A Fayette County post office was damaged Monday morning after a nearby house caught on fire. More: continued here

The U.S. Postal Service is bracing for a first-ever default on billions in payments due to the Treasury. More: continued here

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Postal Service is bracing for a first-ever default on billions in payments due to the Treasury. That's adding to widening uncertainty about the mail agency's solvency as first-class letters plummet and Congress deadlocks on ways to stem the red ink. More: continued here

Post office nears historic default on $5B paymentWGRZ-TVThe defaults won't stir any kind of short-term catastrophe – post offices will stay open, mail trucks will run, employees will get paid. But postal analysts point to longer-term harm, as the mail agency finds it increasingly preoccupied with staving … More: continued …

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Thanks to the overwhelming generosity of Calgary Stampeders fans, the equivalent of 131,500 pounds of food was collected on Saturday as part of the team's Purolator Tackle Hunger food drive to benefit the Calgary Food Bank. More: continued here

Daily Mail Thieving postman stole cash from greetings cards and hoarded 75000 letters he …Daily MailRoyal Mail launched its surveillance operation in March after complaints of 58 greetings cards going missing in the Prestwich area. Hodson, who had been a postman for eight years, was rumbled by the tracking devices …

HATTIESBURG — FedEx spokeswoman Erin Traxal says FedEx Ground plans to build a 48,000-square-foot distribution center in Hattiesburg. More: continued here

The Associated Press Post office nears historic default on $5B paymentThe Associated PressBy By HOPE YEN – 1 minute ago. WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service is bracing for a first-ever default on billions in payments due to the Treasury, adding to widening uncertainty about the mail agency's solvency …

U.S. postal workers say Congress is leaving agency out to dry. More: continued here