New York Magazine (blog) Mayor Bloomberg And Governor Cuomo Differ On Fingerprinting Food Stamp RecipientsHuffington PostGovernor Andrew Cuomo vowed in his State of the State address Wednesday to end the electronic fingerprinting of food stamp recipients in New York City. The practice, eliminated in the rest of New York state …

What Newt said about food stampsPolitico (blog)By DYLAN BYERS | Newt Gingrich's comments about African Americans and food stamps, made at a Town Hall meeting in New Hampshire yesterday, have made the expected media rounds — from Slate to the Daily Beast to the Associated Press to MSNBC — but …

Police investigate an armed robbery at a post office in County Down. More: continued here

ABC News (blog) China's Scary-Looking Dragon Stamp Sparks DebateABC News (blog)5 every year in China, a commemorative stamp of the corresponding year's Chinese Zodiac character is released to celebrate the coming lunar New Year. It is an event not unlike the unveiling of new pair of Air Jordans. “People started …

SPLENDIFEROUS new stamps honouring legendary Bucks children’s author Roald Dahl will be released by Royal Mail next week. More: continued here

Memphis-based FedEx has agreed to pay a civil penalty over the shipping of technology banned under anti-terrorism measures. More: continued here

Fire companies responding to blaze at Newburgh post officeTimes Herald-RecordTOWN OF NEWBURGH – A huge fire is ripping through the Algonquin Plaza on South Plank Road, and several fire companies are trying to control the flames before they reach a US Post Office. Reporters on scene say the fire has …

Daily Mail Daughter, 15, on Royal Caribbean cruise 'raped by 2 men in a private room'Daily MailBy Daily Mail Reporter A 15-year-old girl vacationing aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise liner for Christmas has accused two fellow passengers of raping her on the ship. Luiz Scavone, 20, and a 15-year-old male …

eBay issued a press release on Thursday announcing its new jobs site. The timing couldn’t be more awkward, coming one day after eBay announced it would be looking to fill the top slot at PayPal after Scott Thompson made the surprise announcement he was stepping down to head Yahoo. More: …

Cincinnati.com (blog) Gingrich calls Obama “food stamp president”Cincinnati.com (blog)Gingrich called Obama “the best food stamp president” and promised that he would be “the best paycheck president.” I found his remark, “I am prepared to go into every ethnic neighborhood and say that you are better off with a paycheck than …