Mo. Legislators Reconsider Food Stamps for Drug Felons – CBS Local

Mo. Legislators Reconsider Food Stamps for Drug FelonsCBS LocalST. LOUIS (KMOX) – For nearly 20 years, drug felons have been barred from getting food stamps. Now, a bi-partisan bill in the Missouri legislature would return those benefits. Republican Representative Rick Brattin tells KMOX he has concerns the … More: continued …

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The Faces of Food Stamps – TIME

The Faces of Food StampsTIME“Those politicians who want to eliminate the food stamp program, they should be ashamed of themselves. We can barely make it.” Still, make it they must. “I got a sense,” Riedel told TIME, “that somehow, no matter what cuts they're facing, they are …and more » More: …

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Royal Mail cuts 1300 jobs – Times of Malta

Royal Mail cuts 1300 jobsTimes of MaltaJust five months after its privatisation, Britain's Royal Mail postal service has announced plans to cut a net 1,300 jobs to reduce costs, prompting a threat of industrial action from a trade union. Sold off last October in Britain's biggest …and more » More: continued …

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Canada Post increases stamps prices by 37% – Toronto Sun

Toronto Sun Canada Post increases stamps prices by 37%Toronto SunCanada Post says this increase will cost the average household less than $5 per year, based on its estimate that the typical Canadian household buys fewer than two stamps a month. It now costs $1 to purchase a single stamp. Canada …

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