Food stamp customers buy more at farmers' markets when point-of-sale system is …EurekAlert (press release)Philadelphia, PA, March 15, 2012 – Record numbers of Americans are receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, as food stamps are now known, and many SNAP participants live in neighborhoods with little or no access …
Read More »Tornado 2012 Notebook | Emergency food stamps available – Louisville Courier-Journal
Tornado 2012 Notebook | Emergency food stamps availableLouisville Courier-JournalEmergency food stamps are available for tornado victims in 10 Indiana communities who lost income, food or money because of the March 2 storms or who have storm-related expenses that aren't being reimbursed by insurance or other assistance.Food stamps available for tornado …
Read More »5 post offices won’t close, after all – NorthJersey.com
5 post offices won't close, after allNorthJersey.comBY MELISSA HAYES At least five North Jersey post offices listed for possible closure are no longer on the chopping block. The United States Postal Service has stopped looking at the Englewood Annex, East Rutherford Annex, Wayne Main Post Office and … More: continued …
Read More »Food stamp customers buy more at farmers’ markets when point-of-sale system is … – Science Codex
Science Codex Food stamp customers buy more at farmers' markets when point-of-sale system is …Science CodexPhiladelphia, PA, March 15, 2012 – Record numbers of Americans are receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, as food stamps are now known, and many SNAP participants live in neighborhoods with little or no …
Read More »Changing food stamp policy becomes a political thicket in Topeka – Kansas City Star
Changing food stamp policy becomes a political thicket in TopekaKansas City StarBy LAURA BAUER and BRAD COOPER Months after a new Kansas policy cut food stamps going to thousands of children, some lawmakers are mounting efforts to help those families. But they're finding it's difficult when the issue involves families …
Read More »Royal Mail Set to Increase the Price of Stamps from April 2012 – Manufacturing Digital (press release)
Royal Mail Set to Increase the Price of Stamps from April 2012Manufacturing Digital (press release)ROMFORD, UNITED KINGDOM–(Marketwire – March 13, 2012) – Ofcom, the new postal regulator, is proposing that Royal Mail will be allowed to set its own prices for first class post. The price of second class will …
Read More »100 posties a year attacked by dogs – The Press Association
100 posties a year attacked by dogsThe Press AssociationNearly 100 postmen and women are attacked by dogs each year in Northern Ireland, Royal Mail has said. The figure was revealed as plans for an independent inquiry into dog attacks were launched. A total of 24143 Royal Mail postal staff have …
Read More »UK inquiry investigates dog attacks on postal workers – Post and Parcel
UK inquiry investigates dog attacks on postal workersPost and ParcelRoyal Mail chairman Donald Brydon today launched an independent inquiry into the incidence of dog attacks on postal workers in the UK. The inquiry on both the prevalence and consequences of attacks by dogs on mail carriers will be conducted by …
Read More »Royal Mail begins dog attack inquiry
Royal Mail has launched an inquiry into dog attacks after revealing postal workers are suffering up to 4000 attacks every year. More: continued here
Read More »Deputies investigate post office break-in – The Advocate
Deputies investigate post office break-inThe AdvocateBELLE ROSE — Assumption Parish sheriff's detectives joined with federal postal inspectors Wednesday morning in investigating a break-in at the US post office in Belle Rose, deputies said. Someone smashed a window and rummaged through several areas …Police investigating Belle Rose post office break-inDaily Comet …
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