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Postal Service Delays Closing Post Offices and Mail Processing FacilitiesWBOC TV 16Entertainment News from AP WASHINGTON (AP/WBOC)- The US Postal Service has agreed to delay the closing of 252 mail processing centers and 3700 local post offices until mid-May. The cash-strapped agency announced Tuesday that it would hold off on …

Westfield’s mayor said he is glad to hear plans to close post offices such as the one in his town will be delayed until May of next year. More: continued here

Bloomberg EBay's PayPal Counts on Its 103 Million Users to Target GrouponBusinessWeek14 (Bloomberg) — EBay Inc.'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. …Ebay's PayPal Counts on 103 …

Post Office Closings Could Cost Jobs, Delay MailWestern Queens GazettePhoto office of Councilmember Gennaro Each day, more than seven million Americans visit the post office. But the volume of first class mail is declining and the United States Postal Service (USPS) lost $5.1 billion last year. … More: continued here

Council Wants to Save City's Targeted Post OfficesPatch.comAlexandria Mayor Bill Euille will draft a letter to the US Postal Service and the city's Congressional delegation emphasizing the City Council's desire to keep open two city post offices under review for closure. … More: continued here

EBay's PayPal to go after GrouponChicago TribuneEBay's PayPal business is looking to challenge Chicago-based Groupon and Washington, DC-based LivingSocial in the daily deals area. The company plans to start offering coupons tailored to users' buying habits and mobile-phone locations. … More: continued here

Postal Service defends move, saying only “postal business” should be conducted on the property. More: continued here

Fake stamps case: Script writer sentenced to 3-yrs in prisonIBNLive.comPTI | 05:12 PM,Dec 14,2011 Mumbai, Dec 14 (PTI) A small-time script writer has been sentenced to three years imprisonment and imposed with a fine of Rs 10000 in a fake stamps case by a local court. In 1999, the Oshiwara …

Postal Service waits on Alaska office closuresMSN MoneyJUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – The US Postal Service is imposing a five-month moratorium on closing facilities, meaning five Alaska post offices are safe — for now. Agency spokesman Ernie Swanson said Tuesday that the waiting period, … More: continued here

Christmas stamp mistake helps keep innocence aliveKC Community NewsI like to mail out my Christmas cards with Christmas stamps. This year, Costco is selling Christmas stamps in bulk. I discovered them last week from a cardboard display stating, “Holiday Forever Stamps— Five Booklets of 20 Self-Adhesive Stamps. … More: continued …