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IPSWICH'S post offices are in the midst of the busiest time of the year as Christmas presents from far and wide arrive for delivery. More: continued here

TAMPA — Normally this time of year, boxes of gifts pack the Toys for Tots warehouse. Santa's helpers separate Barbie dolls from Tonka trucks. Exhausted managers prepare loads for distribution to families. The mood is fa-la-la. More: continued here

Post office fails to deliver for Toys for TotsTampabay.comTo promote the regional event, the post office has delivered for free a flier with the details. For years, about 2 million have been mailed to households in Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco counties, each with their own Toys for Tots campaigns run …

NJ.com (blog) Cory Booker's Week on Food Stamps EndsEBONY.comBooker, 43, and a rising star Democrat, has been living on just $33 of food over the last week as part of an effort to understand the plight of Americans who struggle to live on food stamps. The experiment ends Tuesday. Booker …

Rockford Post Office gives tips to make holiday shipping easierWREX-TVThe holiday season is in full swing and that means thousands of packages are being prepped to ship around the country. "The holidays are less than two weeks away and understandably customers are beginning to feel the pinch," Rockford Postmaster Steve …

Our view: Food stamps usage increases in SeptemberMidland Daily NewsWith so much going on politically in Michigan and in Washington, D.C., a disturbing new statistic hasn't gotten enough press coverage in recent days. It shows that our economy — and a good portion of our citizens — is still struggling. …

LaSalle News Tribune Reduced hours coming for area Post OfficesWillcox Range NewsThe Post Offices in Cochise and Dragoon will remain open, but will have reduced “window” hours after the first of the year. In a Dec. 4 letter to those customers, POST Plan District Coordinator Mike Sarter said, “The Postal …

The U.S. Postal Service has implemented an emergency suspension of the Paluxy Post Office, due to a broken water pipe. That office has 48 customers receiving P.O. box delivery. Alternate service will be provided until further notice by the Tolar Post Office 10 miles away, according to postal spokesperson Sam …

'Ecce Homo' Restoration Lady Is Now Selling Art on eBayBetabeatThe amazingly botched restoration of the famous “Ecce Homo” painting, done by a Spanish amateur painter who turned a 19th century portrait of Jesus into that of a ghost monkey, took the Internet by storm this year, quickly becoming what is …

Post Office accepts letters to Santa, offers repliesSapulpa Daily HeraldThe town has the world's only post office to bear the name of the famed St. NIcholas a.k.a. Santa Claus a designation granted by the U.S. government on May 21, 1856, The first postmaster there was John Specht. Local lore has …