Mario Baldessari’s “Jack and the Bean-Stalk,” which opens Saturday at 1stStage in Tysons Corner , marks a key achievement by the play development group First Draft . “It was like going on a first date and finding yourself engaged to the Prince of England,” says Leslie A. Kobylinski, artistic director …

I-Team: State's response to food stamp fraudTurn to 10.comAn NBC 10 I-Team investigation uncovered an alleged food stamp scam in Rhode Island milking your tax dollars. The I-Team's hidden camera revealed convenience stores offering to exchange food stamps for cash. …and more » More: continued here

The Joplin Post Office at First and Main streets is holding mail for residents who lost homes and businesses by the recent tornado. More: continued here

Two former Indiana welfare workers and a current employee stole nearly $200,000 in food stamps and other benefits by creating bogus electronic benefit cards to withdraw money at bank machines, buy retail goods and sell to others, federal prosecutors alleged Tuesday. More: continued here

REGION: Resolution supports Winchester post officeNorth County TimesRIVERSIDE —- Riverside County officials passed a resolution Tuesday urging the US Postal Service not to close or scale back operations at the Winchester post office. The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to adopt the resolution offered by …and more » More: continued here

911 callers, 4 states for eBay toddlerWOOD-TV(WOOD) – Callers from Pennsylvania, California, Georgia and Maryland alerted the Ottawa County Sheriff's Department about an eBay posting offering to sell a child, 911 tapes obtained by 24 Hour News 8 reveal. A 20-year-old Allendale woman who posted an …and more » More: continued …

New York Times (blog) Indy 500 Centennial Roundup: Commemorative Goods, Senate Passes ResolutionMotorTrend MagazineRay Harroun, winner of the first Indianapolis 500, is highlighted on 50 million First-Class Mail Forever stamps, racing his yellow Marmon Wasp that led him to victory. The United States Postal Service has designed various themed stamps …

RIVERSIDE —- Riverside County officials passed a resolution Tuesday urging the U.S. Postal Service not to close or scale back operations at the Winchester post office. More: continued here

Community relations between New Zealand Post and the community have hit a new low after head office managers refused to meet with local customers in Dunedin this week. More: continued here

Stamps' Taurean Allen not necessarily sticking to safety firstVancouver SunUnderstand, that's just fine with the second-year Wilfrid Laurier product, the Stamps' second-round pick in the 2010 draft. He simply wants to be on the field. But there's a best-case scenario that Allen, 24, has put together as he prepares with …