Spending deal also spares post officeThe Hill (blog)The Senate-passed continuing resolution, if accepted in the House, would not only prevent a government shutdown but it would also postpone financial calamity for the post office. Under current law, the US Postal …and more » More: continued here

The Guardian Under threat: 400 years of social historyThe GuardianPacked into two and a half miles of shelving in an underground former boiler room at the Royal Mail's Mount Pleasant sorting office in Clerkenwell are records relating to more than 400 years of postal communications. It is an extraordinary resource, …

This might have been the most compelling golf playoff that hardly anyone saw. After all the mathematical possibilities had been exhausted, the Tour Championship — and the FedEx Cup — came down to a sudden-death playoff between Bill Haas and Hunter Mahan. The monetary difference between winning and losing was …

2d-code Novel QR Code Postage Stamp2d-codeQR Codes on postage stamps are not new (cf. QR Code Valentine's Day postage stamps from Taiwan and a QR Code postage stamp from Spain) but these (image below) from Hrvatske pošte, the national postal service of Croatia, incorporate a novel …News analysis – Using …

Postal workers protest layoffs, closures in Md., across U.S.Baltimore SunNationally, the US Postal Service is considering closing 3700 offices and laying off more than 120000 workers to overcome an $8 billion budget shortfall. But union members say the post office is fiscally solvent, saying a 2006 Congressional mandate …and more » …

Many of the essential public service buildings that people need were heavily damaged by flood waters in Meshoppen. More: continued here

Bill Haas waves to the gallery on the 18th green after winning both the FedEx Cup and the Tour Championship. More: continued here

Postal workers protest layoffs, closures in Md., across USBaltimore SunNationally, the US Postal Service is considering closing 3700 offices and laying off more than 120000 workers to overcome an $8 billion budget shortfall. But union members say the post office is fiscally solvent, saying a 2006 Congressional mandate …and more » …

6abc.com Area residents angry over food stamp confusion6abc.comPARKSIDE – September 27, 2011 (WPVI) — There was a lot of confusion Tuesday for local residents applying for FEMA disaster relief, namely the food stamp program. People in need of food stamps to recover losses from the recent floods overwhelmed …and more » …

FedEx Corp. founder Frederick W. Smith likes his company’s chances, even if the broader economic outlook is murky. More: continued here