Around 100 picketers protested outside of the New Castle Post Office on Friday. More: continued here

Stamp prices go up 2 cents to 44 cents MondayWSLS.com, VABy Jarett Henshaw With postage prices going up Monday, people are stock piling forever stamps. They're only forty-two cents today and they'll be good forever . . . no matter how much stamps go up. Marion Vaughn Howard is stocking up …

Step aside, Indiana Jones: the rise of eBay means nobody’s interested in looting antiquities any more. More: continued here

4 suspended for Rs 3.58 lakh fraud at post officeTimes of India, IndiaJUNAGADH: Assistant post master and three officials of Gandhigram post office were suspended on Thursday for allegedly siphoning off Rs 3.58 lakh from a post office savings account. According to postal department officials, assistant post master CT … More: …

Postal Workers To Help Stamp Out HungerWLWT, OHFood stamps don't cover toiletries and similar items, so many families need those, as well. "There's people out there that really, truly need this, that you open up the refrigerator and they've got nothing to feed their kids," said Brenda Lewis, … More: continued …

When the United States Post Office was created in 1775 by the Second Continental Congress, it was made part of the presidential cabinet and, believe it or not, the postmaster general was in the presidential line of succession (albeit last in line). More: continued here

You can now use food stamps, debit cards at farmers marketState-Journal.com, KYBy Maggie Greene The Franklin County Farmers Market is one of five in the state to allow the use of food stamps and debit cards. Market organizers say they hope the program, funded by the Kentucky Farmers Market Association, makes …

EBay May Sell More Luxury Goods Under Draft EU RulesBloombergBy Matthew Newman May 8 (Bloomberg) — EBay Inc.'s traders may have fewer restrictions on selling luxury goods under European Union regulators' plans to break down barriers to Internet sales. The European Commission, the 27-nation EU's antitrust … More: continued here

The debut of “Simpsons” stamps was a big hit in the Vermont town that claims the cartoon family as its own. More: continued here

SPRINGFIELD, Minn. (AP) — Even the postmaster got into the act as the post office in the Minnesota town of Springfield celebrated the new ‘‘Simpsons’’ U.S. postage stamps…. More: continued here