US Postal Service to close Brownsville Post Office, postmaster retiresThe Herald-MailThe Brownsville Post Office is located in the home of the current postmaster. The postmaster notified us of her intent to retire and requested that the lease be suspended to coincide with her retirement on July 31. As a result, …

This E-Commerce Giant's Success Isn't Due to Its Core ActivityDailyFinanceeBay's also making an admirable effort to push into other corners of this market. PayPal now offers Here, a smartphone card reader and accompanying app that allows mom-and-pop stores to handle credit card payments. This obviates the need for more … …

Tunisia Live Following Sidi Bouzid Protests, Post Offices to Remain Open on SundayTunisia LiveThe national post office will be specially opened on Sunday, July 29, in order to enable Tunisian subcontractors to collect their wages quickly and easily after two months of delays. The decision was announced today by government …

Price of duck stamps may rise next yearExaminer.comThe price of duck stamps may be going up. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved the Migratory Bird Habitat Investment and Enhancement Act (S. 2156), which would allow the Department of the Interior to increase the cost of the …and more » …

Philately being stamped outTimes of IndiaNAGPUR: It is something which gives you the thrill of discovery, the power of knowledge.. to run a showreel of history in front of you and, finally, something that derives the pursuer immense happiness and satisfaction. The members of a generation … More: continued here

WTOP Alleged post office attacker charged with attempted murderWTOPShortly after 2 p.m. on Thursday, a post office clerk instructed a 58-year-old patron who had waited in line that his paperwork was not complete and that he should step aside, fill out his forms, then return to the desk, says Paul …

Kansas City Star Black cloth dolls growing in collector popularitySan Jose Mercury NewsThe oldest of the black dolls on display was sewn about 1850, said curator Joyce Stamps of Framingham, Mass., who put together the exhibit at the federation's request. Because cloth is fragile, most surviving black cloth dolls date …

Postal Service Honors Innovative Choreographers on National Dance DayLOS ANGELES, July 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The U.S. Postal Service paid tribute today — on National Dance Day — to four influential choreographers who forever changed the art of dance in this country and around the world: Isadora Duncan, Jose Limon, Katherine …

New Stamps Debut on the National StageMarketWatch (press release)The Innovative Choreographers stamps were dedicated at Los Angeles County's Grand Park, as part of the West coast's flagship National Dance Day Celebration, by Nigel Lythgoe, executive producer and co-creator of "So You Think You Can Dance" …and more » More: continued here

For the last five years, Doug Jones has mushed his car through all kinds of weather — snow, sleet and rain — just to get to his job at the Massillon post office. More: continued here