The White House is making a push to protect food stamps. More: continued here

From an investor's point of view, the recent privatisation of Royal Mail (Other OTC: ROYMF – news) has been a huge success. The share price has been steadily increasing week by week. When, years ahead, people look back on the story of Royal Mail, I think they will see a company that transformed …

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Montgomery man sentenced to 10 years in post office shootingMontgomery AdvertiserShe also said Darby's former Veterans Affairs therapist wrote a letter to the post office in 2009 recommending that he be transferred to a less stressful job at the post office, a recommendation that she said was ignored. Willa Darby …

eBay, Westfield to Launch Digital StorefrontsZacks.comeBay Inc (EBAY – Analyst Report) recently entered into a partnership with Westfield Labs, a unit of Westfield Group to launch three digital storefronts in San Francisco. These are basically touch-sensitive store windows through which customers can … More: continued here

ROYAL Mail says it beat its targets for postal deliveries in the BH postcode area. More: continued here

Plymouth Herald One-inch too-tall Royal Mail lorry sent packing by disused railway bridgePlymouth HeraldA ONE-inch difference saw a Royal Mail lorry stopped in its tracks at a disused railway bridge on one of Plymouth's busiest roads. Police were called to the bridge in Embankment Road, close to the new Plymstock …

Royal Mail ahead of delivery targetsHerald ScotlandRoyal Mail is ahead of its targets for delivering first and second-class letters on time in the first half of the current financial year, the group has reported. Royal Mail is ahead of its targets for delivering first and second-class letters on time … …

Sterling Post Office says goodbye to 'Timo'Journal-AdvocateIoane Timoteo speaks to his fellow co-workers at the United States Postal Service office in Sterling during his retirement ceremony held on Friday morning. Timoteo has worked at the post office for 13 years. (David Wilson / Sterling Journal-Advocate). More: continued here

New York Times Brooklyn Pantry Struggling to Help Fill Gap Left by Federal Cuts to Food StampsNew York TimesDr. Samuels and other advocates for poor New Yorkers attributed the spike in demand at the city's hundreds of food pantries and soup kitchens to a cutback in the federal food stamps …