But Mr. Staley had dropped out of sight. Photo: Layne Staley in 1995. (Sony Music). Correction: April 26, 2002, Friday An obituary on Monday and in some late editions on Sunday about Layne Staley, lead singer in the grunge band Alice in Chains, misidentified a song on the band's second album, ''Dirt,'' in 1992.
By Patch Editor Judy Putnam. This week, the cost to mail a first-class single-piece letter jumped from 46 cents to 49 cents. The cost of a book of 20 stamps rose from $9.20 to $9.80.The U.S. Postal Service's 3-cent increase is the largest hike for consumer postage in more than a decade.The cost of mailing a post card will also go up to 34 cents, a 1-cent increase. More from Leesburg Patch.y Patch Editor Judy Putnam. This week, the cost to mail a first-class single-piece letter jumped from 46 cents to 49 cents. The cost of a book of 20 stamps rose from $9.20 to $9.80.
USPS raises price of stamps. The U.S. Postal service is now charging Americans a penny more for stamps and postcard mailings. The price of a first-class stamp for domestic mail rose Sunday [1/27/2012] from 45 cents to 46 cents, while postcards cost 33 cents to send..S. Postal Service lifts stamp price by 1 cent. The cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service announced on Tuesday a one-cent increase in the cost of mailing a letter, starting in January. The new prices lift the cost of a first-class stamp to 45 cents starting on January 22, 2012, the first increase in more than two years.