Guest essay: Tea Party edit blamed the messengerBrighton-Pittsford PostIn response to the Messenger Post editorial, “Call it what it is: Tea party downgrade” (Aug. 14), blaming the Tea party for the S&P downgrade of US credit from AAA to AA+ is like blaming the Post Office for your empty bank …

25 Alaskan Post Offices Removed From Post Office Closure ListAlaska Native NewsBegich convened a meeting in his Anchorage office to provide information to USPS officials regarding the value of post offices in rural Alaska. At the meeting USPS District Manager for Alaska Diane Horbuchuk announced the USPS has already determined …

Closing Garrett Park post office is no laughing matterWashington PostInstead, we have post office boxes. This causes us to visit the Garrett Park Post Office frequently to pick up our letters and packages, to check the town bulletin board and, most important, to chat with our neighbors. Saturday, when most …

share: digg facebook twitter An organizational meeting of the Hye Preservation Society last week drew 31 attendees, roughly a third of the number of mail customers in the ZIP code served by the post office, which opened in 1886 and moved to its present location in 1904. The gathering was …

Post office releases New Flags of our Nation Pennsylvania StampYork Daily RecordThe US Post Office is releasing this Pennsylvania stamp as part of its Flags of Our Nation stamp program. (SUBMITTED) York, PA – In honor of the issuance of the Flags of our Nation postage stamps, the Harrisburg Post …

Daily Mail New US postal stamp makes a landmark out of posh Manhattan apartment buildingDaily MailA posh address on Manhattan's Upper West Side has been immortalised by the US postal service as part of its collection of 'Forever' stamps. An extreme close-up of West End Towers, at 75 West End …

Propel® Zero Supports Much Love Animal Rescue on National Dog DayPR Newswire (press release)23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Propel® Zero is donating a doghouse signed by spokesperson Cindy Crawford and her celebrity friends which will be auctioned on eBay, beginning on National Dog Day, August 26, 2011. All proceeds earned from …

Shot fired during attempted robbery at south St. Louis post officeKMOV.comLOUIS (KMOV) – Officials are looking for a man accused of firing a shot while robbing the post office on South Jefferson near Gravois . According to police, the suspect entered the post office, approached the clerk and announced a …

Sue Stoker, landlady of the Royal Mailcart, surveys the queues of traffic outside her pub. A PUB manager is calling for compensation to make up for a loss of business caused by nearby roadworks which started yesterday. More: continued here

IBTimes Canada America now a food stamp nationCapitol Hill BlueGreen who up until recently worked 25 hours a week at Target, is on food stamps and says a good number of her colleagues are too. Green made $8.08 cents an hour working for Target. "It's a good thing that the …