batted In (SBI) pennant race …

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NBCNews.com Mayor on food stamps: There's so much I take for grantedNBCNews.comMayor on food stamps: There's so much I take for granted. Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker is eating on a food stamp budget for one week, and said that he hopes to create “communities of compassion” with his challenge. …

ABC7Chicago.com Post Office suggests shipping deadlines for holidays giftsABC7Chicago.comSo postal officials say the earlier customers can mail, the better. First-class mail should be sent by Dec. 20 to arrive in time for Christmas. The recommended deadline for parcel post is Dec. 14 and for express mail, Dec. 22. The post …

LaSalle News Tribune Post offices in holiday swing despite financial woesLaSalle News Tribune“We did more business up here than they did in Peoria yesterday,” said La Salle postmaster Kevin Christiansen on Monday, adding that roughly 140 people stopped in his post office on Sunday. Christiansen believes it's been nearly a …

Reboot Your Technology Portfolio With Qualcomm, Oracle And eBayForbesChairman and CEO Dr. Paul E. Jacobs (L) of Qualcomm and Gary Shapiro President and CEO of Consumer Electronics Association play with a device with the new Qualcomm Snapdragon processor inside during a keynote address at the 2012 International … More: continued …

Chicago Post Office Offers Holiday Mailing TipsNBC ChicagoThe Chicago Post Office offers tips to help your package arrive at its destination on time. (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images). advertisement. Click Here! Photos and Videos. Mailbox Design Helps Conceal Packages. Protecting packages delivered at home …and more » More: continued here

NEWARK, N.J., Dec. 8 (UPI) — Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker said the hardest part of living like a food-stamp recipient was giving up coffee. More: continued here

The Star-Ledger – NJ.com Cory Booker Food Stamp Challenge: One SNAP Recipient Tells Us 'How Hard It …Huffington PostOn Wednesday, we received a letter from "Margo," a reader in Kentucky who asked that we not use her real name. We've reproduced Margo's letter in full below. In it, she talks …