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This month, passengers from US Airways ill-fated Flight 1549 are starting to get special deliveries: FedEx boxes containing dried and cleaned wallets, handbags, coats, cameras, jewelry, clothing, important papers, even toothbrushes rescued from a watery grave and returned to their owners. More: continued here

Collaboration with maker of super-cold shipping containers will offer shipment solutions for biopharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. More: continued here

Government said on Thursday it would cede half of its 20 percent stakeholding in the national lottery to the Post Office and half to the National Empowerment Fund. More: continued here

Ore. agency reports increase in food stamp, demandKMTR NewsSource 16, OR(AP) – The Oregon Department of Human Services says demand for food stamps and cash assistance has increased by more than 25% in the past year. It says similar increases in demand are expected over the next two years. … More: …

State food stamp help soars to new recordClackamas Review, OROregonians are seeking food stamps and temporary cash assistance at record levels, and it might just be the beginning of higher demand, according to the state Department of Human Services. The department's Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program … More: continued here

HASTINGS – Hastings police say someone robbed a cash register Monday at the U.S. Post Office in Hastings. Police are working with federal Postal Inspection Service on the incident and say an unknown subject entered the Beaver Street office between 11:55 a.m. and noon and removed money from the drawer …

State food stamp help soars to new recordOregon City News, OROregonians are seeking food stamps and temporary cash assistance at record levels, and it might just be the beginning of higher demand, according to the state Department of Human Services. The department's Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program … More: continued …

GothamSchools Mayoral control critics give school board literal rubber stampsGothamSchools, NYThey argue that the school board, currently known as the Panel for Educational Policy, is nothing more than a rubber stamp for the mayor's school policies. Panel members have almost always voted with the administration since Mayor Bloomberg fired three … …

EBay, Others Want End to Retail Price-fixingPC WorldCongress should pass a law effectively overturning a 2007 decision by the US Supreme Court saying that so-called vertical price-fixing isn't necessarily a violation of US antitrust law, representatives of eBay, Burlington Coat Factory and the US …eBay Voices Strong Support for 'The …

Mail volume is down 10 percent at the Aberdeen post office compared to a year ago, Aberdeen postmaster Rod Melinsky said Monday…. More: continued here