Post Office

# government The Post Office is going to die, so says the old pony express. They’re strapped for cash, probably defaulting on a $5.5 billion payment due this month and will shut down entirely this winter unless Congress stabilizes its finances. Sad. But we don’t really need it anymore. More » …

What Is Going On?Business InsiderThe post office's problems stem from one hard reality: it is being squeezed on both revenue and costs. As any computer user knows, the Internet revolution has led to people and businesses sending far less conventional mail. At the same time, …Showdown at the Post OfficeAmerican …

Branstad rejects criticism post office ownershipHouston ChronicleTerry Branstad says his ownership of about a dozen rural buildings that house post offices in Iowa poses no conflict of interest with his criticism of the US Postal Service's decision to close many rural post offices. Branstad said Tuesday that only …and more » …

ABC News Amid financial crisis, USPS goes to HillCBS NewsPost Master Maxine Evans sorts mail behind an open PO box at the Ewell Post Office on August 22, 2011 in Ewell, Smith Island, Maryland. The USPS has cited a projected shortfall for 2011 of $8.3 billion, and the use of …

A 44-YEAR-OLD Market Drayton woman has been jailed after admitting stealing more than £32,500 from the post office where she worked. More: continued here

As schools reopen after the summer holidays, the annual Fastest Growing Currencies report from Post Office Travel Money shows that Croatia has beaten off European rivals for the third year running in the race to attract UK tourists. Along with Iceland and Switzerland, the Balkan hotspot was one of only …

Aadhar frenzy: Post offices in city freeze appointmentsBangalore MirrorI have been a regular at the post office since 45 years. I don't want to go anywhere else searching for Aadhaar,'' says the 70-year-old Rao. In Karnataka, only 236 post offices, including 30 in Bangalore, have been listed with the Unique …

Residents of Abernant are still fighting to save their post office. More: continued here

ABC News Bondurant joins effort to keep post offices openDesMoinesRegister.comThe city of Bondurant has joined 44 other cities in the Iowans for Post Office Services. The group is asking Congress to push for a moratorium on closures of post office and postal facilities and service reductions. While Bondurant is not …

Munson: With post office's closure, Searsboro surrendersDesMoinesRegister.comThe Poweshiek County town will lose its post office later this month, and as a result, residents have voted to disincorporate. / Christopher Gannon/The Register Dave Phipps builds a platform to hold a cluster of residents' mailboxes in Searsboro. …and more » More: continued here