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Danville, VA — The Main Street Post Office in Danville is closed right now after failing an inspection. More: continued here

Postal Service seeking public input to relocate downtown post officeFort Worth Star TelegramFORT WORTH — The U.S. Postal Service will brief the Fort Worth City Council Tuesday on the possibility of relocating the downtown post office on Lancaster Avenue. The historic federal building was listed with 3,700 other post offices …

San Francisco Chronicle Food stamp app helps residents keep benefitsSan Francisco ChronicleNealie Yarbrough, a 51-year-old single mother, knows the sting of being at the grocery store checkout and having her debit card denied. In Yarbrough's case, it was the county-issued card that she thought would be loaded with food stamps. …

San Francisco Chronicle Mars Inc. to Libertarians Thwart Food Stamp Health LimitsMSN MoneyThat view is being defied by an unusual alliance of food producers, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, libertarians and advocates for the poor who are thwarting efforts to require recipients to buy healthy items with their food stamp …

Tech stocks ended up putting in a mostly negative performance Monday, with eBay Inc. among the rare gainers as consumers took to their computers and mobile devices for the annual Cyber Monday online shopping experience. More: continued here

Washington Post (blog) Inspector general seeks public opinion on Harry Potter stampsWashington Post (blog)The U.S. Postal Service's inspector general is seeking public opinion about the recently released Harry Potter stamps as a test of how Americans feel about a new commercial direction for postage. Inspector General David Williams is asking …

The Best Time to Go to the Post Office (and Avoid the Crowds)LifeHacker IndiaFind out when your post office opens (generally between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m.) and arrive a half hour or so later. You'll hit a midmorning lull, missing the rush of early birds lined up at the …

$10000 Sriracha packet for sale on EBayLos Angeles TimesA seller on EBay is hoping you'll miss the hot sauce so much, you'll pay $10,000 for it. EBay seller larryhagman has listed a small packet of Sriracha, the Vietnamese chile sauce, on EBay for $10,000. Yes, that's right, it's a small …

Resetting EBay's BidWall Street JournalBig expectations for eBay's PayPal business moving into retail outlets and other "offline" channels helped fuel 2012's run-up. While PayPal has maintained strong growth in its core business, its retail efforts seem less successful. Of 100 retailers …and more » More: continued here

Put Those Postage Stamps Away: Canva Launches Christmas Cards That …NewsdayEach year Americans send a whopping two billion Christmas cards, spending hours waiting in checkout lines, licking dozens of icky stamps and worrying that snail mail won't get their holiday messages to friends and family in time. Perhaps that's why …