New York Times (blog) Unemployed? No Food Stamps for YouNew York Times (blog)In June, the Republican plan to cut food stamps by $2 billion a year led to the failure of the farm bill—because House conservatives wanted even bigger cuts. House leaders then revived the bill to provide $196 billion …

Roll Call Time to take a bite out of food stamps?High Plains JournalThe Republican-led House has severed food stamp policy from farm legislation, its longtime safe harbor. A group of GOP lawmakers is planning a separate food stamp bill that would cut the program by as much as 5 percent, …

ED GOLDMAN: There's something about this post officeSacramento Business Journal (blog)Last week, I went to pick up my mail from the post office box I've rented there for a number of years and found I'd received none. I dutifully waited in line to ask a clerk about it. She was …

As word spread of the U. S. Post Office Department plans to sell the Berkeley post office building, public protest has become ever more vehement. Ying Lee is on the steering committee of the group of concerned citizens called Save Our Berkeley Post Office . More: continued here

Postal service, which operates on sales of stamps, last had profit in 2006 and …PolitiFactSuggesting the service isn't broke, Hightower declared: "Since 1971, the postal service has not taken a dime from taxpayers. All of its operations…are paid for by sales of stamps and related products. The Postal Service makes …

A sticky fingered, but selective, now-former FedEx driver will spend time in jail for stealing 85 iPhones he was entrusted to deliver. More: continued here

BBC News Royal Mail lorry driver cleared over moped rider deathBBC NewsA Royal Mail lorry driver has been found not guilty of causing the death of a moped rider by careless driving. Desmond Garraway, 54, of Southampton, was overtaking on the Farnham-bound A331 on 3 May last year when his …

MADISON, IL (KTVI) – Valerie Welsch brought some of the new stamps from the U.S. Postal Service and Chris Blair… More: continued here

Police hunting robber who fled with cash from Melsonby village store leaving Diane Garbutt dead A murder inquiry has been launched after a 40-year-old post-office owner in a rural village store was the victim of a robbery in which a substantial amount of cash was stolen. Police were called to …

Quote of the day: “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” – Winston Churchill We are living on Nantucket for the summer and for me, it is magical and pure bliss. The only contrast is the …