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PROPOSALS to relocate the Post Office branch in a County Durham village, doubling opening hours, have been unveiled. More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk Labour 'could renationalise Royal Mail after 2015'Telegraph.co.ukThe news comes as the Government is reported to be preparing to set out the timetable for the £3billion float of Royal Mail in the next few days. Mr Ward said: “What about Labour – Ed Miliband is going to tell us we …

Media Matters for America Food Stamps Facing Scheduled Cut, Plus Attacks in CongressThe Nonprofit QuarterlyIt is particularly ironic that food stamps are at risk while other farm-related subsidies get bipartisan support. The Times notes Republican congressman Stephen Fincher, owner of a farm north of Memphis, who himself has received $3.5 …

The squeeze: House GOP might double food stamp cutsMSNBCJaden Painegua (2) rests on his mother's shoulder at the West Side Campaign Against Hunger food bank on July 24, 2013 in New York City. The food bank assists thousands of qualifying New York residents in providing a monthly allotment of food. …

Your Mail 9-11-13: Save Alexandria's post offices … 'Outliers' not needed in …Alexandria Town TalkPlease, contact your senators and representatives in Washington, D.C., concerning the proposed closing of that post office and the one downtown on Murray Street. Both are essential to the larger part of the city; and they …

GOP bill blocks food stamp users from buying junk foodThe Hill (blog)The Healthy Food Choices Act, H.R. 3073, reflects a long-standing criticism that the government's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) allows people to buy billions of dollars worth of junk food. A 2012 study found that food stamps enable … …

Donald Trump to open his first hotel in DCUSA TODAYWASHINGTON—Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka Trump today unveiled plans to spend $200 million turning the historic Old Post Office Pavilion in the nation's capital into a luxury hotel with 270 rooms and presidential suites with bulletproof windows. More: continued here

The Old Post Office's nine lives (Video)Washington Business Journal (blog)During a press conference revealing the designs for the new Trump International Hotel at the Old Post Office, General Services Administration Public Buildings Service Commissioner Dorothy Robyn shared the story of how the historic building managed to … More: continued here

ROYAL Mail bosses have told a postwoman to stop delivering letters to a house where she was attacked by a dog. More: continued here

$20 billion not enough? House GOP weighs $40 billion food stamp cutMSNBCJaden Painegua (2) rests on his mother's shoulder at the West Side Campaign Against Hunger food bank on July 24, 2013 in New York City. The food bank assists thousands of qualifying New York residents in providing a monthly …