Post Office

Post office nears historic default on $5B paymentStamford AdvocateWASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service is bracing for a first-ever default on billions in payments due to the Treasury, adding to widening uncertainty about the mail agency's solvency as first-class letters plummet and Congress deadlocks on ways to … More: …

Reason Online (blog) Peter Orszag: Privatize the Post OfficeReason Online (blog)Those who believe in the usefulness of government must be vigilant about making sure all its activities are vital ones, since the unnecessary ones undermine public confidence. With this in mind, Congress should now privatize the U.S. Postal Service. More: …

A Fayette County emergency dispatcher said the fire was reported about 1:30 a.m. on Lake Lynn Road in Springhill. More: continued here

Nevada contract post office closes amid investigationKTNV Las Vegas(AP) — A contract post office in Elko County has been shut down without notice amid an investigation by the U.S. Postal Service's Office of Inspector General into alleged misconduct. Lisa Emery of the inspector general's Las Vegas office was …and more » …

House fire spreads to tiny SW Pa. Post OfficeSacramento BeeA tiny post office in southwestern Pennsylvania was damaged when flames spread from a home next store that burned after fireplace embers caught some furniture on fire. Authorities say nobody has been hurt in the fire in Springhill Township. That's in …

Lobby of the Post Office Earlier this year, the Manila Central Post Office was in the news.  A leading hotel chain was reportedly interested in leasing the structure to convert it into a hotel. First, it was all rumors and names of various hoteliers cropped up. But it was not …

Man Stabbed in Post Office After Allegedly Cutting in LineChristian PostYoung entered the small post office on Thursday, when he saw a man allegedly cut in line, according to police and eyewitnesses. The victim, still unnamed by authorities, stated that when Young approached him to complain, he pulled out a …

A nearby U.S. Post Office was damaged while firefighters battled a house fire early this morning. The man who lives in the home was trying to light a fireplace. More: continued here

Mountains to Molehills: 'Suicidal'BlueRidgeNow.comFollowing up on a Mountains to Molehills reader's comment about a post office shutting down for lunch, Gene Kopf of Flat Rock says the Flat Rock and East Flat Rock post offices close an hour for lunch. "It just says they can get by with an hour …

A contract post office in Elko County has been shut down without notice amid an investigation by the U.S. Postal Service's Office of Inspector General into alleged misconduct. More: continued here