Newtown Post Office consultation launchedBorder Telegraph, UKPOST Office Limited has launched a six week consultation on its proposal to introduce a new Partner Outreach service in Newtown St Boswells, Melrose, following the resignation of the current subpostmaster. weekly, more than double the current branch’s … More: continued here

A new agenda for political changeguardian.co.uk, UK… and green technology, and protecting the existing jobs of ordinary working people; an end to the half-baked privatisations like that proposed for the Royal Mail, and for previously publicly owned companies to be taken back into public ownership. … More: continued here

East Amherst Post Office opens at new locationAmherst Bee (subscription),  USAThe East Amherst Post Office opens at its new retail location at 9630 Transit Road, south of County Road, on Monday, March 16. Post office box mail not retrieved prior to the move will be available for pickup on Monday …

Painting, maybe by Keith Haring, sells for $1525The Associated PressThe eBay listing didn't claim "Hope" is the genuine article. It said buyers were bidding on a painting that looked remarkably like Haring's work. The unsigned 7-foot painting is on the back of a piece of wood paneling and shows a …

Delegate wants photo ID for food stamp recipientsBeckley Register-Herald, WVDelegate Tom Loui-sos not only heartily endorses Blair’s proposal but has crafted one of his own to compel anyone getting food stamps to present a photo ID at the supermarket. Under the existing setup, Louisos, D-Fayette, explained Tuesday, …Drug Testing Bill IntroducedWest …

Back Around the Bend- Miccosukee Post OfficeWCTV, FLWCTV takes us to a Post Office that first got electricity in 1994, as we go "Back Around the Bend"… In today's tech savvy world, communication travels worldwide in the blink of an eye. Through this changing climate, the business of delivering the … …

guardian.co.uk Mail row 'makes sell-off harder'BBC News, UKThe row over plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail is making it harder to find a firm to buy a stake, Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has admitted. He criticised the "shrill" nature of the debate and union "propaganda" that "foreigners" would own …Dutch Frontrunner …

Economic Magic: USPS Makes Tenderloin's 'Full-Service Post Office…SF Weekly Blogs, CANot quite a year ago, SF Weekly reported on how the postal service's district manager gleefully announced via press release "The community asked us to consider upgrading the Civic Center Post Office to a 'full-fledged' retail center, and we listened" … …

FedEx Office is helping out job seekers Tuesday by offering one day of free resume printing. More: continued here

Despite the scale of backbench opposition in the Commons, this is not necessarily something Labour MPs and peers will go to the grave for Next week it will fall to Labour peers in the House of Lords to fight the fight begun by Labour MPs to oppose Lord Mandelson’s part-privatisation …