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A Grosse Pointe memorabilia collector is suing the U.S. government, saying the postal service lost his jewelry and baseball card collection worth $329,000. More: continued here

Leesville's post office faces cancellationNew Philadelphia Times ReporterBy Nancy Schaar In August, six area post offices were notified of their potential closing by postal officials. A reprieve of sorts was given in December, keeping all six offices open until May 15, pending further review. The six offices facing closure …and …

Heated Opinions at Post Office MeetingPatch.comBy Carolyn Maynard-Parisi Town officials asked the community for its opinions at last night's "Future Redevelopment of the Maplewood Post Office Site" meeting at the Burgdorff Center for the Performing Arts — and the community did not hold back. … More: continued here

Indiana Public Media Stamp's cost rises SundayEdmond SunForever stamps can be used for whatever cost the stamps are at the time of mailing. “They are good forever,” said Joan Mingee, supervisor of customer services at the Danville (Ill.) Post Office. The US Postal Service is weighing much bigger changes. …Stamp …

Local Rescue Dogs Take a Break From Work to See Stamp Unveiling in MerrifieldPatch.com“Banks” cleared his busy schedule Friday to leave work a little early to go see the unveiling of stamps honoring his brethren in the rescue dog business. The United States Postal Service unveiled four new stamps celebrating …

Online Commerce Trend: More Spending, Smaller PurchasesAll Things DigitalEBay, which is first major e-commerce provider to report Q4 results, confirmed it was also seeing the trend. The company's payments division, PayPal, reported smaller transactions during the fourth quarter across the merchants it serves. …eBay (EBAY) Beats the Street on Strong …

Bloomberg PayPal Will Expand In-Store Payments to 2000 Locations by MarchBloombergEBay Inc. (EBAY)'s PayPal e-commerce payment business plans to let shoppers pay with its service in more than 2000 brick-and-mortar stores by March, part of an effort to win away customers from credit-card companies. The company began a trial with …

The village’s post office received notice Wednesday that it again faces permanent closure. More: continued here

Don Roth (left) and Juanita Miller, members of the Grand Prairie Historical Society, observe the photographs on the wall of Stuttgart City Hall, which has been renovated from the old post office built in 1932. The building is listed on the National Historical Places. More: continued here

Emergency Management Google, Microsoft, Intel, eBay and others to celebrate Data Privacy Day 2012 …Daily DisruptionThe current list of official sponsors includes Intel and eBay Inc. “NCSA is very excited to see widespread support for Data Privacy Day 2012 throughout industry, government, businesses, and communities around the world,” said Executive …