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£5,000 bounty offered after series of robberies in Wolverhampton and Walsall More: continued here

Sorry Vince, a private Royal Mail won't deliver same feelgood factorBelfast TelegraphIt never is. The very idea of the Royal Mail conjures warm childhood images. A letter – that most romantic artefact – delivered by a whistling postie, keeping an eye out for pensioners on his rounds, pausing only to …

Sentencing Friday for threats to post office, letter carrierWaterbury Republican AmericanPrejean, also known as Gary J. Gravelle, mailed a letter claiming he had planted a hidden bomb on a remote timer in the Thomaston Post Office. No explosives were found but the post office and the nearby Town Hall and …

World Magazine Food stamps and congressional 'cruelty'World MagazineHe's referring to Congress' recently proposed cuts to food stamps, the food aid program serving 1 in 7 Americans now known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. Kaufmann lambasted Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman …Don't take Food Stamps off the table for struggling …

Lucas: Farm bill conference with Senate will await food stamp billThe Hill (blog)Senate Democrats are calling for an immediate conference with the bill the Senate has passed, which contains $4 billion in food stamp cuts–much less than the $20.5 billion in the original House farm bill that failed on the …

Deseret News Republicans split ag bill in bid to ding food stampsDeseret NewsHouse Republicans took direct aim at a historic political entitlements partnership this week, looking to separate the food stamps budget from the farm bill. The combination of the two historically has created an alliance that insulates both from …

LONDON The Royal Mail can trace its history back 500 years to the time of Henry VIII and its bright red “pillarboxes” grace streets across the U.K. More: continued here

Plan to sell Norristown Post Office presented to…The Times HeraldNORRISTOWN — The historic elements of the Norristown Post Office at 28 E. Airy St., built in 1934, will be preserved as the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) moves forward to sell the building. “This is a financial sale for financial gain …

Plan to sell Norristown Post Office presented to councilThe Times HeraldNORRISTOWN — The historic elements of the Norristown Post Office at 28 E. Airy St., built in 1934, will be preserved as the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) moves forward to sell the building. “This is a financial sale for financial …

Business Minister Fallon has brushed off concerns that Royal Mail could end up in the hands of foreign firms, saying he did ‘not agree’ with any measures to prevent overseas buyers taking shares. More: continued here