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Kentfield Post Office closed after minivan crashes into buildingMarin Independent JournalA post office in Kentfield has closed with no scheduled reopening date after an 83-year-old man drove into the building Saturday, smashing through the front doors and damaging the structure. The man was in his 1996 Dodge Caravan around 4:40 …

Sorella Stoute enjoyed free reign with her father’s smartphone.         More: continued here

House Republicans Dropping Food Stamps From Farm BillHuffington PostGOP leadership released a smaller version of the five-year bill late Wednesday, dropping a controversial section of the legislation that would have made small cuts to the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program. Republicans are divided on how big cuts … More: continued …

House GOP drops food stamps from massive farm billModesto BeeWASHINGTON — House Republican leaders hoping to quickly recover from an embarrassing defeat on the House floor last month are preparing to split a massive farm bill in two and put it up for a vote as early as Thursday. GOP …

Britain’s Royal Mail, a traditional part of British life that can trace its history back 500 years to the days of Henry VIII, is to be privatised. More: continued here

Baptist Memorial repurposing prominent spot on Midtown artery for medical offices. More: continued here

Royal Mail IPO Could DeliverWall Street Journal (blog)A heavily unionized utility in the snail-mail business hardly seems an ideal float candidate. Add in a mélange of politics—inevitable in what will be the U.K.'s biggest privatization in more than 20 years—and an initial public offering of Royal Mail… More: continued here

US House Said to Consider Farm Aid Without Food StampsAgWebJuly 9 (Bloomberg) — U.S. House leaders have decided to split food stamps and other nutrition programs from farm subsidies and bring an agriculture-only bill up for a vote before the August recess, a Republican leadership aide said. Such a move …

House GOP drops food stamp cuts from farm billYahoo! NewsWASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leaders hoping to recover from an embarrassing defeat on the House floor last month are preparing to split a massive farm bill in two and put it up for a vote as early as Thursday. The GOP …

Toddler Accidentally Buys Car on eBayBetabeatHere's yet another piece of evidence to suggest that digital natives who're barely out of diapers will soon be bossing us all around: KPTV reports that recently, thanks to the miracles of intuitive app design, a toddler barely a year old managed to use … …