Rockingham market offers new option: food stampsGreensboro News Record, NCThe EBT cards are provided to people who receive food assistance, traditionally known as food stamps, through local social services departments. Brenda Sutton, an agent with Rockingham County Cooperative Extension, said the move will allow vendors to … More: continued here

War hero postman nominated for Royal Mail bravery awardGlasgow Sunday Mail, UKNow the sergeant is to be honoured by his employer after his manager nominated him for a Royal Mail 1st Class People Award. Iain, of Burntisland, Fife, was posted to the troubled war zone with fellow members of A Company …

KCBS Elderly Man Killed at Post OfficeKCBS, CA(KCBS) — A 73-year-old man was killed inside the Clayton Post Office this morning, becoming the city's first homicide victim in more than a decade, a US Postal Inspection Service spokesman said. The homicide occurred at about 11 am inside the Post… More: continued …

EBay finds it's been green all alongSan Jose Mercury News,  USABy Stephanie Clifford In a new program centered on Earth Day, eBay is becoming the latest company to promote its green credentials. Yes, said Alan Marks, senior vice president for global communications at eBay. Its business model encourages reselling …eBay …

Metro Clegg urges staff stake in Royal Mailguardian.co.uk, UKThe government wants to sell 30% of Royal Mail despite a Labour manifesto commitment to keep the service in public hands, and looked likely to be able to do so as both opposition parties appeared to support its bid to part-privatise the service …

Fatal stabbing in Clayton post officeSan Francisco Chronicle,  USAA suspect is in custody in the stabbing death of a Clayton man today inside the city's main post office, the first homicide in the normally tranquil city, authorities said. The victim was identified by relatives as Raymond Casso, who had celebrated …

Homicide at Clayton Post Office investigatedSan Jose Mercury News,  USABy Doug Jastrow In front of Ed's Mudville Grill, Concord police officer Don Lawson puts a man believed to be a stabbing suspect back into a Clayton police car following a morning stabbing at the nearby post office in Clayton, Calif., …

KARK Food stamp benefits to increaseAustin American-Statesman, TXBy Corrie MacLaggan Starting in April, Texans who receive food stamps will see their family's monthly benefit increase by an average of about $38. The change, a 13.6 percent increase for food stamp recipients across the country, is part of the federal …Record number …

Post office closesThe Republican – MassLive.com, MA7, means that letter carriers from West Springfield and Springfield who started and ended their days at the so-called Riverdale Station will work out of the Agawam and Springfield Post Offices. Forty letter carriers from West Springfield will work from … More: continued here

Food Stamp ProgramTampa Tribune, FLAlso if their children are getting breakfast and lunch in school, the stamps should be adjusted for this. Maybe they think they should have a babysitter while they find extra money for tattoos and fake fingernails. Also they should pay the sales tax on … More: continued …