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UT The Daily Texan University's deal with US Post Office shows differences in leasing agreementsUT The Daily TexanLate last month, the Postal Service extended its lease with the University through February 2016, for which it will pay an annual fee of $1. Postal Service spokesman Sam Bolen said the low …

Food-Stamps FollyNational Review Online (blog)Democratic strategist Donna Brazile recently penned a column for CNN about food stamps and it went positively viral, generating lots of buzz and more than 5,000 comments to date. For voting to slow the growth of food stamps over ten years and increase … More: continued here

Scunthorpe Telegraph Royal Mail cutbacks: Battle launched to keep popular postieScunthorpe TelegraphA community in North Lincolnshire has launched a concerted campaign to keep its popular postie who is being redeployed. The Royal Mail has announced plans to reorganise deliveries. But Wrawby villagers are up in arms that their long-serving Postie …

A landlady has stepped in to help villagers who have been without a permanent post office for almost a year by opening one in her pub. More: continued here

EBay removes Holocaust memorabiliaNinemsnEBay has apologised and removed about 30 items of Holocaust memorabilia from its listings after a British newspaper reported that items including a striped concentration camp uniform were on sale. 13-year-old girl shot in Western Sydney. Girl shot in … More: continued here

Philly.com Pa. food banks fear effect of cut in food stampsDelaware County Daily TimesVolunteers gather food at the New Hampshire Food Bank in Manchester, N.H., Oct. 1 to be delivered around the state. The temporary increase in food stamps also know as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program expires Oct. 31, …

Hints from Heloise: Send canceled stamps to budding collectorsGoErie.comDear Rita: You are referring to Stamp Camp USA in Pennsylvania, an organization that teaches children about stamp collecting. Along with canceled stamps, there are plenty of items, such as construction paper, pens, pencils and envelopes, that can be …and more » More: continued …

Berkeley and cities across the nation are fighting to keep their historic postal buildings. More: continued here

Press Release: One Saved Post Office: Stamford, CTBerkeley Daily PlanetBerkeley and cities across the nation are fighting to keep their historic postal buildings. In Stamford, CT, the National Post Office Collaborate based in Berkeley won its first legal victory on Sept. 26, when U.S. District Judge Vanessa Bryant granted … …

David Binks appointed Regional President, FedEx Express, EMEA. More: continued here