The Guardian Inflation profile: Mal Curry, 50 – Royal Mail sorting office workerThe GuardianIn some ways, Mal Curry is one of the lucky ones in these straitened times. A 50-year-old "lifer" working at a Royal Mail sorting office in Manchester for 31 years, he has been granted pay rises through most of the recession and…
Berkeleyside Feds agree to hear mayor's plea to halt post office saleBerkeleysideIn March, the Berkeley City Council voted unanimously to oppose the sale of the post office, and asked for a one-year moratorium on any decision about its sale. In May, Bates, along with other local and state officials, sent an appeal letter to the…
Hoeven says compromise on food stamps is comingBismarck TribuneHoeven said the onus is on the House to pass its food stamp reform portion of the farm bill quickly after returning from their August recess and to name members to a conference committee. “I really feel we need to get a permanent bill. It's definitely ……
A lost opportunity: Using food stamps to fight obesityBangor Daily NewsThe Democratically controlled Legislature in June killed a bill to require the state Department of Health and Human Services to apply to the federal government for permission to keep food stamp recipients from spending their benefits on sugary soft …OUR OPINION: Subsidized crops make for…
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A proposal to sell a century-old post office, a landmark in downtown Berkeley, has been put on hold and will remain open at least for a few more months. More: continued here
Dems press Boehner on food stampsThe Hill (blog)After their farm bill suffered an embarrassing defeat on the House floor — partly because GOP conservatives thought its $20 billion reduction in food stamp funding was too small — GOP leaders moved a farm bill that included no funding for food stamps.Put Food Stamps in Final Farm…
Landmark Berkeley Post Office To Remain Open For NowCBS LocalBERKELEY (KCBS) – A proposal to sell a century-old post office, a landmark in downtown Berkeley, has been put on hold and will remain open at least for a few more months. The U.S. Postal Regulatory Commission decided on Friday to hear an appeal by …Appeal to…
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An Internet troll who was the bane of eBay for years because he'd outbid everybody then refuse to pay was finally busted by private investigators who revealed his true identity: A Michigan loner with a serious weight problem. Charles "Chuck" Fitch, from Canton, Mich., is believed to be the masked … More: continued here