Newsday House, Senate plan cuts to food stamps in Farm BillKearney HubWASHINGTON (AP) — The House and Senate Agriculture Committees have laid the groundwork this week for reducing the size of the federal food stamp program, approving farm bills that would shrink the food aid and alter the way people …

Sale of downtown Annapolis post office building will end era … eventuallyBaltimore SunSince 1901, Annapolis residents and downtown workers have been dropping off letters and buying stamps at the brick Georgian Revival-style post office on Church Circle. But not for much longer. A vote by the state's Board of Public …

Newsday Post Office food drive a much appreciated successThe Daily NewsHayman said Wednesday he'd already stopped by the Bogalusa Post Office to thank the letter carriers who picked up the donated food as they delivered mail Saturday. He also expressed his appreciation of people from throughout the community who …Girls …

A series of postage stamps from Thailand has been ranked fifth among the world's most beautiful stamps by a jury at the Grand Prix de L'Exposition WIPA in Australia. More: continued here

Last month’s incident at the Ames downtown post office, which led to the building’s evacuation and caused nearby streets to be closed, remains both odd and unsolved. On April 22, a mostly empty black suitcase was left unattended in the post office. The bomb squad from the State Fire Marshal’s …

iLounge Apps: Can Knockdown 3, eBay 3.0/2.3, Jungle Book + Sonic the Hedgehog 2.0iLoungeeBay has updated its free iOS apps for both the iPhone and iPad, bumping them to versions 3.0.0 and 2.3.0, respectively. The iPhone app has been redesigned, including larger photos for users of iOS 6 and beyond. …

Piscataway post office service far too slowMyCentralJersey.comI believe the time has come to close the Piscataway Post Office on Skiles Avenue. I have never had any problems with the route carriers; perhaps they could be dispatched from another location. The lobby window clerks are a whole other story. Aside from …

DISASTER DRILL: Training Event At Post Officewhotv.comHazmat, police and the fire department were all called to the main Des Moines post office on Second Avenue Thursday – but it was all for training purposes. The drill was held to allow first responders to practice what to do in the event …

Times of India Will Google's Email Payments Gut eBay?Investorplace.comIt might sound like an overgeneralization to say email has changed everything, but it's pretty accurate — thanks to email, we can instantly keep in touch, transfer photo and music files … and now, we can even exchange money. That latest feature …

Developers at eBay Inc are working on potential applications for Google Inc's Glass project, opening up the possibility that shopping and broader commercial activities might be conducted through the wearable … More: continued here