Bryan College Station Eagle Three local post offices could closeVail Daily NewsNow, the Postal Service writes an annual check to the US Treasury for $5.5 billion, and the cuts needed to make that payment reach all the way to rural Eagle County. The Burns post office is slated to be …

WIVB Uprise Against Buffalo Post Office ClosureWKBW-TVBy Kendra Eaglin A crowd of nearly 600 people at JFK High School in Cheektowaga included hundreds of postal workers, union representatives and customers on one side and US Post Office executives on the other Wednesday night for a public hearing. …Rage over plan …

Comments, Q&A on tap for Rockford post office forumRockford Register StarDon Manzullo hopes for a big turnout at Thursday night's public hearing on the US Postal Service's proposal to close the city's mail processing and distribution center at the main post office on Harrison Avenue. The Egan Republican will speak …

Post Office officials have not made a final decision on whether to close the William Street mail processing center. But many of the location’s 700 employees along with local lawmakers say it’s a bad idea. More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk Chinese dragon stamp sparks furoreZee NewsBeijing: A set of stamps depicting China's ancient national symbol Dragon as a ferocious and intimidating creature has created a controversy in China with people questioning its violent projection. Chinese have reacted angrily to a special edition …Chinese dragon stamp draws fire for 'scaring' …

The postal authorities of Denmark and China have jointly issued a set of stamps commemorating famous astronomers from both countries, and a launch ceremony was held here Wednesday. More: continued here

Panhandle post offices' closures in questionAmarillo.comBy BOBBY CERVANTES A US Postal Service moratorium has temporarily spared nearly a dozen post offices in the Texas Panhandle from closures, agency officials said. Postal Service officials in July said 11 Panhandle post offices were on a list of nearly … More: continued here

Ancient Chinese, Danish astronomers commemorated on stampsXinhua4 (Xinhua) — The postal authorities of Denmark and China have jointly issued a set of stamps commemorating famous astronomers from both countries, and a launch ceremony was held here Wednesday. The series of two stamps, called Ancient Astronomical … More: continued here

New York Times A Fight for Post Offices and Towns' SoulsNew York TimesThen one day they closed the post office. Now Mozart is a place on the road where only those who knew it was there would know it was there. The same thing happened with Newnata, Rushing and Cozahome. …

New York Times (blog) Yahoo Finds New CEO at PayPalWall Street JournalYahoo Inc., the struggling Internet pioneer, named Scott Thompson, president of eBay Inc.'s PayPal unit, to be its next chief executive. He will be tasked with turning around its core online-advertising business, Kara Swisher reports on digits. …Thompson exit …