Billions of dollars in debt and saddled with claims of irrelevancy, the U.S. Postal Service has never struggled more to fulfill its mandate “to bind the nation together. More: continued here

Island Park News Post office cutbacks spell trouble for some East Bay residentsSan Jose Mercury NewsAlthough many deride "snail mail," the Postal Service plays a vital role for Americans on the wrong side of the digital divide who lack access to email and online billing, and who rely on post …

Corey Maita of Gainesville Coins Joins Spectrum Group International's …MarketWatch (press release)Selling primarily on eBay, the company quickly became a power seller ranked in the top one percent of all eBay sellers. From there, Maita and his partners successfully transitioned Gainesville from eBay to their own e-commerce-focused company website …and …

EBay Parties Like It's 1999Wall Street Journal (blog)EBay appears to have gotten some swagger back. That's the impression given by its recent quarterly earnings (with another report due next week) – and that bonkers party it threw Wednesday. The Silicon Valley company this week headed up the … More: continued …

Nik Lewis recuperating in Toronto, will be a game-time decisionCalgary Herald (blog)Lewis's evening will be spend in his room at the Stamps' downtown hotel, drinking fluids and relaxing in a bid to shake an illness that kept him out of practice all week in Calgary. He even gets his own …

Santa Claus, Ind., post office picks its annual cancellation imageEvansville Courier & PressJust like its namesake, Santa Claus, Ind., gets very busy come December, since it is home to the only post office to bear that name. In a typical month, this hamlet of about 2500 residents sees about 13000 …

NYC Council Speaker Wants Food-Stamp Fingerprinting StoppedWall Street Journal (blog)They are the only two places left in the country where applying for food stamps requires getting fingerprinted. NYC City Council Speaker Christine Quinn wants Arizona to be the only one, NYT reports. Quinn wants the city to stop fingerprinting …and …

Only 73 Days Away: The 2011 Holiday Forever Stamps on Sale TodayPR Newswire (press release)To help get everyone in the spirit, the Postal Service today is kicking off the 2011 holiday season with the issuance of the new Christmas stamps. "Holiday gift catalogs are already in the mail," said David …

USA Today EBay to add image recognition to mobile offeringsUSA TodaySAN FRANCISCO – EBay plans to add image-recognition technology to its mobile offerings, allowing shoppers to snap photos of items they covet — such as a cute dress a friend is wearing — that an eBay app will match up …

eBay is the latest tech giant to embrace Drupal, the open source content management system that now runs an estimated two percent of all websites on the planet. More: continued here