NewsBusters (blog) As Food Stamp Spending Soars, NBC Despairs Recipients Can't Afford …NewsBusters (blog)Spending on the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), aka “food stamps,” will increase “over the next decade by 57 percent,” as the number of Americans on the program has doubled under Obama, yet NBC focused on the …

Zombies handle mail at post officeTCU 360At the TCU Post Office, Halloween is not just a holiday – it's a way of life. At least that's what employees said about post office manager Glen Hulme. Throughout his 20 years at the university, he has become known for wearing an extravagant …

Seven-year-old Molly Robson and Rosie Hargreaves, 10, beat 240,000 entries. More: continued here

Bath Chronicle Royal Mail share price keeps climbing; primetime TV-ad campaign launchediNVEZZiNVEZZ.com, Monday, November 4: The Royal Mail share price has continued its advance today, adding another two percent to the gains from last week. On Friday the stock was boosted by news that a workers strike scheduled to begin …

eBay is apologizing after several items, supposedly from the Holocaust, surfaced on the auction site and turned out to be terrible PR. For a time, users in Britain could bid on other Holocaust items, like a $800 suitcase and a $300 "concentration camp toothbrush." The items were pulled within hours of the Mail's …

Business Secretary Vince Cable faces fresh embarrassment as shares rise above the 589p mark from 330p IPO price. More: continued here

Made in Jersey: S&H Green Stamps – in the sixties, Americans were stuck on themThe Star-Ledger – NJ.comThey made their money by selling the stamps and redemption books to retailers, then accepting the stamps in exchange for products from S&H catalogs at their redemption centers, which numbered 600 nationwide by …

Hundreds of Post Offices could close by "stealth" as a result of the controversial privatisation of the Royal Mail, a new report has warned. More: continued here

Mount Prospect's downtown redevelopment consultants say two areas of the downtown are better suited to residential development — the post office, and the light industrial area south of the railroad tracks. "Post offices have started consolidating," said Kevin Clark, a vice president with the Lakota Group, the Chicago consultant that …

Scarsdale Post Office to Host Passport Fair TuesdayPatch.comScarsdale, NY — Postal officials are announcing a special Passport Fair is being held on election day, Tuesday Nov. 5 at the Scarsdale Post Office at 29 Chase Road. The Passport Fair is designed to make it easier to apply for a passport …