Post Office

Adult comedy “The Hangover” was the top weekend earner at the North American box office, edging out animated feature “Up” for a second consecutive week, final figures showed Monday. More: continued here

Getty Images The Postal Service by Oct. 1 will decide whether to close or consolidate 3,100 post offices and retail outlets out of 36,700, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. (Subscription required) The report said the possible… More: continued here

The Post Office finds 6m stressing about their funeralsMoney News, UKAccording to the Post Office poll, seven out of ten people – or 70 per cent – within this age bracket have made no plans or put no money aside for their own funeral. The type of asset most respondents said …

CHESTER – Lt. Lou Allen’s family gathered around Congressman John Hall at their Chester home Monday afternoon as the House member made if official; he has introduced legislation to honor the memory of Lt. Louis Allen by renaming the Chester Post Office in his name. More: continued here

Clarksville post office moves back 'home' a year after floodingHannibal.net, MORural letter carrier Elaine Barron sorts mail Monday in the Clarksville Post Office at Third and Virginia. The building has re-opened a year after the flood forced a relocation of the facility. By BRENT ENGEL The Clarksville postmaster has his front …

Telegraph.co.uk Geithner Says US Goal Will Be 'More Boring' Financial SystemBloombergGeithner and Lawrence Summers, director of the White House's National Economic Council, wrote in the Washington Post today the plan will also create a “council of regulators” to coordinate supervision across the financial system, and raise capital and …Details Set …

CHESTER Congressman John Hall, D-Dover Plains, will appear in the village today to introduce a law to change the name of the local post office in honor of 1st Lt. Louis Allen. More: continued here

; Statesman News Service DURGAPUR/TAMLUK/BEHRAMPORE/KOLKATA, 15 JUNE: In one of the worst days of post-poll violence in the state, a CPI-M karmadhyaksha of Burdwan Zilla Parishad was shot dead in Mongalkote this morning, while a CPI-M party office and an abandoned police outpost were torched and the house of a …

FREE donations to the charity Barnardo’s will be able to be made at any Post Office from today, according to Royal Mail. More: continued here

New Post Office Dedicated to Fallen Postal SoldiersSystems, GAJOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq — Postal Soldiers here dedicated a new Army Post Office at East Balad to postal operations Soldiers who have fallen in the service of their nation. Two years ago there was a bronze plaque hanging on the wall in …