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TheNewsTribune.com Britain's Royal Mail to issue Olympic champ stampsTheNewsTribune.comEnlarged images of Royal Mail's Welcome to the London 2012 Olympics stamps are displayed at Potters Fields, London on Monday July 23, 2012. The postal service says it will issue a stamp honoring every member of Team GB who wins a gold …

GAO: $460M in food stamps went to households that shouldn't be eligibleWashington ExaminerFederal officials spend $460 million annually on Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) food stamps for households only deemed eligible for the program because they already benefited from another safety net program, according to a new …and more » More: …

Examiner.com Legend of Zelda prototype appears in current eBay auctionExaminer.comFor the Legend of Zelda fan who has everything, an eBay seller has listed what they say is a prototype version of the Nintendo Entertainment System classic. A Buy-It-Now price of $150000 accompanies the rare listing, which also includes a factory …

Daily Mail John Hodson: Thieving postman stole cash from greetings cards and hoarded …Daily MailRoyal Mail launched its surveillance operation in March after complaints of 58 greetings cards going missing in the Prestwich area. Hodson, who had been a postman for eight years, was rumbled by the tracking devices which …

A Silver Spring man who police said stabbed a fellow customer at a Colesville post office Thursday was ordered held on a $500,000 bond Friday in Montgomery County District Court. More: continued here

A Fayette County post office was damaged Monday morning after a nearby house caught on fire. More: continued here

The U.S. Postal Service is bracing for a first-ever default on billions in payments due to the Treasury. More: continued here

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Postal Service is bracing for a first-ever default on billions in payments due to the Treasury. That's adding to widening uncertainty about the mail agency's solvency as first-class letters plummet and Congress deadlocks on ways to stem the red ink. More: continued here

Post office nears historic default on $5B paymentWGRZ-TVThe defaults won't stir any kind of short-term catastrophe – post offices will stay open, mail trucks will run, employees will get paid. But postal analysts point to longer-term harm, as the mail agency finds it increasingly preoccupied with staving … More: continued …

Sci-Tech Today Oracle Buys Network Virtualization Provider XsigoSci-Tech TodayXsigo's technology is currently being used by hundreds of enterprise customers, including British Telecom, eBay, Softbank and Verizon. The Xsigo acquisition is expected to close later this year. Oracle announced Monday that it has entered into an …Oracle to Buy Xsigo SystemsABC …