Post office patron concerned branches could closeKVUENo decision about the closing of any post office has been determined at this time." Several patrons in Austin said they were unhappy their neighborhood post… More: continued here

Daily Nation Royal Mail strike due on SaturdayBBC NewsPost deliveries and collections in large areas of Bristol and Somerset are set to be halted on Saturday by a strike of Royal Mail workers. …Royal Mail strike in Bristol this weekendBristol Evening PostMail union members to take strike actionThis Is SkegnessBattle …

The Senate has passed a $124 billion agriculture spending bill that pays to add millions of people to the food stamp rolls as rising numbers of the jobless are forced into the program. More: continued here

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Naperville only suburban post office under review for closingTheDoings-ClarendonHills.comThe list of 677 US Post Office facilities under review for possible closure includes only one in Chicago's suburbs, … More: continued here

The dispute between postal workers in the CWU union and their Royal Mail bosses is becoming more bitter by the day. Strikes are set to take place across much of Britain over the next week. More: continued here

Monday was the first time Yolanda Dunn did business at the Oak Lawn post office. It may also be one of the last. More: continued here

The post office is facing the prospect of closings or consolidation of services at hundreds of locations amid a sharp decline in business due to e-mail. More: continued here

Updated: Capitol complex post office could closeGalesburg Register-MailEdward Hopkins' sweets-loving grandchildren live hundreds of miles away, so he regularly drops by the small post office in the basement … More: continued here

WASHINGTON (AP) — The local post office long has been the center of many American communities, but with people turning increasingly to the Internet to send messages and pay bills, financial losses are forcing the Postal Service to consider consolidating or closing hundreds of local facilities. The post office is …