Butler checking into food stamp requestsCincinnati.com, OHBy Amber Ellis • aellis@enquirer.com • March 19, 2009 Much like recent concerns raised in Warren County, officials in Butler County are checking into their own cases of well-off people getting food stamps. County commissioners unanimously agreed today … More: continued here

Shropshire Star March in Corby against privatisation of Royal MailNorthamptonshire Evening Telegraph, UKHundreds of people are expected to take part in a march and rally in Corby tomorrow against the privatisation of Royal Mail. Union leaders and postal workers will be joined by supporters on the march to MP Phil Hope's …

Royal Mail Launches new Resource to Help the Direct Mail Industry …MarketWatch (press release)LONDON, March 19, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Royal Mail today launched a new industry resource to provide intelligence, inspiration and innovation for marketers and help them make the most of direct mail in their integrated marketing …

Post Office issues Motlanthe stampThe Times, South AfricaThe South African Post Office (Sapo) issued a stamp bearing a picture of president Kgalema Motlanthe today. He is the third president since South Africa’s democracy to be honoured in this way. According to Sapo board chairman Vuyo Mahlati, … More: continued here

School district to get gift from eBay after botched salePoconoNews.net, New YorkEAST STROUDSBURG – The East Stroudsburg School District attracted some embarrassing national attention, including on late-night television, after selling a used building for just one dollar in an eBay auction. The person listing the portable classroom, …School District Gets eBay …

Question time briefing: Business and enterpriseePolitix, UKMinisters have confirmed that the government would assume £6bn of Royal Mail's funding deficit if the Postal Services Bill is passed by Parliament. During business and enterprise questions in the Commons, postal minister Patrick McFadden also revealed … More: continued here

Officials meet to save borough post officeAsbury Park Press, NJBy Kim Predham • FREEHOLD BUREAU • March 19, 2009 FREEHOLD — A contingent of officials from around the region met with United States Postal Service representatives this week to make their case against closing the Freehold post office. … More: continued …

Post office in Iraq to be named for Maine soldier killed in BaghdadSeattle Times, United StatesThe US Army is honoring a Maine soldier who was killed in Iraq by naming a military-run post office in Baghdad after him. The US Army is honoring a Maine soldier who was killed in Iraq …

Royal Mail Launches new Resource to Help the Direct Mail Industry …PR Newswire (press release), NYLONDON , March 19 /PRNewswire/ — Royal Mail today launched a new industry resource to provide intelligence, inspiration and innovation for marketers and help them make the most of direct mail in their integrated marketing campaigns. …

Stock Alerts for EBAY, MCD, M, TROW, and DHI Released by Seven …PR Newswire (press release), NYToday's PriceWatch Alerts cover the following stocks: eBay Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY), McDonald's Corp. (NYSE: MCD), Macy's, Inc. (NYSE: M), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: TROW), and DR Horton Inc . (NYSE: DHI). In today's …