Providence Journal As economy sours, more turning to food stampsProvidence Journal, RIBy Cynthia Needham Sheila Joost, a clerk with the Department of Human Services, which administers the food stamp program, works at the Warwick office. PROVIDENCE — The men and women who appear at Chantelle Gonzalez's desk wear anxious expressions and …

Postal worker stole nearly $700k in stamps, feds sayOhMyGov!, DCA US Postal Service window clerk and his associate were nabbed in an undercover bust for pocketing over a half million dollars in stamps, and reselling them on eBay, according to a federal indictment. The Maryland US Attorney's Office said Elkridge … …

New Deal art filled post officesPittsburgh Post Gazette, PABy Marylynne Pitz, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The mural, "Justice" created in the 1940s by Harry Scheuch in the City-County Building: Note the muscular figure holding the scales of justice. Pennsylvania holds the second largest collection of post office… More: continued here

MaltaPost Models Echo Royal Mail VehiclesHell Mail, UKThat may be because they are: a Bedford CA, a Morris 1000 and a Mini Van – all in 1:43 scale and a familar sight on British roads at one time and in use by the Royal Mail. You'll need to be quick though. …

Atomic Mall’s first annual Sidewalk Sale will get underway on Saturday, April 18, 2009 and will run through Monday, April 20th. This event will be a sitewide sale extravaganza, with merchants taking items out of their mall stores, and out onto the virtual “sidewalk.” More: continued here

A hazmat scare forces the evacuation of Richmond’s Main Post Office on Brook Road. Crews were called to the scene around 10:30 p.m. Saturday night after three postal workers called for help after feeling sick. All three had been handling some sort of package with a white substance leaking out …

Amazon and eBay may become tax collectorsDaily Finance, NYThat could turn Amazon (AMZN) and Ebay (EBAY) into tax collectors — and make shopping online more expensive and less attractive. One of the advantages online retailers have had over the decade since broadband brought millions of retail customers to …If Online Sales …

FLORENCE – The Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce’s annual job fair for high school seniors has been expanded to include all high school and college students. More: continued here

CRAWLEY’S Post Office has had along-awaited face-lift. (17/04/2009 15:15:56) More: continued here

In response to ”Mail-in gold: Legal loopholes?” (Action Line, April 15): More: continued here