Winemaker purchases former Healdsburg post office siteSanta Rosa Press DemocratBryan Musco of Musco Excavators in Santa Rosa, takes down the burned hull of the Healdsburg post office in 2010. By CLARK MASON The vacant lot once occupied by the Healdsburg downtown post office has been purchased by a prominent local …

FedEx Express, the unit of FedEx Corporation, is expected to lose about $400 million when a new federal mail-flying contract is negotiated in 2013. More: continued here

Are GOP candidates playing the race card?Washington Post (blog)8, 2012, in Greenville, SC Both Newt Gingrich and Santorum faced criticism this week when they spoke of overhauling food stamps and other welfare programs by seeming to equate food stamp recipients and blacks. (David Goldman – AP) The race card has …

FedEx Express, a unit of FedEx Corporation ( FDX”>FDX ), is expected to lose about $400 million when a new federal mail-flying contract is negotiated in 2013. FedEx More: continued here

Fayetteville A&P moves forward with old post office lease agreementFayetteville FlyerBy Todd Gill, Staff Writer A&P Commission director Marilyn Heifner (right) leads Fayetteville Underground board president Cathy Bass (left) and a group of commission members on a tour of the old post office building before the A&P's regular meeting … …

Saving the Post Office and Postal Banking : The Models of Kiwibank and Japan PostCenter for Research on GlobalizationWhere are those workers to go, when the post office is no more? Whatever caused the financial woes of the USPS, there is another way to mitigate the crisis than slashing employee …

Post office restructuring might do harmZanesville Times RecorderIt's going to come down to two things: what makes the best business sense for the post office and, to an extent no one can really be sure, who has the strongest political pull. … The postal service says it has to change …

More Than $40000 in Mo. Food Stamps Spent in Hawaii, Data ShowKOMU-TVCOLUMBIA – Taxpayers reacted Monday to data from the Missouri Department of Social Services that reveal of the $1.4 billion Missourians spent in food stamp money during FY2011, more than $45 million of the money was spent outside the …

The U.S . Postal Service is expected to host a question and answer session in Norfolk Wednesday to discuss the proposed closure of the Berkley Post Office. More: continued here

Sessions wants focus on food stamp eligibility in USDA probeThe Hill (blog)on Monday asked the US Department of Agriculture to explain its attempt to find fraud in the $89 billion federal food stamp program, and suggested that USDA try to curb eligibility requirements in order to cut spending. "Lax oversight …