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Huge backlog of post at Brighton sorting officeThe ArgusBy Anna Roberts » A backlog of more than 1000 parcels and packages has built up in a Royal Mail sorting office. One postal worker told a customer that there were items stacked “up to the ceiling” in the building in North …

43700 using food stamps: Program numbers growingPacific Daily NewsBY THE NUMBERS In fiscal 2010, state agencies issued about $64.7 billion in food stamp benefits to a monthly average of 18.6 million households, or 40.3 million people, in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. More: continued here

TIME Post office: $18B loss without cuts, rate increaseAlbany Times UnionThe plan, for instance, notes that if the post office could raise current stamp prices from 45 cents to 50 cents, either in a single year or over a multiyear period, it could bring in new revenue of roughly $1 …

Rabbi urges Ebay to end 'holy rock' salesYnetnewsWestern Wall Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz wants Ebay to disallow the selling of Western Wall rocks. In a letter sent to the website's manager, the rabbi said such sales constitute a desecration of the holy site's sanctity, violate a Jewish law prohibition … More: …

Norwich Evening News Grimston post office re-opensNorwich Evening NewsThe branch in the Grimston Post Office Store closed in January after the postmaster resigned, despite a petition signed by 1000 people. Today, it re-opened with a temporary subpostmaster behind the counter, who will operate the business until a more …and more » …

ABC News (blog) Postal Service Seeks 50-cent StampsOrlando SentinelWASHINGTON, DC — A nickel boost in the first-class stamp price to 50 cents is part of the US Postal Service's latest plan to stop bleeding red ink. The Postal Service released the 5-year business plan to Congress late Thursday in part …

Victorian bureaucrats regularly visit eBay, job websites and JB Hi-Fi at workHerald SunThe data showed Victorian bureaucrats most regularly visited a range of websites with dubious work-related connections, such as eBay, careers site seek.com and music and movie retailer JB Hi-Fi. Facebook was the most visited site by employees of …

Appalachian Trail hikers' NH post office to closeSeattle Post IntelligencerHOLLY RAMER, AP CONCORD, NH (AP) — A post office described as a lifeline for residents of a tiny village and hikers traveling the Appalachian Trail is expected to close in May as part of the US Postal Service's attempt to …

Woman stole from post office partly to pay off her student loanThis is PlymouthA WOMAN who stole more than £5500 from a post office till has been given a suspended sentence. Hannah Lewis, of Whitchurch Road, Tavistock, stole £5529.74 during a three-month period between 1 October 2011 and 4 January …

TIME Post office: $18 billion loss without cuts, rate increaseAlexandria Town TalkThe plan, for instance, notes that if the post office could raise current stamp prices from 45 cents to 50 cents, either in a single year or over a multiyear period, it could bring in new revenue of roughly …