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Where's the Holiday Spirit at the Post Office?Patch.comBy Jim Cameron These are not the happiest of times at the Post Office. It's not just the long lines or customers who think postal clerks should wrap and package their gift boxes (Hey… this ain't Mailboxes Etc.!), it's just that this is …

Investing in stamp collectionThe Bostwana GazetteBotswana Post has initiated a project to encourage collection of stamps, commonly known as philately, at primary schools. Philately is the study and collection of stamps. This is done as a hobby for research purposes, mostly history and for …and more » More: continued here

shropshirestar.com Royal Mail workers walk out of Birmingham sorting office in pay rowThe Birmingham Postby Jon Griffin, Birmingham Post Angry agency staff stormed out of the main Royal Mail sorting office in Birmingham in a dispute after their Christmas wages went unpaid. Up to 35 workers led an hour-long wildcat …

'eBay' phishing scam targets iPhone 4S buyersGMA NewsLooking for a cheap Apple iPhone 4S via online bidding site eBay may become a costly experience, no thanks to a new phishing attack discovered this week. Computer security firm Trend Micro said the attack can fool potential buyers into giving out their …

Letters: Post offices aren't like they used to beAppleton Post CrescentWith the Postal Service being in the news, I'm reminded of my youth. Growing up in the 1940s and early '50s, all us kids knew the greatest post office in America was in Battle Creek, Mich. With a cereal box …

A Hermes Birkin Bag and a Babe Ruth baseball card were among the most expensive mobile purchases on eBay in 2011. And among the top pop-culture purchases on eBay this year were football, wizards and vampires. More: continued here

As Floridians prepare to celebrate the year-end holidays with food and festivity, the U.S. government has delivered some distressing news: the number of state residents who rely on food stamps has nearly tripled since the Great Recession. More: continued here

StandardNet Big holiday lines at Top of Utah post officesStandardNetBesides Christmas, she uses the post office to send her sister packages throughout the year. North Ogden resident Gavin Harmon is also a regular at the post office. He mailed his Christmas presents early, but Wednesday had to send off some …

Introducing the eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) and Craigslist For Online Ads: Frogads …SmallCap NetworkStart-up Frogads (FROG) combines the business model power of eBay (EBAY) with that of privately held Craigslist. By John Udovich eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) has achieved success by creating an online auction marketplace that brings together both buyers and …

EBay Inc. (EBAY) ’s PayPal business, aiming to challenge Groupon Inc . and LivingSocial.com in the market for online daily deals, plans to start offering coupons tailored to users’ buying habits and mobile-phone locations. More: continued here