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Yahoo! Sports (blog) Walter McCarty's 1996 national championship rings are for sale on eBayYahoo! Sports (blog)McCarty's comments make it more surprising that his new ring and the one he received from the NCAA 17 years ago are both apparently up for sale. A photo of them at a Boston pawn …

NEW YORK (AP) — Portland Mayor Charlie Hales has joined mayors of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and 14 other cities to revive a push against letting food stamps be used to buy soda and other sugary drinks. In a letter sent to congressional leaders on Tuesday, the mayors say …

Royal Mail workers vote against sell-offReutersLONDON, June 19 (Reuters) – Royal Mail workers backed union opposition to plans to privatise the state-owned postal group on Wednesday, a stark reminder for potential investors that there will be no warm welcome if and when the firm changes hands. More: continued here

DALLAS – FedEx Corp.’s fourth-quarter profit fell 45 per cent as international customers traded down to less-expensive delivery options and the company spent heavily on restructuring. More: continued here

FedEx reported fourth quarter and fiscal 2013 results. More: continued here

Royal Mail workers have overwhelmingly voted “no” to privatisation in a ballot which also threatens a wholesale boycott of competitors’ mail.         More: continued here

House to consider $2B-per-year cuts to food stampsKearney HubWASHINGTON (AP) — A wide-ranging farm bill the House is considering would cut food stamps by $2 billion a year and make it more difficult for some people to qualify for the domestic food aid program. Passage of the five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm …

Royal Mail workers have voted in favour of boycotting competitors’ mail and have massively rejected the Government’s controversial plan to privatise the company. More: continued here

CBS News Limit food stamps for sodas, 18 mayors ask governmentCBS NewsNEW YORKSugary drinks, which have been linked to health risks, should not be bought with government-assistance food stamps, mayors of major U.S. cities said in a letter Tuesday urging the government to evaluate approaches to limiting the purchases.Mayors Push …

Examiner.com Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer wants sugary drinks exempt from food stampsThe Courier-JournalFischer and the other mayors said in the letter they believe the food stamp program, formally the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, can “do more to address the pressing challenges of obesity and diet-related disease.” Obesity, the letter …Louisville …