Doctors say cutting food stamps could backfireLongview Daily NewsFood stamps, known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, feed 1 in 7 Americans and cost almost $80 billion a year, twice what it cost five years ago. Conservatives say the program spiraled out of control as the economy struggled …

Royal Mail PLC : Mail changes have not made deliveries better ; Have your say…4-traders (press release)REGARDING the reports on so-called improvements at Royal Mail , I posted a first class birthday card in King's Square Post Office last Wednesday for a birthday in Tuffley on Friday. This was not …

Arrested school counselor says she did report abuseAtlanta Journal ConstitutionBut Cynthia Stamps-Jones said she tried several times to report the abuse to the Division of Family and Children Services, but no one answered the phone. Stamps-Jones, also a city of Riverdale councilwoman, also contacted her supervisors and the county …School …

Two FedEx employees were caught trying to steal $7,500 worth of iPads from a storage facility, county prosecutors said.         More: continued here

How We Fixed eBay: Lessons from the Crisis Management TrenchesLinkedIn TodayIt has been almost 15 years since I was asked to join eBay and fix its catastrophic systems issues but I remember it like it was yesterday. Below is a methodology I came up after 35 years in the technology …

W*USA 9 Alexandria post office is robbedWashington PostA post office was robbed last week in Alexandria, a crime of a type that is relatively rare in the Washington area and around the nation. A letter carrier was shot and killed late last year while delivering mail in the Cheverly area, …

On The Wight Royal Mail PLC : Why I'm seeing red over a right Royal delivery pain4-traders (press release)Sassy. Sexy. Sophisticated. She knows loads of words beginning with 'S.' IF there is a less customer friendly service than Royal Mail parcel delivery then I am yet to discover, and be …

Alexandria Police, USPIS Conducting Joint Investigation into Post Office RobberyPatch.comThe suspect exited the post office with an undisclosed amount of money and left the scene in a vehicle on nearby Clyde Avenue, said a witness to part of the incident who asked to remain anonymous. There were no injuries in …

eBay Seller Uses Another Seller's Artwork as BaitEcommerceBytes (blog)I thought that I had seen it all until checking my few eBay listings today while looking for a friend's art work. I put into search "colorful flower paintings" and scrolled a couple of pages before suddenly finding an image of one …

Post office staying put in downtown Glenwood SpringsGlenwood Springs Post IndependentSeveral residents and owners of rental property across Pitkin Avenue from the post office and handling facility at 113 Ninth St. had complained about noise from nighttime truck deliveries. Last fall, property owners in the 800 block of Pitkin were …