Post Office Reopens Santa Program With Privacy ControlsNew York Times, United States –4 hours agoFor nearly 100 years, people would pick out letters at a post office and send gifts directly to children using the address listed on the letters. …Post Office puts buffer between kids and 'Santas'The Associated PressSanta Letter Program …

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A San Diego jury has convicted a man of first-degree murder in a case prosecutors say involved a turf dispute between two pimps. Terrence Stamps was found guilty Friday of shooting Jamal Gordon-Hill on Jan. 3 near a San Diego bus stop. He was also convicted… More: continued here

Royal Mail’s pensions ‘black hole’ has more than doubled to some £7bn, placing a ‘ticking timebomb’ under the country’s most cherished state-owned industry. The implications of the soaring pensions deficit are laid bare in a long-awaited assessment of Royal Mail’s operations submitted to ministers in the past few days by …

The Associated Press Post Office puts buffer between kids and 'Santas'The Associated Press –2 minutes agoIt was a shocking moment for the century-old effort that started in New York's main post office almost a century ago. Back then, postal clerks answered … More: continued here

EPEAT, EcoLogo join forces on green stamps of approvalZDNet Blogs –22 minutes agoThe organizations driving two of the best known green product-labeling programs, the Green Electronics Council and EcoLogo, have teamed with the goal of … More: continued here

WASHINGTON (AP) — Operation Santa is resuming at the post office. The program in which volunteers reply to children’s letters to Santa was suspended after what the Postal Service said was a “privacy breach” in New York on Tuesday. More: continued here

Attention expectant hockey moms: If you’re hoping your son grows up to be an NHLer, try not to give birth this month. More: continued here

The OJ Simpson Story – It Will Never EndTheCelebrityCafe.com, NY –6 hours agoWe are going to try to obtain an order from the court to authorize this stuff with evidence stickers attached (to be sold) on eBay, America's yard sale. … More: continued here

Lines at the post office are long these days, with people trying to get their gifts to their destinations on time. The time has passed to send packages by regular mail in time for Christmas. More: continued here