U.S. Postal Service Expands to 100000 LocationsSacramento BeeBy US Postal Service WASHINGTON, May 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — With nearly 100000 places to buy stamps, ship a package or renew a passport, the US Postal Service is expanding customer access to its products and services. …U.S. Postal Service Expands to 100000 …

Reuters U.S. Postal Service announces $2.2 billion in lossesMarketplace(Joe Raedle/Getty Images) STEVE CHIOTAKIS: The Post Office continues to have trouble balancing its budget. This morning, a Senate committee hearing looks at the Postal Service's ongoing financial losses and what can be done. …Next up on the bailout list: The mailman?Fortune …

Candidates demand investigation into election leafletsArbroath HeraldTWO LOCAL candidates who stood for election to the Scottish Parliament are demanding a full investigation from Royal Mail after claiming some of their campaign leaflets were not delivered on time. … More: continued here

NEWS.com.au The power of fashionToronto StarIn one of the most sartorially satisfying instances of making lemonade out of lemons, the highest eBay bid on the much-heckled, Philip Treacy-designed headpiece that Princess Beatrice wore to her cousin's wedding last month topped $30000at the end of …Bidding on Princess Beatrice's Royal Wedding …

Spring Hill Post Office set to close doorsDaily Mail – CharlestonAfter a nearly two-year process, the Spring Hill Post Office in South Charleston will close its doors for good at the end of this month. Faced with a $7 billion operating loss, the US Postal Service announced in 2009 it …

Reuters Parker post office to be closedWJHG-TVPost Office officials say that as more and more people e-mail instead of mailing letters, they're forced to cut more and more from their own budget. From 2002 through 2007, the Postal Service cut costs about $1 billion each year; in 2008 it cut …

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Many post offices risk being closedAlbany Times UnionRegarding the May 17 story, "Town may lose a post office," Guilderland Center is not the only such office at risk. According to a quote in the story from a US Postal Service representative, "every post office that has a vacant postmaster is …

Telegraph.co.uk Oprah Winfrey retires: those in the spotlight can't bear the final curtainTelegraph.co.ukMost people are happy to mark their impending retirement with a couple of glasses of flat Cava, an office whip-round for a present they can auction on eBay and the delicious thought that never again will they …and …

Food Stamp Use More Than Doubles In StoningtonPatch.comFrom the onset of the economic collapse, the number of Stonington residents receiving food stamps has increased by 108 percent. The increase follows a statewide trend that based on figures reported by the …and more » More: continued here