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 …

Increase In The Number Of People Using Food StampsKMVTBy Brittany Cooper According to the Department of Health and Welfare – Idaho is one of the top 3 states in the nation for growth of food stamps. And officials say that is partly due to the fact those who qualified for …

Practical Traveler The Baffling World of Visa RestrictionsNew York Times, United StatesDepending on the country, travelers may be turned away based on nationality, profession, or the stamps in their passports from countries they visited in the past. And policies can and often do shift based on diplomatic relations, making who is …

• Portland post office scheduled to closeThe Express Times – LehighValleyLive.com, PABy DOUGLAS B. BRILL PORTLAND | The borough's post office is scheduled to close at the end of the year. And so, too, is a community ritual, according to Margie Bush. The borough doesn't have home delivery, so the post …

Telegraph.co.uk Lord Mandelson feels heat in mail rowTimes Online, UKTHE business secretary, Lord Mandelson, was under renewed pressure last night to scrap the part-privatisation of the Royal Mail after a parliamentary aide quit her post and joined the Labour rebels. Sian James resigned as a parliamentary private …Privatisation is not the …

Post office to cut jobs, operations in AthensOnline Athens, GABy Roger Nielsen | Athens Banner-Herald | Story updated at on The US Postal Service plans to cut 17 positions and move some operations out of the Athens post office, which has been without a postmaster since the end of January. The …

NY1 Mayor Disapproves Of Food Stamps For Single Unemployed AdultsNY1, NYPart of the stimulus package would bring about $155 million to the city to cover food stamps through September 2010. But so far, Mayor Michael Bloomberg hasn't signed a waiver to extend those benefits to single adults who don't have dependents. …

Record number of Utah households using food stampsDeseret News, UTAP More than 70000 households — or about 6 percent of Utah's population — are relying on food stamps, setting a new record for the state. Data show that in Washington County, where St. George is located, food stamp use has risen …

Lord Mandelson feels heat in post rowTimes Online, UKTHE business secretary, Lord Mandelson, was under renewed pressure last night to scrap the part-privatisation of the Royal Mail after a parliamentary aide quit her post and joined the Labour rebels. Sian James resigned as a parliamentary private … More: continued here