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San Mateo Daily Journal Burlingame may oversee post office historic preservationSan Mateo Daily JournalWith the downtown Burlingame post office for sale and development plans in the works, city officials are considering making a request to act as the agency that helps preserve its historical integrity. The 220 Park Road property, …

With the downtown Burlingame post office for sale and development plans in the works, city officials are considering making a request to act as the agency that helps preserve its historical integrity. More: continued here

Scotsman Royal Mail sale: Rural charges under scrutinyScotsmanThe bill was tabled amid concerns the privatisation of Royal Mail in the next few weeks will lead to the end of the universal service guarantee and see higher prices for remote areas. While Lib Dem business minister Jo Swinson disagreed with imposing …

Washington Post No Food Stamps for SodaNational Review OnlineIf one Republican congressman has his way, the days of buying soda or Twinkies with food stamps will be over. Representative Phil Roe (R., Tenn.) introduced on Tuesday a bill that would require food stamps to be spent only on nutritious food. …

By Neil Maidment LONDON (Reuters) – Britain embarked on its largest privatisation in decades on Thursday as the government unveiled plans to sell the majority of the near 500-year-old state-owned Royal Mail postal service. The Department for Business said a stock market flotation, fiercely opposed by unions, would take place …

EDITORIAL: Food stamps are a lifelineCincinnati.comThe governor should reconsider that decision. He showed compassion for the less fortunate in supporting an expansion of Medicaid. This program is no less fundamental. Food stamps are not meant to provide all the nutrition one needs, but are supplemental. More: continued here

Living costs for British expats are rising at almost three times the inflation rate in this country, according to a new report. More: continued here

For decades now, the Republican Party has been honing its reputation for hostility toward the downtrodden, the poor, the disadvantaged. While a few of its leaders have tried to either shed that image or to dress it up with a more appealing facade — think George W. Bush's "compassionate conservatism" …

Goodbyes sealed with sadness as Pope Post Office closesFayetteville ObserverWhen Vanessa Johnson walked into the post office on Pope Field on Friday, she didn't know it would be for the last time. The small post office closed at the end of the business day. Its services will be consolidated with …

Downtown post office move a possibilityGrand Island IndependentPostmaster Cindy Jensen said Thursday that one of the changes that is being discussed is moving the downtown post office location at 204 W. South Front St. to the postal processing center at 3835 W. Old Potash Highway.Hickey, Palmer to wrap up race …