The price of second class stamps looks set to rise steeply, under plans laid out by Royal Mail last night. More: continued here

PolitickerNY Mayor Bloomberg Hasn't Persuaded Governor Cuomo To Keep Food Stamp Fingerprinting:PolitickerNYBy Hunter Walker 4:54pm At his executive budget presentation in Queens this morning, Governor Andrew Cuomo reiterated his call to stop New York City from requiring food stamp applicants to submit to fingerprinting. Governor Cuomo's push to stop …The …

RI city decries plan to close post officeBoston.comBy David Klepper AP / January 19, 2012 CENTRAL FALLS, RI—Residents in the hard-luck city of Central Falls are protesting a plan to close the city's post office. The US Postal Service has proposed closing the office as part of a national effort …

Scrapbooking, Rubber Stamps Specialty Of New Oak Creek BusinessPatch.comThe business sells scrapbooking paper and supplies, as well as rubber stamps, inks, tools and embellishments. Owner Sharon Bukowski said she chose companies that couldn't normally be found around here – one of the lines in her store, for example, … More: …

A Waldo man has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the box-cutter death of an elderly woman at a post office last summer. More: continued here

Daily Mail Health unions care only for themselvesDaily MailBy Daily Mail Comment Few would dispute that the NHS reforms have been ineptly handled and poorly explained by ministers. But the Royal College of Nursing's declaration yesterday that the plans should be scrapped altogether has a strong whiff of …and more » …

Central Falls, RI fights plan to close post officeBoston.comBy David Klepper AP / January 19, 2012 CENTRAL FALLS, RI—Dozens of residents in the hard-luck city of Central Falls protested calls to shutter the city's post office Thursday, saying closing the facility would inconvenience residents and deal yet …and more » More: …

Bangor village and postal officials hope the community will learn next Wednesday what the U.S. Postal Service has in mind for the future of their post office. More: continued here

Boston.com Food stamp families to critics: Walk in our shoesCorvallis Gazette TimesGraphics show average number of food stamp recipients last 10 years and recipients broken down by race. Some have advanced degrees and remember middle-class lives. Some work selling lingerie or building websites. They are white, black and Hispanic, …Newt …

Mobile units, post offices suggested as BR1M delivery channelsThe Borneo PostA random survey by The Borneo Post yesterday produced several suggestions the government could use to improve the BR1M delivery system. Maznul Arif Mastury, 23 said a cash distribution via post offices could be used similar to that used for …