Post Office

Cedar Falls eyes new option for saving old post officekwwl.comWhat should happen to the old post office building in Cedar Falls? That question's been the center of an ongoing debate. Last week, council members voted four to three in favor of demolishing the building. At that time, it looked like …

Hollywood Reporter Producer Joel Silver buys former US post office in VeniceLos Angeles TimesJoel Silver, producer of movie franchises "The Matrix," "Lethal Weapon" and "Sherlock Holmes," has bought the former U.S. post office in Venice and plans to refashion it as the new home of his Silver Pictures. The red-tile-roofed …

Hollywood Reporter Joel Silver Finalizes Purchase of Former Venice Post OfficeHollywood ReporterThe Matrix producer is plannig a renovation of the Art Deco building, which was built in 1939 as part of the Federal Works Progress Administration. It is expected to be completed in 2014. The post office includes Edward Biberman's …

The secret history of the St. Louis Post Office and its amazing pneumatic tubeBoing BoingIn 1905, the St. Louis post office built a two-mile pneumatic tube system to deliver mail between the train station and the post office. It was expensive to maintain ($17,000 per year per mile of tube) …

Three Rivers Publishing Senator visits Cuba to speak about rural post officesThree Rivers PublishingMeeting with constituents at Frisco's Bar & Grill in the afternoon, she talked about post offices being a critical lifeline for Missouri's rural communities and complained of her opponent's refusal to act on legislation that would keep …

A questionable package in the Norwell Post Office began to smoke Friday, Aug. 31, causing the building to be evacuated and authorities to be contacted. More: continued here

Boston-based activists post Obama-as-Hitler signs near Nashua post officeNashua TelegraphYule was one of two activists set up on the sidewalk in front of the Nashua post office on Spring Street Wednesday, raising money for the LaRouche PAC. Yule said Obama is “Adolph Hitler and worse” because of his access to …

The U.S. Postal Service will hold a passport fair Saturday in Fort Wayne. More: continued here

India Today Indian prime minister's office responds to Washington Post's profile on …Washington Post (blog)Despite all lines of conversations open, you never got in touch with us for our side of the story though you regularly talk to me about information from the PMO. This story thus becomes totally one …

Smoke bombs were cause of post office scareWicked LocalA questionable package in the Norwell Post Office began to smoke Friday, Aug. 31, causing the building to be evacuated and authorities to be contacted. Although initially believed to be a fireworks charger, the bomb squad later identified the contents … More: …