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BALDWINSVILLE, N.Y. (AP) – An upstate New York post office is being named in honor of a Marine corporal killed in Afghanistan. More: continued here

Fred Schupner: Post office mistakeSteamboat Pilot & TodayI was at the new post office yesterday to pick up mail and had several pieces to mail. I searched the post office for 40 minutes looking for a mail slot, and there was none to be found. I finally had to take …

The Post Office is launching three new current accounts in a trial at 29 branches in East Anglia as it tries to become the latest challenger to the established high street banks.         More: continued here

India Post’s ‘My Stamp’ scheme, which was launched in Madurai on May 3, is getting good response. The scheme, which enables a person to personalise the postal stamps with the photos of hi… More: continued here

New York Daily News Gatsby searches up on eBay – NinemsnNinemsnWith The Great Gatsby opening the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday and opening in Australia on May 30, eBay is calling it "the Baz Effect", as all things Gatsby get more listings and sales. Spokesperson Megan English says there's a …

Consumer group Which? warns that a monthly charge could discourage people from opening bank accounts at the Post Office. More: continued here

Upstate NY post office renamed for fallen MarineDanbury News TimesKirsten Gillibrand and military, postal and community leaders will join friends and relatives of Kyle Schneider for a ceremony Monday dedicating the post office in the town of Baldwinsville to him. Schneider was raised in the town of Lysander and …Post …

TO celebrate the launch of the new style, open-plan branch, Tweeddale MP David Mundell 'cut the ribbon' at Peebles Post Office last Friday. More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk 'Poisonous' privatisation of Royal Mail will cost the Conservatives votes in …Telegraph.co.uk“It is likely to be deeply unpopular with the British public, prices will rise at a time we can least afford it, an amenity that many communities consider crucial will be removed and a sell off will also …

Food stamps, not crop subsidies, highest hurdle for farm billChicago TribuneAnalysts say food stamps for the poor, the biggest Agriculture Department program at an estimated $79 billion this year, is the make-or-break issue. Republicans are demanding far larger cuts than Democrats will entertain, and the debate is becoming … More: …