Post office protest meeting tonight (Wiltshire Times)

(Reuters) – Package-delivery company FedEx Corp risks losing its business with the U.S. Postal Service, worth more than $1 billion a year, when the beleaguered postal service puts the contract up for bid next year. The postal service alerted FedEx that it will seek bids for the contract after it expires in September 2013, FedEx…

Hazmat Scare at Richmond's Main Post OfficeWTVR, VACrews were called to the scene around 10:30 pm Saturday night after three postal workers called for help after feeling sick. All three had been handling some sort of package with a white substance leaking out of it. Hazmat crews tested the powder. … More: continued here

From Dec, pay stamp duty at post officeTimes of India, India –43 minutes agoN V Sutar, assistant post master general, (marketing), said 21 post offices in the state would offer this service. "We would not charge anything extra from … More: continued here

Davies: Return to senderChicago Sun-TimesIn 1966, the old Chicago Main Post Office, 433 W. Van Buren, was the site of an equipment breakdown that delayed mail across the country for three weeks. … More: continued here

Maidenhead Advertiser Battersea market traders fight to save their precious post officeWimbledon Guardian, UK –5 hours agoFruit sellers, florists and food traders protested outside their post office in New Covent Garden Market, which is set to close this year. …House of Commons plea to save Cookham Road post officeMaidenhead AdvertiserHundreds back campaign to save town post officeBuckingham…

A pickup truck collided with the wall of the Coosa post office around lunchtime today, but neither the building nor the vehicle were damaged. Police said the driver of the truck, who had already pu… More: continued here