Senate panel passes measure to stagger food stampsThe Idaho StatesmanBOISE, Idaho — Big Idaho grocers finally convinced a Senate panel to support staggering food stamp benefits, an effort to avoid the current first-of-the-month onslaught that stores complain interrupts their supply chain, creates chaos in the aisles …and more » More: continued …

Baltimore Post-Examiner State of the Union and the Post Office gets beat upPetoskey News-ReviewWell, laws limit what new products the postal service can introduce. The service has to beg Congress to increase its rates. And unlike any other federal agency — and private industry for that matter — the postal …

Baseball Nation eBay Item of the Day: Ballplayer Nightmare/Hobo DreamBaseball Nation1. It's the physical representation of a nightmare that many ballplayers have had over the years – especially in the days when they traveled by train: They are trying to play on an open flatcar as the train hurtles along. …

Telegraph.co.uk Jabur Hissan Junked mail: Lazy postman jailed for burying or burning 29000 …Mirror.co.ukHissan, of Cradley Heath, Birmingham, had caused a security breach for Royal Mail customers, the court heard. He was caught after 200 letters were found on a canal towpath and traced to him. His solicitor Robert Skinner …

This is Bristol A LONG-running dispute over working hours at a Royal Mail depot in South …This is BristolA LONG-running dispute over working hours at a Royal Mail depot in South Bristol has finally been resolved. Workers at the Mead Street depot in Bedminster, which serves the BS4 and BS14 …

In recent weeks there has been much discussion about the future of Lansdale's Borough Hall. While most residents concede the 79-year-old building needs major repairs the overriding question is whether to fix it or tear it down and start over. Is the former post office a landmark worthy of preservation …

Why is the Post Office reducing service with no apparent financial benefit?Juneau EmpireFor the residents of the Auke Bay area, I hope you have all read the notice posted on the door at the local Auke Bay post office announcing that, starting in March, they will only have window service …

An initial public offering of Royal Mail within the coming year is emerging as the most likely path to the long-stalled privatization of the U.K.’s state-owned postal operator. More: continued here

The third annual Asia Pacific Junior Achievement Company of the Year competition, jointly organized by FedEx Express, the world's largest express transportation company, and U.S.-based JA Worldwide, will see 17 teams competing from 10 markets. More: continued here

News Shopper Bromley man puts art work on eBay for quarter of a million poundsNews ShopperA BROMLEY man who spent two and a half years in his garage creating an enormous 'portrait of the Earth' mosaic has put it on eBay for a quarter of a million pounds. Chris Chamberlain, …