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Local post office branches open on SundayKAREMINNEAPOLIS – Twin Cities metro area post offices will be open on Sunday to give folks a chance to get their holiday shipments out early. Postal trucks will make deliveries and make pickups at blue collection boxes at many post offices Sunday, Dec. 22. …

News & Observer 'Elves' at Raleigh post office help turn it into North Pole substationNews & ObserverRALEIGH — In a back room in a post office off Westgate Road, two elves are running a North Pole substation to ensure that St. Nicholas receives all the letters that North Carolina children …

The Twin Lakes Post Office was the apparent victim of mail theft, after police discovered that unknown suspects tampered with an exterior mail drop-off box sometime between Saturday, Dec. 14 and Monday, Dec. 16. More: continued here

Las Vegas post offices: Long lines, mail to move, but there's still timeLas Vegas Review-JournalJust this fall, the British government sold most of its postal service to private investors. In the Netherlands, there's no such thing as a government-run post office. Instead the Dutch turn to the private sector, whether …

ANSON COUNTY, N.C. — U.S. Postal Service officials refuse to answer questions about a convicted criminal recently hired to oversee… More: continued here

Bev Carlson, owner of Ardiel Agencies, holds up a string of postage stamps in the downtown Okotoks business. The price of stamps is set to rise from 63 cents to 83 cents each for booklets or a roll, or $1 for individual stamps. More: continued here

EBay Closes Acquisition Of Braintree – Quick FactsRTT NewsOnline auctioneer eBay Inc. (EBAY: Quote) announced it completed its acquisition of Braintree, global payment platform powering the next generation of online and mobile-first startups. In accordance with the terms of the acquisition agreement announced … More: continued here

Christmas rush felt at area post officesLakenewsonline.comFor the lake area post offices, Monday, Dec. 16 turned out to be their busiest day of the year. For the Camdenton office, customers were lined up to the door throughout the day. Three clerks manned the counter to help the line move along …

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Odor Sickens Worker At Cobalt Post Office In East HamptonHartford CourantEAST HAMPTON — Local police, postal inspectors and the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection are working to determine what made an employee at the Cobalt Post Office ill sometime prior to 8 a.m. Thursday. A DEEP spokesman said …