Gov. Deal orders changes to food stamp program as feds threaten to cut fundingAtlanta Journal Constitution (blog)Gov. Nathan Deal is ordering changes aimed at clearing the backlog jamming the state's food stamp program as federal officials threaten to cut up to $76 million in administrative funding if the problems aren't …

Follow us for the latest newsDorset EchoJune Manning and Tilly Gordon collecting their mail from the makeshift sorting office on the park. Photo credit: BNPS. THE elderly residents of a park home site have had to set up their own makeshift sorting office after the Royal Mail refused to … …

Under pressure over the government's handling of the Royal Mail sell-off, David Cameron told MPs today that Labour had also made a manifesto commitment to privatise the company. Unfortunately for the prime minister that does not appear to be true. Labour's 2010 manifesto read: "The Post Office has an invaluable …

NEWCASTLE MP Paul Farrelly is set to officialy open the newly modernised Wolstanton Post Office. The ribbon will be cut by Mr Farrelly on April 4, with subpostmaster Dave Khosa and senior stakeholder manager Richard Lynds watching on. As part of Post Office plans to modernise the network, the Wolstanton …

eBay continues pivot from auction site to tech company: SV 150 growth profileSiliconBeatSure, shoppers can still bid on Nike running shoes or a used bicycle, but eBay is not focused on being a retailer (new) just an auction site. (end new) San Jose-based eBay says it's a tech company that …

Paul Edwards, the postmaster in Porthleven, Cornwall, says Elizabeth Smith, 70, is 'very rude' and has finally tired of her antics and banned her for life. More: continued here

Mother Jones After poverty tour, Ryan proposes cutting food stampsMSNBCThe release of a new Ryan budget proposal has become an annual Washington tradition, and there is little in the substance of this year's offering to distinguish it from prior editions. If anything makes the 2014 version of the Ryan budget …

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Daily Star Royal Mail Plc's 2 Greatest StrengthsThe Motley Fool UKWhen I think of postal and delivery service provider Royal Mail (LSE: RMG), two factors jump out at me as the firm's greatest strengths and top the list of what makes the company attractive as an investment proposition.Businessman hires pigeons …

Angry Post Office customers have slammed the service as “shambolic” and “a joke” after the operation faced a chaotic first week following its move to WH Smith’s. More: continued here