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The year that was: 2011 (Part Four)Post and ParcelThe UK gains a new postal industry regulator – Ofgem – which unveils proposals for the “biggest ever” shake-up of the UK mail market, including plans to allow Royal Mail to set its own postal rates. UK parcel delivery company Yodel confirms …

Scotland Courier Scottish Nationalists warn against Royal Mail pricing freedomPost and ParcelScotland's governing political party has called on the UK postal regulator to rethink plans to allow Royal Mail more powers to set its own postal rates. The Scottish Nationalist Party's postal affairs spokesman Mike Weir said the move could …

Occupy the Post Office? Tucson Postal Workers, Supporters, Fight Back Against …Huffington PostAnd the financial troubles of the United States Postal Service (USPS), in part due to the coming of the Internet age, are impacting what used to be one of the most stable jobs in the nation: that of …

An item long on Santa Paula’s wish list – a ramp to make the Post Office on South Mill fully accessible to the handicapped is now completed at the building, notable for being the result of a Great Depression era work program. More: continued here

BENTONVILLE, Ohio |  The United States Postal Service will close the Bentonville Post Office on May 15, 2012, despite discrepancies in its records, according to Postal Service spokesman David Allen. More: continued here

Even As Unemployment Drops, Demand For Food Stamps Rises Across NorthwestOPB NewsThat is, the number of people on food stamps. Let's go back to January. "True Grit" was leading at the box office, the fledgling Arab Spring had not yet taken off, and in the Northwest, about 2 million people …

First Came Stamps. Then Came Love.Toronto StarThe stamp was from Indonesia, and it belonged to a gentleman by the name of Boen Tie Khouw, who was not interested in stamps. She was Chinese, from Hong Kong, and had something of a philatelic bent. He was Chinese, from Indonesia, and was …

Agents Investigate Columbus Store For Food Stamp FraudNBC4i.comAdministrative violations have been filed against a Columbus convenience store as part of a criminal investigation of food stamp fraud. Agents with the Ohio Investigative Unit have cited the Noor Market, located at 2427 West Broad Street with four … More: continued here

DAYTON — The plan that the United States Postal Service used to mark 3,600 post office locations for closure, including six in the Dayton area, is flawed and should be reconsidered, according to a Washington, D.C., watchdog agency.There are six Dayton-area branches that employ roughly 100 people on the closure …

Sun-Sentinel Hearing delayed for Lake Worth man accused of picking up rooster at post officePalm Beach PostBy Alexandra Seltzer and Julius Whigham II BOYNTON BEACH — A judge reset this morning the first appearance hearing for a Lake Worth man arrested for violating probation after he allegedly stopped by a …