Post Office

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CNBC.com Post Office Expects to Default This Weekend…AgainCNBC.comA House of Representatives committee approved a postal bill nearly a year ago but the full House has not taken up the legislation, as lawmakers from rural areas and others balked at plans to allow the agency to close post offices and other …

The Old Post Office is an idyllic period property with an abundance of original features set in the heart of this delightful village close to the green and Norman Church. More: continued here

The U.S. Postal Service, on the brink of default on a second multibillion-dollar payment it can't afford to pay, is sounding a new cautionary note that having squeezed out all the cost savings within its power, the mail agency's viability now lies almost entirely with Congress. More: continued here

BBC News St Andrews University graduate lands Antarctica post office jobBBC NewsA St Andrews University graduate has landed a job running the world's most southerly post office in Antarctica. Florence Barrow, who graduated this summer from the Fife university, will spend four-and-a-half months living in a colony of 4,000 penguins.POLAR …

Allentown Morning Call The Post Office Will Miss Another Multi-Billion Dollar PaymentNPR (blog)Meanwhile, the Post Office says despite the default, people will still receive their mail after Sunday and workers and suppliers will continue to be paid. Davidson reports Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) plans to push postal reform legislation through …

Sub-post master given 2-yr jail term for taking bribeBusiness StandardA post office employee has been sentenced to two-year in jail by a Delhi court for taking bribe from a woman saving scheme agent, encouraging people to open account with the post office in lieu of commission from the government, to …

ABC News Abducted Illinois Baby Found Alive; Mother…ABC NewsAn abducted 3-week-old baby girl from Illinois, who was kidnapped in front of a post office, was found alive on a rural gravel road Thursday night, authorities said. Mia Graci Thompson was abducted in Toulon, Ill., a small town about 150 miles …

Downtown residents oppose bank in old post officeThe TennesseanFRANKLIN The 170 households in Franklin's Downtown Neighborhood Association have staked out a less-than-neighborly stance toward a bank's interest in the Five Points Post Office building. Gregory Flittner, president of the association, informed city … More: continued here

Connecticut's small post offices trying to survive in a poor economyTorrington Register CitizenCONNECTICUT – Despite misconceptions that small post offices in small towns are fading away, the truth is that these post offices remain strong as the United States Postal Service has developed solutions to keep the nation's most trusted …