Miami New Times (blog) Food stamp fraud raising concerns in gov't officesAiken StandardBy SAM HANANEL, Associated Press WASHINGTON, DC — Food stamp recipients are ripping off the government for millions of dollars by illegally selling their benefit cards for cash – sometimes even in the open, on eBay or Craigslist …

Royal Mail has delivered its best quarterly targets for first and second-class post for almost two years, figures out yesterday showed. More: continued here

Food stamp card fraud concerns rise in statesThe Daily AdvertiserAP WASHINGTON — Food stamp recipients are ripping off the government for millions of dollars by illegally selling their benefit cards for cash — sometimes even in the open, on eBay or Craigslist — and then asking the government for replacement …

Wheeling Intelligencer Post Office ClosesWheeling IntelligencerFriday was her last day of work and also the final day of operation for her post office. The Bannock site was closed because the Postal Service and its landlord could not reach a new lease agreement. And the Postal Service apparently did not want …

The United States Postal Service is offering $15,000 to full-time mail handlers who retire early. More: continued here

Post Office closedYork News-TimesYORK – The York Post Office will be closed on Monday, May 28 in observance of Memorial Day. There will be no incoming or outgoing mail. Regular hours will resume on Tuesday, May 29. YORK – The York County Courthouse will be closed on Monday, May 28, …

A CLIFTON shopkeeper has made an offer to reopen his post office and run it free of charge. More: continued here

Olympic torch eBay sale 'looks like a hoax'This is BristolAN Olympic torchbearer who sold her piece of history for more than £150000 on eBay was still waiting for the winning bidder to come forward last night. Sarah Milner Simonds, 38, from Burnham- on-Sea, sold the torch on Sunday, the night …

For the past 20 years, Bannock Postmistress Evelyn Melet kept her customers' parcels safe and dry, held their mail while on they were on vacation and, during times of need, served as a sounding board for their problems. More: continued here

UConn Huskies Wilson Stamps Ticket To Iowa For NCAA ChampionshipsUConn HuskiesJACKSONVILLE, Fla.- All-American Heather Wilson (Homer, NY) led the UConn women's track and field squad on Friday at Hodges Stadium with a seventh (2:05.35) place finish in the quarterfinals of the 800 meter race to advance the senior to the …