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Mountain View businesses that move large amounts of mail through the Post Office may soon have to make a trip to Los Altos to do so, according to a new proposal from the U.S. Postal Service. More: continued here

As a retired Postal Service employee, I have been following the problems and subsequent closing of the Bangor Post Office with skepticism. More: continued here

Financial Times Stamps can deliver first-class potentialFinancial TimesIt could be coins of Charles I, pre-1917 Russian city bonds, or US postage stamps. What adds value is the fact that the number of complete collections is finite – limited by the availability of the rarest item. That is one reason why …

Food Stamps: An Economic Safety NetNew America Foundation (blog)Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut held a press conference today to discuss the important role that SNAP (Supplemental Nutritiona Assistance Program, or food stamps) plays in forming an economic safety net. Elise Gould from the Economic Policy …Experts Emphasize Importance of SNAP …

US Food-Stamp Use Falls for Second Month, USDA SaysBusinessWeek2 (Bloomberg) — US food-stamp use, which Republicans have cited as evidence of a failing economy, fell for a second straight month in November as unemployment eased. About 46.134 million Americans received aid, down 0.2 percent from a revised 46.228 …Limit food …

Appeal over failed post office in ThornliebankBBC NewsPolice have appealed for information following a failed robbery at a post office in East Renfrewshire. Two men targeted the post office on Main Street, Thornliebank, at about 17:30 on Wednesday. They forced their way in and used a sledgehammer to try … …

Biloxi bomb squad called to Post OfficeSunHerald.comBy ROBIN FITZGERALD – rfitzgerald@sunherald.com BILOXI — The Biloxi bomb squad is at the downtown Post Office to examine a suspicious package, police Sgt. Jackie Rhodes said. SunHerald.com updates this story as more details become available.and more » More: continued here

An eBay seller whose account was frozen has sued the company for fraud. More: continued here

Home Move Shapps outlines house building plansMortgage Finance Gazette OnlineShapps said he has identified enough government land to build 80000 homes, and is now working with organisations including the BBC and Royal Mail to find even more unused sites for housebuilding. He says this means the government is on course …

Police appeal for information following a failed robbery at a post office in Thornliebank, East Renfrewshire. More: continued here