BBC News Cabinet post office'hypocrites'BBC News, UK –2 minutes agoUp to seven members of the cabinet are said to have joined local campaigns, despite signing up to a national policy to close 2500 Post Office branches. … More: continued here

Ministers have been accused of “rank hypocrisy” after it emerged that a third of Gordon Brown’s Cabinet are campaigning against Government plans to axe post offices in their own constituencies. More: continued here

Village post office saved from closureDaily Echo, UK –50 minutes agoBy Andrew Napier New tenants have been found to take over the store in Church Street, Micheldever, near Winchester, while the post office will stay put and …Winchester post office will move in MayBasingstoke Gazetteall 4 news articles More: continued here

Senate Democrats are considering following up the recently passed economic stimulus bill with $35 billion in additional money for the unemployed, food stamps and heating subsidies for the poor. More: continued here

Senate Democrats are considering following up the recently passed economic stimulus bill with $35 billion in additional money for the unemployed, food stamps and heating subsidies for the poor.Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad, D-N.D., on Wednesday said the proposed steps are likely to be endorsed in the congressional budget plan …

Gloucester’s main post office in the Courthouse area would be named for the late Rep. Jo Ann Davis , under a bill introduced Wednesday by her successor in Congress. More: continued here

VIJAYAWADA: NECC defeated South Central Railway by 37 runs, while Royal CC scored a 333-run victory over Sakthi CC in Krishna District Cricket Association’s power league for the Kartagadda Madhusudhana Rao Memorial Trophy on … More: continued here

EBay PowerSeller Boycott ExtendedMashable, CA –1 hour agoI haven’t weighed in on the EBay boycott with a heavy-handed opinion yet, because frankly, I haven’t used the system enough recently and researched the … More: continued here

CNDNEWS.com Stamps Increasing by One Cent to 42c on May 12thCNDNEWS.com, ND –2 minutes agoThe price for a one-ounce First-Class stamp will increase from 41 to 42 cents on May 12. Prices for other mailing services, such as Standard Mail, … More: continued here

A little more than a decade ago, the proliferation of e-mail promised a new era of communication between state lawmakers and the people they represented. Imagine a life with less phone tag, the information technology gurus said, as well as fewer envelopes, stamps, and printer cartridges. More: continued here