Milmine, IL- The decision to shut down Milmine’s post office could be made in two weeks. The former post master there, Mary Mann, says they’ve had an office since 1862, and it’s always been an important More: continued here

Business slams 'out of hand' parcel post cost following yet another riseEsperance ExpressThere have been accusations that Royal Mail offers a special deal to the Book Depository but a spokesman at Royal Mail said that was not the case. Its costs were low compared to other national postal services but …

MiamiHerald.com Pittsburgh bike 'hoarder' opening museum, shopDaily HeraldMorrow sells vintage parts on eBay, but hopes to also sell them through Bicycle Heaven, which is part museum, part bike shop. He specializes in Schwinn Stingray Krate bikes _ the five-speed, banana-seated rides that became famous in the late 1960s and …Pittsburgh …

BBC Panorama investigates the link between Royal Mail’s finances and the ‘scam mail’ letters arriving in Britain’s letterboxes. More: continued here

Newsday (subscription) New Ill. map stamps big-city names on green acresNewsday (subscription)Click here New Ill. map stamps big-city names on green acres Originally published: July 4, 2011 1:22 PM Updated: July 4, 2011 1:46 PM By The Associated Press DEANNA BELLANDI (Associated Press) (AP) — Surrounded by fields that grow …

24 Hours Vancouver Argos' Black gets name in the paperToronto SunThe former Stampeder who had a blossoming career knocked off the tracks by a broken ankle that led directly to joint fusion surgery in the same foot, vowed when he was still a member of the Stamps to come back …

eBay, this is why you deserve to failTameBayHaving spent about a decade as a seller on eBay, it's been pretty instructive for me to become solely a buyer in the last few months. I've wondered why buyers are so suspicious, so reluctant, so ready to believe I wanted to rip …

Canada Free Press Turning back the clock on labourVancouver SunLocked-out Canadian Union of Postal Workers members dance during a protest outside Canada Post's main post office in Vancouver on June 17. Many people are cheering the new look of Canada's labour landscape …Postal workers try to upend measure that ended …

Irish Times Two held in post office raid inquiryIrish TimesThey were being questioned about an armed robbery at a post office in Newcastle West on June 28th. The postmaster's son Tommy Kelliher (25) was held by an armed gang for about eight hours in the raid. A ransom believed to …

Small Arkansas communities bemoan loss of post offices as mail service works …The RepublicNow, Peach Orchard's 195 residents fear the last piece of the town's dwindling identity — the post office— may be on its way out as well. The brick post office on Southwest Elm Street is one of …