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Postal workers rally in SouthParkWCNCby NewsChannel 36 Staff CHARLOTTE, NC — Some local post office employees rallied Tuesday afternoon in an effort to save their jobs. The demonstration was part of a larger national push to bring attention to the plight of the US Post Office. …and more » More: continued …

Cape protesters gather to save post officesWink NewsPeople at a Cape Coral post office were divided on the issue. Congressman Connie Mack issued this statement about the rally. It says in part: "Not satisfied with the agreement they made then, the postal union protesters would rather fight the American …Postal …

Various plans to cut the number of U.S. Postal Service workers, days of delivery and even some post office locations have workers and customers up in arms. More: continued here

shropshirestar.com Market Drayton's post 'piling up after round changes'shropshirestar.comA backlog of undelivered post is piling up in Market Drayton following a shake-up of rounds by Royal Mail, a postal worked claimed today. The worker, who asked not to be named, said delivery staff had been bombarded with questions from fed-up …

Spending deal also spares post officeThe Hill (blog)The Senate-passed continuing resolution, if accepted in the House, would not only prevent a government shutdown but it would also postpone financial calamity for the post office. Under current law, the US Postal …and more » More: continued here

The Guardian Under threat: 400 years of social historyThe GuardianPacked into two and a half miles of shelving in an underground former boiler room at the Royal Mail's Mount Pleasant sorting office in Clerkenwell are records relating to more than 400 years of postal communications. It is an extraordinary resource, …

This might have been the most compelling golf playoff that hardly anyone saw. After all the mathematical possibilities had been exhausted, the Tour Championship — and the FedEx Cup — came down to a sudden-death playoff between Bill Haas and Hunter Mahan. The monetary difference between winning and losing was …

2d-code Novel QR Code Postage Stamp2d-codeQR Codes on postage stamps are not new (cf. QR Code Valentine's Day postage stamps from Taiwan and a QR Code postage stamp from Spain) but these (image below) from Hrvatske pošte, the national postal service of Croatia, incorporate a novel …News analysis – Using …

Postal workers protest layoffs, closures in Md., across U.S.Baltimore SunNationally, the US Postal Service is considering closing 3700 offices and laying off more than 120000 workers to overcome an $8 billion budget shortfall. But union members say the post office is fiscally solvent, saying a 2006 Congressional mandate …and more » …

Many of the essential public service buildings that people need were heavily damaged by flood waters in Meshoppen. More: continued here