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POSTMAN QUITS OVER CLAIM HE HOARDED MAIL FOR YEARSExpress.co.ukA POSTMAN was caught with as many as 10000 undelivered letters and packages in his house, according to Royal Mail investigators. David McLean is alleged to have kept bundles of letters, cards and parcels in his home in … More: continued here

ReelzChannel.com John Travolta Time Traveler Photo Available on eBayThe InquisitreBay seller anythingdeco has a photo of John Travolta from the 1860s. Anythingdeco is offering the photographic proof of Travolta's time traveling abilities for just $500000, and to sweeten the deal, the seller is offering to ship the photo for free. …

Las Vegas Sun Fans petition White House for Liberace postage stampLas Vegas SunThey launched a petition this week nominating Liberace to be immortalized on a US postage stamp. “Liberace wanted to be on a stamp before he died, but they had a rule that you had to be dead 10 …

Two armed men held up staff at a post office in Edgeworthstown, Co Longford, yesterday afternoon and made off with an undisclosed sum of money. More: continued here

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, …