In some rare good news for poor and working-poor Pennsylvanians, the food-stamp program is improving, with fewer bureaucratic encumbrances and slightly higher benefits. More: continued here

Campaigner "gutted" at post office closureBucks Free Press, UK –2 hours agoBy Andy Carswell » A CAMPAIGNER who started her own petition in a bid to stop Old Amersham post office closing says she is “gutted” it has shut. … More: continued here

From noon – 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, the Incline Village post office is offering a Passport Fair. Apply for your passport in conjunction with Oktoberfest at Village Shopping Center. Take this opportunity when the entire family is present. More: continued here

DAWSON CREEK, British Columbia, Oct. 17 (UPI) — The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are investigating the second bombing in a week that targeted a natural gas pipeline in northeastern British Columbia. More: continued here

Postman Caught Wearing Womens ThongHell Mail, UK –5 minutes agoRoyal Mail investigators suspected had been stealing items from packages he was meant to deliver, but got the shock of their lives when police … More: continued here

Ismael Ahmed and his wife ran out of bread by Thursday morning. Today’s dinner will likely be soup and anything left over from their $58.70 allotment for food for the entire week. “The last dinner is going to be spotty,”… More: continued here

New post office planned in North TruroWicked Local Wellfleet, MA –23 minutes agoHe said that the North Truro Post Office has been a problem due to a lack of capacity, with the waiting list for boxes up to a year. … More: continued here

Post office plan 'yes'Spenborough Guardian, UK –3 hours agoBy Olivia Midgley PROPOSALS to convert the former Roberttown Post Office into two one bedroom houses were unanimously approved by planners. … More: continued here

FERC stamps its authority on OCS hydrokinetic projectsWave & Tidal Energy News, UK –1 hour agoHydroelectric projects located on the USA's Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) come under the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) the … More: continued here

Lingerie-stealing postman caught wearing woman's thongTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom –3 hours agoMatthew Furness, a Royal Mail postman who stole parcels containing women's lingerie, was caught wearing a stolen red thong. Furness, 35, indulged his fetish … More: continued here