Daily Mail Who said online shopping was convenient? Customers wait in the cold at sorting …Daily MailBy Andrew Levy Then pop along to your nearest Royal Mail parcel collection desk where things are rather more sedate. A snap survey by the Daily Mail of customers waiting to pick up parcels …

So what if, with all this talk of deficits and national debt and budget overages, our government takes the unprecedented step of shutting down its mail services? Many small business would worry. But I say to my fellow small business owners: do not fear. More: continued here

Baltimore museum home to painting that inspired postal service's official …Washington PostBALTIMORE — An Italian Renaissance painting by Raphael hanging in Baltimore's Walters Art Museum has been chosen by the US Postal Service as its official Christmas stamp. Postal officials say they look for images that are relatively simply and …

Royal Mail collection desks are failing to meet the rise of internet shopping, with customers waiting up to 90 minutes for parcels. More: continued here

Daily Mail Christmas shopping online is convenient? Customers wait up to 90 minutes at …Daily MailBy Andrew Levy Then pop along to your nearest Royal Mail parcel collection desk where things are rather more sedate. A snap survey by the Daily Mail of customers waiting to pick up parcels found …

U.S. Postal Service employee Donna Johnson helps Kim Slamen of Palm Desert mail a package Sunday at the Hovley Lane East post office in Palm Desert. / Michelle Mitchell/The Desert Sun More: continued here

More protesters in fight to save Kidsgrove sorting officeStoke & StaffordshireRoyal Mail announced plans to shut the branch in Congleton Road, Kidsgrove, in October and move operations to its facility in Knutton. FIGHTING BACK: Rhoda Bailey shows the letter she has written to Royal Mail about the office closure. …and …

Los Angeles Times Food stamps for foster kidsLos Angeles TimesHis motion on Tuesday's agenda calls on the county to make sure that ex-foster youth who need help between the ages of 18 and 21 are directed to CalFresh, the federally funded nutrition program more popularly referred to as "food stamps. …

al.com (blog) Birmingham Post Office letters to Santa range from heartbreaking to heartfeltal.com (blog)By Sherrel Stewart — The Birmingham News Letters to Santa Claus, often telling of dire circumstances and need, have come in by the hundreds to the downtown Birmingham Post Office, as seen here on Friday, December 16, …

More protesters in fight against mail closureStoke & StaffordshireRoyal Mail announced plans to shut the branch in Congleton Road, Kidsgrove, in October and move operations to its facility in Knutton. FIGHTING BACK: Rhoda Bailey shows the letter she has written to Royal Mail about the office closure. … More: continued …