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Postal cuts rip heart from small townsDuluth News TribuneSmall towns across America are trying to forestall the closing of their post offices as the US Postal Service tries to cut its losses. It's a sad time. Small towns across America are trying to forestall the closing of their post offices …

U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill says USPS will keep it open Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill says the post office mail processing facility in Springfield will not cose down. She says theU.S. Postal Service has agreed to keep that facility and another in Cape Girardeau open, in response to Senate-passed postal reform …

Auctionbytes Reality TV Star Accused of eBay Shill Bidding Sues Her AccuserAuctionbytesBy Ina Steiner An eBay drop off store has sued an online discussion board and one of its posters for defamation, trade libel and common law trademark infringement, as well as for tortious interference. eDrop-Off Chicago LLC and its …

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Town of Lucas auctioning first flush of giant public toilet on eBayKansas City StarBy Beccy Tanner For more information on Lucas' Bowl Plaza First Flush activities go to www.grassrootsart.net and click on the BowlPlaza/First Flush icon on the home page; or call the Lucas Chamber of Commerce at 785 525-6288. …

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Bloomfield post office reopensSoutheast MissourianThe Bloomfield post office is open for business folowing its closure in April due to the finding of asbestos. The information came in an email from the city of Bloomfield on Thursday morning. A post on the city's website Wednesday afternoon announced … More: continued here

No EU stamps on sale, this is the Royal MailTelegraph.co.ukSIR – Royal Mail has produced a set of 10 special stamps, all first class, celebrating British fashion (report, May 15), partly for the benefit of collectors. Two weeks after the recent price increases, I visited the main post office in …

The beleaguered U.S. Postal Service said Thursday that it is moving forward with plans to end mail processing at nearly 250 plants, including its Harrisburg Pike facility, after January. The cost-saving moves will begin this summer, when 48 mail-processing plants will be shut down. The closures will… More: continued here