The Inquisitr Stamp prices go up as postal labor talks reach an impasseWashington PostFirst-class postage stamps now cost 45 cents each, a price jump that officials anticipate will generate an additional $888 million in annual revenue. The rate increase does not affect the use of Forever stamps purchased before Sunday. …

Phippsburg hearing to focus on proposed closure of village post officePress HeraldBy Dennis Hoey dhoey@mainetoday.com PHIPPSBURG — A hearing on a proposal from the United States Postal Service to close the Sebasco Estates Post Office will be held Thursday night at 7:30 at the Phippsburg Elementary School. The village post …

Postal Service to issue Miles Davis stampAlton TelegraphBy KATHIE BASSETT ALTON – The great jazz musician Miles Davis has received the official stamp of approval from the US Post Office. Linn's Stamp News announced that stamps honoring Davis and French singer Edith Piaf would be issued in 2012 as part …

Stamp prices go up as postal labor talks reach impasseBangor Daily NewsFirst-class stamps now cost 45 cents each, an increase that officials estimate will generate an additional $888 million in annual revenue. “Forever” stamps, as the name indicates, remain valid as prices increase. The price hike came as negotiations … …

Boston.com Gingrich knows how to get cheersThe Daily AdvanceWatching the rowdy and rambunctious audience at the presidential debates, one would think that there are no unemployed, white lunchpail Republicans receiving food stamps in America. Oh, how the cheers and jeers went up from the boisterous crowd when …Gingrich Calling Obama …

Al Green, Katharine Lee Bates, food stamps, and 'The Help'Boston.com (blog)Which is another way of saying that no one who's ever listened to Al Green with pleasure and appreciation might have said what Newt Gingrich did at the debate last week where he stood by his referring to Obama as …

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Aussie puts Costa Concordia up for sale on eBayThe AustralianAussie puts Costa Concordia up for sale on eBay Website to pull down the "inappropriate" ad Bidding reached over $1000 with six days to go Ghost passengers may add to Costa death toll In pictures: Costa Concordia underwater "FOR sale, one …

Chicago Tribune Welfare issue makes political comebackChicago TribuneRepublican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich recently offered to attend an NAACP convention to explain why African-Americans "should demand paychecks instead of food stamps." And he has described President Barack Obama as "the most successful food …Newt Gingrich has created a 'food stamp king,' …

Telegraph.co.uk Post Office launches inflation-linked bondifaonline.co.ukThe Post Office has launched a new issue of its popular inflation-linked savings bond. The five-year bond guarantees to pay interest at 0.5 percentage points above the retail prices index (RPI). It is also offering a shorter-term version, …Post Office launches index-linked bond as inflation …