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POST office users across Teesside are struggling to find services due to “temporary” closures lasting years. More: continued here

As the United States Post Office misses key financial payments, critics and supporters speculate about bankruptcy or worse for an institution that predates the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. More: continued here

"Postal Road Warrior" Delivers to Rural OregonPublic News ServiceBut Jamie Partridge is a man on a mission: to help small towns, if they want it, to fight the closure of their local post offices or, in larger cities, their mail processing plants. After 27 years delivering mail in Portland, he's …

Royal Mail paint Leek post box gold to mark Anna Watkins' Olympic gloryThis is StaffordshireA GOLDEN touch was delivered to the Moorlands after a post box was painted in recognition of rower Anna Watkins' Olympic glory. The double-fronted box, in Derby Street, Leek, was transformed from red to gold on …

SlashGear EBay Now beta service offers $5 same-day delivery from local storesSlashGearA new service has turned up on eBay that is in beta form and only available for a very limited number of users in San Francisco. The new service is called eBay Now, and it is an iOS app …

Kansas City Star Congress goes on vacation while lengthy list of work sits uncompletedMarietta Daily JournalThe warring sides also need to find some solution on farm subsidies and food stamps before the programs expire Sept. 30. The Senate gave bipartisan approval to its farm bill in June but the House …

Milton Keynes Citizen Royal Mail celebrates Greg Rutherford's gold medalMilton Keynes CitizenAfter Bletchley's Ginger Wizard leapt 8.31m to win long jump gold in the Olympic Games on Saturday night, Royal Mail wasted no time in painting two of their post boxes gold in recognition of his incredible achievement. A commemorative …

One-stop shopping: stamps and produce Times Union Copyright 2012 Times Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 9:13 p.m., Sunday, August 5, 2012 HALFMOON — Country music played outside a family farm as customers shopped for fruits, vegetables, ice cream and … Under …

Burnley Express Colne Olympic hero cyclist Steven Burke has Gold Medal stampBurnley ExpressRoyal Mail has also painted one of its historic red post boxes gold in Colne (on the corner of Crabtree Street and Albert Street), Huddersfield, and Cardiff. Isle of Man Post Office, which is independent of the Royal …