House Sets Up Farm Bill Vote Sans Food StampsRoll Call (blog)House GOP leadership has officially moved forward on a farm bill without food stamps, setting up a Thursday final passage vote on an agriculture-only measure that has shaky support. The House Rules Committee adopted a closed rule late Wednesday night … …

700 Royal Mail workers in Northern Ireland face the sackBelfast TelegraphBut economist John Simpson ruled out the option of maintaining the status quo in the face of a reliance on electronic communication and the growth of private mail firms. The UK Government has said the sale will free Royal Mail …

Congress today appeared to move farther away rather than closer to passing legislation that Midwestern farmers say they need. More: continued here

The Independent Future for Royal Mail based on the privatisation of the railwaysThe GuardianYour editorial on Royal Mail (Don't tell Sid: warn him, 11 July) compares the sell-off with British Rail – which many Conservatives would not criticise. The answer, therefore, is to do the job properly. The fixed assets …

By Charles Abbott WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives defied a White House veto threat and passed a farm bill on Thursday that expands the taxpayer-subsidized crop insurance system but omitted food stamps for the poor. Lawmakers passed the 608-page bill, unveiled by Republican leaders late on …

Alabama Post Office Evacuated Due To Personal Lubricant SpillThe ConsumeristUnfortunately, when some of the product spilled in an Alabama post office on Tuesday morning, employees didn't know what the substance was. All it heightened was a safety alert. The building was evacuated and a hazardous materials team came in to … …

White House threatens veto of farm bill that drops food stampsReutersIn a statement late on Wednesday, the White House said it would veto the 608-page farm subsidy bill because it "does not contain sufficient commodity and crop insurance reforms" and it omitted food stamps, formally named the Supplemental Nutrition …House passes …

House passes stripped down farm bill, without food stampsDaily CallerIn an effort to revive the House farm bill that failed last month, the House voted in favor of a pared-down version of the bill that does not include food-stamp funding Thursday. In a narrow 216-208 vote, the House passed the …

New York Daily News Baby buys car on eBay using her dad's phoneNBCNews.com (blog)Last month, Stoute received an email from eBay that he had the winning bid for a 1962 Austin Healey Sprite. Trouble was, he never knew about the car and certainly didn't bid on it. Stoute, who lives …

ThinkProgress 'The death knell of the food stamp program'MSNBCThe latest incarnation of the bill, which narrowly passed with zero Democratic votes, includes no provisions related to funding for SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as food stamps). Since 1977, every incarnation of …So Many New Jersey Residents Need …