Gov't Report: Food Stamps Participation at Historic High, Even as …The Weekly Standard (blog)A recently released Department of Agriculture (USDA) report on the "Food Assistance Landscape" for the fiscal year 2013 shows that for the second year in a row, participation in the federal government's SNAP (food stamps) program has …

Vandals have painted a postbox gold in Winter Olympics champion Lizzy Yarnold's home village after the Royal Mail snubbed the idea. They struck overnight in Hever Road in West Kingsdown, near Sevenoaks, Kent, to honour 25-year-old Yarnold's medal-winning achievement. She won Great Britain's first gold at the Sochi Games in …

Today¿s history lesson: United States Post Office Department regulatedDaily PressOn Feb. 20, 1792, President George Washington signed the Postal Service Act, regulating the United States Post Office Department. The legislation renewed the office as a cabinet department led by the postmaster general. Benjamin Franklin served as the … More: continued here

Hutchinson couple works to get off food stampsWRAL.comShe could work and make the same amount of money that she would with food stamps, because of the cost of paying for day care and gas to get to work. Instead she stays home with their daughters, and relies on food stamps …

ValueWalk Is PayPal really best as part of eBay?MarketWatchSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — In a series of interviews this week, eBay Inc. Chief Executive John Donahoe came out swinging against activist investor Carl Icahn and his campaign to pressure eBay to spin off its PayPal payments business. Donahoe …Elon Musk And David …

The owners of Landkey Post Office are bidding a fond farewell to the business and village after 25 years behind the counter. Richard and Marilyn Lethaby have run the post office as a husband and wife team for a quarter of a century, with no additional staff, though with occasional …

Hutchinson couple works to get off food stampsDanbury News TimesHUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — Someday, down the road, Gary and Amanda Johnson dream of owning their home and not being dependent on food stamps. For now this Hutchinson family of four relies on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to put …and more » …

PEOPLE will be able to send their mail more easily with the opening of a new post office in Chard. More: continued here

Vandals have painted a postbox gold in Winter Olympics champion Lizzy Yarnold's home village after the Royal Mail snubbed the idea. More: continued here

Pancho Villa, Sylmar basset hound, accused of attacking postman twice; home's …Los Angeles Daily NewsThe Sylmar Post Office told the Nazarios that their dog had run loose, was a threat to the mailman, that it had suspended their home delivery. The Nazarios say their dog never touched the postman and …