RollingStone.com (blog) Lawmakers to fight for post offices in Senate votesChicago Tribune(Reuters) – Lawmakers will fight to save post offices and other US Postal Service facilities from closure as the Senate gears up to vote on amendments to a bill to overhaul the struggling mail agency. The Postal Service has …

Two southwest Arkansas post offices prepare to shutdownKATVEntertainment News from AP Two southwest Arkansas post offices are set to close next month. Both Ogden and Ozan residents have been fighting to keep their post offices open for months. With just over 200 people living in Ogden the post office is …

For many, a letter still says it bestThe Seattle TimesIn the weeks since columnist Nicole Brodeur wrote about the US Postal Service's move to close mail-processing centers and post offices because people weren't sending as much mail, she says she has been buried in letters. No comments have been posted …

The Fiscal Times Food Stamps: Desperate Need or Double Dealing?The Fiscal TimesBy ERIC PIANIN, The Fiscal Times A Quincy, Mass., grocery store owner was arrested last week on criminal charges of engaging in a scheme with customers to trade federal food stamp benefits for cash. This incident, one of many, …

Alleged removal of eBay listing for Blu-ray digital copy raises questions …The VergeBy Scott Lowe on April 24, 2012 01:39 am 0Comments Sites like eBay are often used for unloading volumes of material wealth, but according to a report from The Consumerist, attempting to sell digital copy codes bundled with …

Courthouse News Service Colorado prosecutors say Montrose man peddled bogus meteorites, threatened expertsDenver PostBy Joey Bunch The Colorado Attorney General's Office says a Montrose man tried to sell a phony lunar meteorite on eBay for at least $512000, promised 80 percent tax deduction to would-be buyers and threatened experts in …

SYKESVILLE — People speaking in support of keeping the town's post office dominated Sykesville's first public hearing on its operating budget for Fiscal Year 2013 Monday night. More: continued here

Renovation of former post office may pay offElmira Star-GazetteSignificant interest has been expressed by potential buyers for the former post office in downtown Elmira known as the Federal Building, City Manager John Burin said. Owned by the city, the three-story, 61130-square-foot building at 200 E. Church St. More: continued here

Cathedral City man pleads guilty to stealing thousands of dollars in golf …The Desert SunThe owner of Powerbilt Golf in Thousand Palms reported in January that Castillo “has been repeatedly stealing golf equipment from the warehouse and illegally selling the items on eBay,” sheriff's Cpl. Kenneth Willow wrote in a …

Local woman sentenced in food stamps scamKXXV News Channel 25By Caty Hirst WACO – Another person has been convicted of scamming the food stamp system after admitting her part in the scam. Jocelyn Dobbins, 39, was convicted today of unlawful use of food stamp benefits. She, along with others who …