Bill Would Allow Drug Convicts to Get Food StampsCBS LocalElection Returns. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMOX/Capitol Bureau) – The Missouri House Government Oversight and Accountability Committee heard testimony for a Senate-passed measure that would grant drug abuse convicts the right to receive food stamps. More: continued here
Royal Mail has announced that it will not increase the salary of chief executive Moya Greene – at her own request. More: continued here
KMBZ Two Village Post Offices are opening up in the metroKMBZTwo branches of the Kansas City Public Library are now the home to a Village Post Office. Elena McVicar, the youth services librarian at the Bluford Branch, is excited about the change. "Our regular customers are already using it and a lot of them have…
International Business Times UK Royal Mail says no pay rise for CEO Moya GreeneReuters UKRoyal Mail, which critics say was undersold by Britain's government when it sold-off a 60 percent stake in October, said the committee had taken into account the views and wishes of Greene in making its decision. (Reporting by Neil Maidment; Editing…
21-year-old Katie Stamps from Kidderminster, who works in construction, scooped the title of Miss Birmingham and is heading to the Miss England finals. More: continued here
The remuneration committee of Britain's newly privatised postal firm Royal Mail ruled out a pay rise for chief executive Moya Greene on Tuesday, avoiding a potential run-in with its largest investor, the British government. Royal Mail, at the centre of a political storm after critics claimed Britain's October sale of a 60 percent stake in…
Historic milestones usher new release of Royal Canadian Mint collector coins More: continued here
Toronto Star eBay ends auction for beached sperm whale in NewfoundlandToronto StarEven though the town of Cape St. George, N.L., has been foiled by eBay in its attempt to sell a beached sperm whale that washed up on its shores last week, the mayor remains hopeful someone will take the 12-metre carcass off his hands….
Selling a One-Cent Stamp for Millions of DollarsNew Yorker (blog)For the most part, stamp prices have also been stagnant or in decline, with some specimens worth less than their value as postage; this is especially true of mass-produced mid-century stamps. “There simply aren't enough new collectors around to add … More: continued here
Bradenton Herald New stamps celebrate Sarasota's circus historySarasota Herald-TribuneVintage Circus Posters Forever Stamps issued by the U.S. Postal Service sold during a first day ceremony at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota on Monday. Postal workers offered to mark the package with a cancellation stamp with the …New circus stamps unveiled in…