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DU QUOIN — If retired U.S. Congressman Ken Gray can still pull a few strings, the Du Quoin Post Office will bear the name of the city’s longtime mayor. More: continued here

Joe Shute takes a ride on the forgotten relic of London's underground railway, which used to transport four million parcels a day for the Post Office         More: continued here

American Live Wire Extremely Rare Nintendo Game Listed on eBayIGNUpdate: Following on from last week's listing of a rare Nintendo World Championship NES cartridge being listed on eBay, two more collector's have listed their own versions of the game on the site. While the first is another grey one, this …

7Online.com Post Office Increases Price of StampsPatch.comThe U.S. Postal Service's regulator approved the increase of about 6 percent, but rejected a request for a permanent increase. According to the USPS, the increases include: Letters (1 oz.) — 3-cent increase to 49 cents; Letters additional ounces — 1 …First-class stamps rise …

InCyprus (blog) Illicit eBay tradeInCyprus (blog)Italian archaeologist Maria Rosaria Belgiorno told The Cyprus Daily that hundreds of antiquities probably looted from the island were trading daily on eBay. "I invite scholars and archaeologists who are on various missions to help recover the Cypriot … More: continued here

More 'working poor' depend on food stampsKTVU San FranciscoThat's the question millions of working age Americans are asking as they join the millions of more traditional food stamp recipients: young children and the elderly. Recent numbers are setting records and boggling minds. Gita Shah and her husband have … More: continued …

Post Office Site Public Meeting Set for ThursdayPatch.comThe Township of Maplewood will be holding a special public meeting, Thursday, to address questions and concerns about the Post Office redevelopment site. Members of the public are invited to attend at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Maplewood Municipal …Affordable Care Act Help and …

A post office in York is to open for longer and offer a car tax renewal service as part of a big revamp. More: continued here

Inside the Post Office Underground RailwayTelegraph.co.ukIn a deserted station some 65ft below the streets of London, engineer Ray Middlesworth turns his great brass key and the Post Office Underground Railway roars into life. The sound of the 1920s locomotive engine bounces off the peeling century-old …and more » More: continued here

Majority of Americans receiving food stamps are working-agePBS NewsHourFood stamps cover roughly one in seven Americans. But according to the U.S. Census Bureau, more than 50 percent of U.S. households receiving food stamps are now headed by someone between the ages of 18 and 59. Comparatively, in 1998 the share …