Local post offices are doubling up as florists, garages and even butchers’ shops as a result of efforts to help them diversify. More: continued here

TSN Stamps upset at departure of Jones, point finger at ArgosTSNJones joined the Stamps in 2008 when he was hired away from Montreal by then Calgary GM Barker. Jones is expected to also add the role of assistant head coach to his duties in Toronto. Barker is expected to focus …

As far as Calgary Stampeders’ head coach and GM John Hufnagel sees it, he has lost a defensive co-ordinator and is beginning the painstaking search for another. More: continued here

A Capitol Hill clash between eBay and Amazon.com has complicated California’s hopes for an online sales-tax fix. More: continued here

State speeds its processing for food stamps despite higher demandDenver PostAmid a bleak economy that has forced record numbers of Coloradans to rely on food stamps, there is one bright spot: The state has vastly improved its once-dismal record for speedy processing of new applications, despite the unprecedented … More: …

A masked man’s recent visit to a San Jose post office led to a response by the bomb squad. But the student at the center of Tuesday’s bomb scare has an explanation for his attire. More: continued here

Amazon (NasdaqGS:AMZN) and eBay (EBAY) hold opposing positions after lawmakers proposed legislation to simplify the process of states’ collecting online sales taxes, the New York Post reports. Amazon says legislation … More: continued here

Bethlehem ’s South Side post office will not be shuttered as part of the U.S. Postal Service’s nationwide discontinuance study, a service spokesman said Wednesday. More: continued here

Advertisement Journal Seven Colorado offices removed from study listGunnison Country TimesA similar meeting took place last spring for Parlin's office. The four local post offices were identified among nearly 4000 nationwide for a “discontinuance study.” The decision to drop Pitkin and Sargents from the list comes on the heels of …

Rep. Janice Hahn (D-Venice) has joined in support of an appeal to the U.S. Postal Service’s decision to close the historic Venice Post Office. More: continued here