BBC News 'Without the bus, I'm snookered'BBC News, UKPost buses carry passengers as well as mail, often where there is no transport alternative. But the Royal Mail says five of the routes cost too much money to run and must be scrapped. The BBC's Scotland correspondent, James Cook, followed one of …

Fla. lawmakers to probe food stamp calls in IndiaMiamiHerald.com, FLBy TAMARA LUSH AP Writer MIAMI — Florida lawmakers on Thursday questioned why customer call centers in India are handling questions from food stamp recipients who use a debit-like card to buy groceries. State Sen. Ronda Storms, R-Valrico, requested an …Florida food …

Ala. man gets prison time for post office heistMontgomery Advertiser, ALHe was convicted in Feb. of the December 2006 robbery and assault at the Newton Post Office. Government prosecutors said about $200.00 was taken in the heist. In 2007 Perry received a life prison sentence for a sodomy conviction in Houston …

3 News NZ Ellen DeGeneres sells clothes on eBay to benefit animals. Check …Examiner.comIf you have been aching for a Zac Efron signed basketball, the plaid shirt Ellen DeGeneres wore when Chris Matthews appeared on her show and groped her, or the corduroy suit from the Barack Obama visit, then …

Local ‘tea party' protesters end day at Ames post officeThe Ames Tribune, AmesBy Ronnie Miller/The Tribune By Luke Jennett, Staff Writer A group of “tea party” protesters who'd been in Des Moines for a much larger demonstration Wednesday ended their day in front of the Kellogg Avenue post office in Ames. …

The Tribune; The Vatican Post–Office; Obama on ReligionChicago Daily Observer, ILA lower level job, suited for Turcotte, whose Italian is not very good anyhow, is in the lower reaches of the Vatican post–office. The Vatican post office recently announced that due to a printing error, 100000 rolls of Vatican City stamps …

Wortley: Fury over mail hoardFarsley Today, UKBy Paul Robinson An investigation is under way after a stash of undelivered mail was found at a postal delivery office in Wortley. Royal Mail bosses confirmed a probe had started following the discovery at the Tong Road depot. … More: continued here

Surprise U-turn in postal rowJohn O’Groat Journal, UKBy Noel Donaldson ROYAL Mail has performed a surprise U-turn in the Wick mailbox controversy and agreed to reinstate the service next to the town-centre post office. It took the decision after the John O'Groat Journal contacted the company on Tuesday … More: continued …

Demand for aid expected to strain budgetStatesman Journal, OR-Food stamps: A 30.2 percent increase, peaking at 671000 Oregonians — one of every six residents — by the end of 2010. Assistance is limited by income; for a family of four, the limit is $3400 per month. -Family assistance: A 24 percent …

Union Springs man serving life, gets another 8 years in post…WHNT, AL… 8 years for robbing a US postal facility in Alabama's Wiregrass region. A federal judge Thursday handed the jail term to 39-year-old Mark Gabriel Perry. He was convicted in Feb. of the December 2006 robbery and assault at the …