Anthony Hilton: Enough nostalgia — Royal Mail must adapt or dieEvening StandardRoyal Mail has to cope every day with the reality that, these days, people are more likely to know the cost of a text than the cost of a second-class stamp. People do not write letters any more. Royal …

Republicans drop food stamps from farm billYahoo! News2 Democrat in the House, called it a "bill to nowhere" since the Democratic Senate is likely to add the food stamp money back in. The Democratic-led Senate, which overwhelmingly passed a farm bill with only a half-percent cut to food stamps, would …

£3bn Royal Mail sell-off to bring shares windfall for up to 150000 workersExpress.co.ukSaying it would threaten universal service and the Royal Mail's link with the Post Office, he added: “There is every sign this treasured national institution is being sold off on the cheap to get income quickly to a …

House passes scaled-down farm bill without food stampsSalt Lake TribuneWASHINGTON – The House has passed a scaled-down version of a massive farm bill, putting off a fight over food stamp spending and giving Republican leaders a victory after a decisive defeat on the larger bill last month. The GOP leaders …

Republicans drop food stamps from farm billBoston.comWASHINGTON (AP) — House Republican leaders bruised by the defeat of a massive farm bill last month are working to quickly revive the measure with a vote on a pared-down version that avoids an immediate showdown on food stamp cuts. Just hours … More: continued …

Republicans Drop Food Stamps From Farm BillNPRWASHINGTON (AP) — House Republican leaders bruised by the defeat of a massive farm bill last month are working to quickly revive the measure with a vote on a pared-down version that avoids an immediate showdown on food stamp cuts. Just hours … More: continued …

Austin-Healey Sprite bought by toddler on eBay for $225ABC7Chicago.com"I didn't realize anything took place until I got an email from eBay saying congratulations," said dad Paul Stoute. Little Sorella, who can't even say the word "car," bought one. The 1962 Austin Healey Sprite, which she unwittingly bid on, through an …

Farm Bill Without Food Stamps Should Please Liberals: Frank Lucas (UPDATE)Huffington Post"If you're a true liberal and you want to protect the [food stamps] program from any reform whatsoever, I suppose you'd be smiling," Lucas, the Republican chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, told HuffPost on Thursday morning ahead of …

Man gets prison term for eBay sale of night-vision gogglesBaltimore Sun (blog)Anthony J. Torresi, of Coral Gables, had posted the goggles on eBay, and sold them to an undercover U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Baltimore in 2011, prosecutors in U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein's office said. Torresi, 34, …

Top state for food stamps Mississippi: 22 percent of residents rely on welfareChristianTodayThe Department of Agriculture revealed that 22 percent of residents in Mississippi rely on food stamps. As of April this year, the figure has rised 2.8 percent , with more than 15 percent of the US population relying …