Let them eat cake: Wedding cake that isCulpeper Star Exponent, VA –6 hours agoFinally, I would just like to say that Royal Mail managed to get my engag ement ring safely across to the US (eventually) and I would like to thank … More: continued here

Poverty numbers riseBaltimore Sun, United States –7 minutes agoBy Mary Gail Hare Requests for food stamps, medical assistance, and help with utility bills, fuel and housing have all at least doubled at Harford County … More: continued here

eBay tells sellers to request ID in clampdown on knivesGulf Times, Qatar –1 hour agoINTERNET auction site eBay has joined the fight against knife crime by making it more difficult to buy weapons. It said that from tomorrow it will require … More: continued here

Jackie Beat walks on the wild sideWicked Local Truro, MA –3 hours agoBy Susan Rand Brown To take a walk on the wild side this summer, there’s the late-night show at the Post Office Cabaret, where Jackie Beat’s audiences get … More: continued here

Let's not stamp out postage stampsSunHerald.com, MS –36 minutes agoI'm that way about postage stamps. There's something about having a stash of stamps ready when you need them instead of having to go around trying to borrow … More: continued here

One place where people can meetWorcester News,  UK –4 minutes agoBy Lucy Tatchell » RESIDENTS have been showing their support for Rushwick Post Office which could be axed by the end of the year. … More: continued here

Food stamp usage on the riseFrederick News Post (subscription), MD –40 minutes agoAs food prices rise, her $382 in monthly food stamps doesn't last as long as it used to. "My kids love fruit," she said, as family members helped load bags … More: continued here

THE row over the private sector’s involvement in Royal Mail will step up a gear this week when Postcomm presses the Government to reassure investors they won’t be resp More: continued here

Forty-eight years ago, an ambitious teenager with a whale of a voice and a dream born of evenings singing doo-wop on street corners found her way from Louisville to Detroit, to an apartment just upstairs from the Gordy family’s recording studio. More: continued here

Times Online Best of Times, Worst of Times: Emily Harrison, James Blunt's sisterTimes Online, UK –5 hours agoJames was in an eBay frame of mind — he’d sold so much on the site. So we put this advert on eBay, knowing there was very little chance of anything coming … More: continued …