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Postal workers could refuse to deliver post sent via anyone other than Royal Mail as part of a campaign to highlight a threat to the UK's universal service, union leaders have warned. More: continued here

CBC.ca Calgary man finds his lost mailed albums on eBayCBC.caA Calgary record collector who spent months pursuing Canada Post for a lost parcel containing 40 records from a French band says he found them himself — on eBay. Al Cohen, whose family owns a record store in the Inglewood neighbourhood, …

Due to U.S. Postal Service cuts, the Rudolph, Ohio post office nearly lost their trademark reindeer stamp this year. More: continued here

Small-bore proposals to help avert fiscal cliffSan Jose Mercury NewsWASHINGTON — Sure the rich may have to pay more in taxes. But a "fiscal cliff" budget deal could mean pain for nearly everyone else, too: higher airline ticket prices, for example, an end to Saturday mail delivery, fewer food stamps …

Canada.com Stamford Post Office Wants To Help SantaThe Daily VoiceThe post office will separate the letters to Santa from kids in the area considered to be needy, and allow people to “adopt” a family or child and send them gifts for the holidays, Christine Dugas, a spokesperson for the post …

Downtown post office closing Dec. 27Austin NewsIn September, the U.S. Postal Service announced selection of the site for a new 7,118-square-foot postal facility at 823 Congress Ave. The new postal station will provide full postal retail services and house post office boxes for customers with ZIP … More: continued here

CBS Local How Do You Live On Food Stamps?CBS LocalMINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – It's hard for many of us to imagine what it's like to go to bed hungry every night. But for one in 10 people in Minnesota, that's often is a reality. A half million Minnesotans live on supplemental …

Say goodbye forever to the old Downtown post office on Dec. 27. Then say hello to the new location on Jan. 2. More: continued here

CNN Professes Love for Corey Booker's 'Food Stamp Challenge'NewsBusters (blog)CNN's Alina Cho "loves" that Democratic Newark Mayor Corey Booker is living on food stamps for a week and gushed about it with Soledad O'Brien on Monday's Starting Point. "I love this story. And I know you do, too, Soledad," fawned …

Buy 1950 'Star Wars' action figures in …CNETYou probably don't have 1,950 of them, but eBay seller ranchoobiwan does. You can buy them if you're brave enough to jump into the auction fray. The loose figures range from vintage collectibles from 1978 all the way through toys manufactured in 2011. …