Sessions wants focus on food stamp eligibility in USDA probeThe Hill (blog)on Monday asked the US Department of Agriculture to explain its attempt to find fraud in the $89 billion federal food stamp program, and suggested that USDA try to curb eligibility requirements in order to cut spending. "Lax oversight …

WLFI.com Man arrested for soiling post officeWLFI.comTERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTHI) – An 18-year-old man faces criminal charges for allegedly tearing up a Terre Haute Post Office late Saturday night. Police first arrived at the Margaret Avenue Post Office around 11:20 Saturday night, when they found a man … More: continued …

What to Watch This Week: New CEOs, New Cars, New Homes and New TechDailyFinanceScott Thompson — hired away as the head of eBay's (EBAY) PayPal — begins his term as Yahoo!'s CEO Monday. The market didn't exactly love the move, but it's not Thompson's fault. Speculators figured that Yahoo would …

BBC News Post office opens at The Cross Keys pub in FulstowBBC NewsA new post office has opened in a Lincolnshire village pub, two years after the original one closed. The new service is being run from a back room of The Cross Keys public house in Fulstow, near Louth. …

Stamps honour for WWII spy from HershamGet SurreyBy Jenny Stanton A FEMALE spy who was imprisoned and tortured during the Second World War will feature on one of 10 'Britons of Distinction' stamps. The Royal Mail has announced it will commemorate the best of British next month with the launch …

WISC Madison GOP Candidates Wade Into Food Stamp DebateTheStreet.comBy AP 01/09/12 – 10:32 AM EST WASHINGTON (AP) — Politicians normally shy away from saying they want to cut food stamps, but this year's Republican presidential candidates are using domestic food aid as an example of a welfare state gone awry. …

A Lincolnshire landlady opens a post office at a village pub after the original one closes. More: continued here

WASHINGTON (AP) — Politicians normally shy away from saying they want to cut food stamps, but this year’s Republican presidential candidates are using domestic food aid as an example of a welfare state gone awry. Supporters of the program say it is… More: continued here

WISC Madison Santorum Defends Comments About Food StampsNew York Times (blog)By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE DERRY, NH — Rick Santorum said Monday that comments he made last week in Iowa about food stamps were the result of his having been tongue-tied and was not a reference to black people. Moreover, he …

Changes coming soon to the U.S. Postal Service will slow payments from your clients. Take steps to minimize the impact now. You may have heard that the U.S. Postal Service had decided to scale back operations and eliminate next-day first-class mail delivery. Then there are continued closings of smaller post …