A post office reform movementWednesday JournalTypical scene: four or five in line, or more, waiting for the U.S. Post Office employee to return from behind the scenes with a package. No other employee on the scene. Loud, laughter, fun sounds coming from the back room. One full minute, two, maybe …

Disaster food stamps have been approved for several parishes in hurricane-ravaged Louisiana, allowing residents hard hit by the weather and beset by weather damage to stay afloat while help is dispatched to the area. Disaster food stamps are an interim measure to assist those who have been affected adversely by …

Postal manuals from 1940s donated to national museumThe Courier-JournalBuried in the corner of an unused closet for at least 35 years, the book was recently found by Clermont Postmaster Sandy Perkins, who was looking through a dust-covered box at the post office building. And now, from Happy Hollow Drive in …

Daily Mail Judge jails Bradford Royal Infirmary thief who ripped diamond engagement ring …Daily MailSlovakian Robert Ziga's crime was branded 'abhorrent' as the court heard how he had been casing Bradford Royal Infirmary for over 90 minutes before sneaking into 75-year-old Christine Brown's private room on the hospital's cancer ward. …

Rod and Custom Magazine (blog) eBay Built Gasser VanRod and Custom Magazine (blog)The editors of Hot Rod are in the process now of building this '68 Chevy Van for the 2012 SEMA Show in affiliation with eBay Motors. Working with Mackey's Hot Rods of Huntington Beach, CA, they not only …

FedEx expects fiscal first-quarter earnings well below its original forecast. More: continued here

Congressman Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, has officially renamed the Yountville Veterans Home Post Office the Private First Class Alejandro R. More: continued here

Post offices in and around Norwich have started to sell gold medal stamps in honour of Great Britain’s Paralympic Games champions. More: continued here

Olympic heroine Dame Mary Peters has called on Royal Mail to paint postboxes gold in honour of Northern Ireland’s Paralympic winners. Related Stories Ex-officer gets drink-drive ban Woman tried to poison her flatmates Woman threatened to kill husband Illegal cigarettes haul worth £1.2m seized in port bust Probation for death …

Complaints over 'atrocious' mail delivery service in CrowleThis is Hull and East RidingRoyal Mail spokeswoman Morag Turnbull said: "Royal Mail would like to apologise to Mr Stewart for the problems he has experienced and is investigating the problems he has raised with mail deliveries to his place of work. We …