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Vehicle fire prompts evacuation of Saltville Post OfficeTriCities.comThe Saltville Post Office was evacuated Monday afternoon after a vehicle parked nearby caught fire and became fully engulfed. Police are describing the incident as suspicious. About 12:45 p.m. Monday, according to Saltville Police Department Chief Rob …and more » More: continued here

A bill that would ban using food stamps to buy junk food hit a wall of opposition Tuesday ranging from anti-hunger activists to potato growers to grocers. More: continued here

EcommerceBytes (blog) PayPal will test lending to US eBay sellersInternetRetailer.comEBay-owned PayPal already extends credit to buyers. And shoppers who use PayPal credit spent 39% more on average during the last three years than those who did not borrow, said Gary Marino, PayPal's senior vice president, global financial services, and …eBay …

MORE services and longer hours are now available at a new-look post office in Greenock. The Cathcart Street office will also be open seven days a week after it reopened following a big revamp. More: continued here

Post offices to commemorate USS Thresher with special postmarkSeacoastonline.comPORTSMOUTH — Post offices in Portsmouth and Kittery, Maine, will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the loss of the USS Thresher today. Kittery Postmaster John Wickman and Portsmouth Postmaster Richard Provencher and their staffs will be on hand …and more » More: continued …

Campaign over Royal Mail startsHerald ScotlandA campaign has been launched against privatisation of Royal Mail, which supporters fear could end the obligation to charge the same for postal services throughout the UK and bring in a £1 stamp. A campaign has been launched against privatisation of … More: continued here

WORDCRAFT showed depleted Post Office Tigers no mercy in Division One of the Crewe and District Table Tennis League. More: continued here

Long lines and even longer hold times on the phone frustrate those looking to get or renew their food stamp benefits. But as Contact 13 Chief Investigator Darcy Spears found out some are getting them without any effort at all because they're dead. More: continued here

You Paid For It State paid food stamps to dead peopleKTNV Las VegasLas Vegas, NV (KTNV) – Long lines and even longer hold times on the phone frustrate those looking to get or renew their food stamp benefits. But as Contact 13 Chief Investigator Darcy Spears found out some are …

US Post Office Catches Fire In AnnavilleKRIS Corpus Christi NewsCORPUS CHRISTI – The post office serving the Annaville area was heavily damaged by a fire Tuesday evening. It broke out at the station at McKinzie and Stonewall around 9:30 and took about 80 minutes to put out. Smoke and flames …