CONFIRMED: Houston's rare victory in preventing post office closureChron.com (blog)This happened despite actions that “may be seen as an attempt to minimize public input,” according to a Post Office Relocation Process audit report released last month by the agency's Office of Inspector General (see the full report below). This line …

Gigaom eBay open sources a big, fast SQL-on-Hadoop databaseGigaomOnline auction site eBay has open sourced a database technology called Kylin that the company says enables fast queries over even petabytes of data stored in Hadoop. eBay isn't a big data user on par with companies like Google and Facebook, but …

Royal Mail and Amazon on the hunt for Christmas peak staffMotor Transport (blog)Royal Mail and Amazon UK have both launched a recruitment drive for hundreds of temporary staff to assist with the increase in peak volumes expected this Christmas. The mail and parcel carrier hopes to bring an additional 19,000 …

Child Protective Services is seeking the public's help to locate the parents or relatives of an infant discovered Wednesday morning at a Houston post office. The boy also was found with a fleece blanket that has a black background, multiple red dog paw designs, white dog bone images and the …

KPRC Houston CPS receiving calls about infant abandoned in SW Houston post officeKPRC HoustonChild Protective Services says it is receiving calls from people claiming to be related to an infant who was abandoned Wednesday morning at a Southwest Houston post office. They say they received calls after viewers saw pictures …

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It's been closed for a few years now but the old post office building in downtown Reno is getting a makeover. It'll be called 50 South Virginia, and it's being turned into retail and office spaces, but the main goal is to preserve as much of the old building as …