The L Magazine Postal Service wants to close one of Virginia's oldest post officesWDBJ7.comThe Lowry Post Office is one of the longest continuous running post offices in the state of Virginia. It is more than 160 years old. It is located in an old country store between Goode and Bedford. …

Postal Service apologizes for refusing Mexican voter IDDenver PostA Gypsum resident is getting a post office box, after the US Postal Service apologized for refusing to accept a Mexican voter card as proof of identity. The American Civil Liberties Union had intervened on Griselda Duarte's behalf …Civil liberties group complains …

Stamps Commemorate Merchant MarinePatch.comAboard the John S. Brown docked at Baltimore's Inner Harbor–one of only two Liberty ships remaining out of a fleet of more than 2700 built during WWII–people line up to buy un unexpected household item: postage stamps. …and more » More: continued here

Royal wedding stamps to be released next weekCayman News Service(CNS): Philatelists can now ready themselves for the much-anticipated stamp release from the Cayman Islands Postal Service of the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, which is set for 4 August. The commemorative issue simply titled, …and more » More: continued …

Royal Mail wants postmen and women to be able to leave undeliverable post with a neighbour if the addressee is not at home. More: continued here

EU probes UK government's pension help for Royal MailPensions & InvestmentsBy Bloomberg Royal Mail Group Ltd.'s pension aid from the UK government is under investigation by European Union regulators. “We must ensure that the state measures do not provide undue advantages to Royal Mail, as this would distort the conditions …

The European Commission has launched an investigation into the privatisation of Royal Mail. More: continued here

Why isn't Minneapolis Main post office on closure list?Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal (blog)As I culled through the list this week of the 3600 United States Postal Service sites that may be closed (including 88 in Minnesota), I was shocked that it didn't include the Minneapolis Main Post Office. …

ABC News Casey Anthony Mask: Sells for Almost $1 Million on EbayWager Run NewsCasey Anthony's Mask was won by an eBay bidder for an amount of nearly $ 1 million. The online listing described the mask as the most frightening mask on the planet. Casey Anthony was involved in a …

Don't Believe the Hype About the "eBay of Latin America"DailyFinanceAnd then there's the "eBay of Latin America" — MercadoLibre (MELI). (Oh and let's not forget that MercadoPago, the company's payment transaction service, could become the "PayPal of Latin America.") No doubt, the MercadoLibre bulls see this stock as a … …