Fox News Some 15% of US Uses Food StampsFox NewsNearly 15 percent of the US population relied on food stamps in August, as the number of recipients hit 45.8 million. Food stamp rolls have risen 8.1 percent in the past year, the Department of Agriculture reported, though the pace of growth has slowed …Food Stamp…
Marketplace USPS revising plan for 'Village Post Offices'Pakistan TimesThe agency set an eventual goal of 2000 "Village Post Offices," but it has fewer than 10 fully operating. It is now looking at ways to operate some rural post offices more cheaply rather than closing them. The Postal Service, which receives no taxpayer …Post office is…
Food Stamp Challenge raises awareness about local need for foodWauwatosa NowThe executive director of Hunger Task Force and Wauwatosa resident has been following a food stamp diet since Oct. 27. While she wouldn't be eligible for the actual food assistance program, she agreed to live on the average individual allocation of …and more » More: continued…
Minnesota Artist Joseph Hautman Wins 2011 Federal Duck Stamp ContestParamusPost.comJoseph Hautman, an artist from Plymouth, Minn., is the winner of the 2011 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest. The announcement was made today by US Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe at …and more » More: continued here
Police hunt two masked men who discharged a firearm during a post office robbery in Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire. More: continued here
FITSNews Postal Service rescue plan offered by senatorsCNNThe bill would end Saturday service, ban the post office from promising no layoffs to new employees, and create panels — resembling the ones convened to close military bases — to study and recommend which post offices should be closed. …Postal Bailout ProposedFITSNewsGuest view: Recalculate benefit plan to…
Car crashes into Sequim Post OfficePeninsula DailyA Sequim police officer investigates after a woman drove her car into the Sequim Post Office this morning. SEQUIM — An 80-year-old Sequim woman was unhurt when she drove her newer model Subaru Legacy station wagon into the front entrance of the Sequim …and more » More: continued here
Sellers out thousands after eBay saleKFORA couple says they are out thousands of dollars after they attempted to sell a very rare pen on eBay. Lewis and Rhoda Self tell us they sold their Mont Blanc 18k gold pen for $4100 to a buyer in Mexico. They say the buyer told them he never picked…
Lexity Introduces Thematic Advertising to ProStores (an eBay Company)Sacramento Bee… Inc., the marketing as-a-service pioneer that puts "advertising on autopilot," today announced the wide availability of Thematic Advertising to e-commerce merchants on ProStores, an all-in-one hosted e-commerce solution from eBay. …and more » More: continued here
BBC News Police evict Occupy Brisbane protesters from Post Office Square, council left …NEWS.com.auPhotographer Nathan Richter captures the scene as Police removed the Occupy Brisbane protesters in Post Office Square. Reporter Kate Higgins was on the scene as protesters were forced to pack up from Post Office Square. Amanda Lucas finds out more. …Occupy Brisbane…