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Food stamps don't help muchThe TennesseanMost younger people don't realize it, but those of us who happen to be on Social Security are already being squeezed if we happen to also be on food stamps. I worked all my life and have only a pittance for Social Security. More: continued …

Music Feeds Cher 'Upset” Her Key to City of Adelaide Sold on eBayVoice of America (blog)US recording artist Cher says she is trying to find out how a key to the city of Adelaide, Australia presented to her over 20 years ago ended up selling on eBay for nearly $100000. …

Investment Week Buyer snaps up £550000 stamp as safe haven investmentInvestment WeekBritain's most expensive stamp, a 'plate 77 Penny Red', has been sold for £550000 to a private client seeking portfolio diversification. Rare stamp and collectibles dealer Stanley Gibbons brokered the deal for an Australasian-based private client, …Stanley Gibbons sell …

The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Amazon.com, eBay, Apple, Barnes & Noble and Google More: continued here

Daily Mail My shed is a 1950s post office: Collector transforms garden hideaway with …Daily MailBy Simon Tomlinson At a time when post offices appear to be in terminal decline, one keen collector has turned back the clock by opening up one of his own – in his garden shed. …

WASHINGTON — Though the U.S. Senate voted in favor of an amendment Wednesday that provides a one-year extension on the closure of rural post offices, a measure sought by U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., that would have provided a two-year reprieve to rural post offices and mail distribution centers was …

Politico postal reform hard to pull offPoliticoTucked away in a cubbyhole of an office just steps from where the president takes the oath of office, the hard-to-find Capitol post office doesn't handle much mail and it doesn't get much foot traffic, either. It's on a long list of post offices …

ROYAL MAIL BOSS WARNS STAMPS COULD RISE AGAINExpress.co.ukBy Daily Express Reporter MORE stamp price rises could follow after the boss of Royal Mail warned its business faced a “spiral of decline”. Chief executive Moya Greene said competition from private delivery companies like TNT was an “immediate threat” … More: continued …

A village post office near Fakenham which has had just two people in charge in the past 90 years is to close on Saturday. More: continued here

Mayor and council fight for post office in Hasbrouck HeightsNorthJersey.comBY KRISTIE CATTAFI Although the fate of the Hasbrouck Heights Post Office won't be decided until after May 15, the mayor and council are continuing their efforts to fight to keep the branch open. Mayor Rose Heck sent a letter to …