ABC News Five Held Hostage At Wytheville Post OfficeOrdoh News (blog)Shots have been fired from the post office, according to people in the area. Police are asking for people in a four block radius to evacuate the area. …Hostage: Post office gunman was angry at governmentAustin American-StatesmanWytheville, VA suspect took …

Stephanie Klein-Davis, The Roanoke Times/The Associated Press Bullet holes are seen in the window of the post office in Wytheville, Va. More: continued here

It’s the day before Christmas and hundreds of FedEx employees worked to get packages under the tree. More: continued here

Follow Israel news on and . (IsraelNN.com) The Simon Wiesenthal Center, which fights anti-Semitism, wants online auction house eBay to cancel the auction of an “Arbeit Macht Frei” sign, touted as “similar to the one in Auschwitz.” More: continued here

Your Opinions: Stamp would honor war dogs' serviceBattle Creek EnquirerI am currently working on the K-9 Corps stamp committee which is striving for national recognition of the war dogs through petitioning the US Postal Service … More: continued here

A federal postal official says a man accused of taking three hostages in a small-town Virginia post office was angry at the federal government. More: continued here

ABC News Accused Virginia hostage taker had criminal pastWashington PostAs the hours of a post office standoff wore on, Warren "Gator" Taylor slowly opened up to the three people he's accused of holding hostage. …Hostage: Post office gunman was angry at governmentAustin American-StatesmanFive Held Hostage At Wytheville Post OfficeOrdoh News …

Follow Israel news on and . (IsraelNN.com) The Simon Wiesenthal Center, which fights anti-Semitism, wants online auction house eBay to cancel the auction of an “Arbeit Macht Frei” sign, touted as “similar to the one in Auschwitz.” More: continued here

At 1:18 p.m. Dec. 14, a resident reported losing a black Dolce and Gabbana purse and believed she lost the bag around 2:15 a.m. Dec. 12 in the vicinity of West Camplain Road. The purse contained three Social Security cards, two Visa credit cards, one photo identification card, $300 in …

From my earliest days, I recall making handmade Christmas cards. Every December, my two sisters and I would launch into card-making mode. Some years we used construction paper and Elmer’s glue. Other years we’d carve potatoes into stamps, dip them in ink, and crank out dozens of cards. More: continued …