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Floating post office delivers on the Detroit RiverAl Jazeera AmericaThrough sleet, snow or choppy waves, a special Detroit post office makes it's deliveries mid-river. Even when the government is fully funded, it's not always smooth sailing for the financially struggling U.S. Postal Service. But there's one type of … More: …

Hoosiers on food stamps are about to lose benefitsFox 59Scraping by is about to get a whole lot harder for hundreds of thousands of Hoosiers. In just a few weeks, they'll be losing money for food stamps. The Federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, commonly known as food stamps, … …

In written evidence submitted to the Business Select Committee, Royal Mail warns MPs of employing fewer people. More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail warns of job losses after privatisationTelegraph.co.ukThe MPs released the evidence ahead of grilling Vince Cable on the Government sell-off. The Business Secretary told the MPs Government brokers had been deluged with 700,000 applications for Royal Mail shares and that the retail offer was “six or seven … More: …

Food stamps go to 47 million Americans a month, almost half of them children and teenagers. A two-year stimulus bump in food stamp benefits will expire Oct. 31, prompting new worries for families. More: continued here

SHEFFIELD: Making food stamps more than a handoutWashington TimesWhat has contributed to the massive growth of the food stamps program? Beyond the recession, policies put into place over the last several years have made it easier for people to enter the program. Other loopholes have made it possible for states …

CONCORD, N.H. — A temporary increase in food stamps expires Oct. 31, meaning for millions of Americans, the benefits that help put food on the table won't stretch as far as they have for the past four years. More: continued here

Families, food banks fear food stamp cutsThe ColumbianWhat wasn't expected until this summer is an additional cut to food stamps that's likely to be somewhere between $4 billion and $40 billion nationwide. The House of Representatives recently passed a $40 billion cut, and the Senate previously approved a …and more » …

Berkeley post office officially for saleInside Bay AreaArreguin pointed to an Oct. 1 letter to the City Council from the U.S. Postal Service, giving the council until mid-November to comment on whether the sale would have a negative consequence on the preservation of the historic building. Section 106 of … …

Two post office managers are charged with running a scam, using their jobs to block the postal service out of tens of thousands of dollars. More: continued here