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hays Post Another post office employee admits she stole gift cardshays PostKANSAS CITY (AP) — A suburban Kansas City mail carrier pleaded guilty in federal court to stealing gift cards and checks from postal customers in Independence. Federal prosecutors say 34-year-old Audrey Odell, of Blue Springs, pleaded guilty Thursday …and more » More: continued here

San Francisco: Hazmat team sent to post office, St. Francis hospital to …San Jose Mercury NewsA San Francisco post office was evacuated late this morning after five employees found a mysterious white powder on their clothing and walked to the nearby Saint Francis Memorial Hospital, according to a city health official and the fire department.and…

IONIA — Tuesday’s signing of U.S. House Bill 5479 by President Bush designates Ionia’s post office as the Alonzo Woodruff Post Office Building, preserving the memory of a Civil War hero who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1896. More: continued here

Every morning for the past 14 years, Dan Winton has come to the East Lake post office to pick up the checks, bills and other mail for ASA Enterprises, a tractor trailer facility just a few blocks from the East 34th Street postal facility. More: continued here

liherald.com The changing face of the post officeliherald.comPackage delivery has been a growing business for the post office over the past few years, but never have deliveries started as early as this year, said Elizabeth Kelly, postmaster of the Malverne post office and a 28-year veteran of the U.S. Postal …and more » More: continued here

Mayor Linda Zavada called the Long Point post office the social center and lone business of her community. “It’s really all we have,” Zavada said. “We have two grain elevators and a fertilizer place outside of the limits. We More: continued here