FRANKFORT — The state is getting $2.9 million from the federal government to overhaul and streamline its food stamp program. The funding comes as the number of people in Kentucky on food stamps reached an all-time high in June, state officials said Tuesday. More: continued here
Read More »2,000 more Staten Islanders getting food stamps this year (Staten Island Advance)
Island tally now 51,126 More: continued here
Read More »Post Office Union Irked by Obama's Diss – CBS News
Post Office Union Irked by Obama's DissCBS News"It's the post office that's always having problems." In the letter, National Association of Postal Supervisors President Ted Keating reportedly said there … More: continued here
Read More »USPS Goes Postal on Obama After Post Office Crack – U.S. News & World Report
FedSmith.com USPS Goes Postal on Obama After Post Office CrackU.S. News & World ReportIt's the Post Office that's always having problems"—has sent his cheerful relations with America's postal unions to the dead letter office. …Obama Goes Postal, Lands in Dead-Letter OfficeBloombergHow is that Post Office comparison working now?Hot AirMaybe We …
Read More »Bride buys wedding dress for 99p on eBay (Daily Telegraph)
When Natalie Mapletoft couldn’t afford her dream £700 wedding dress she bought one from eBay instead for just 99p. More: continued here
Read More »Yarmouth men questioned over post office raid (EDP24 – Eastern Daily Press)
Police are still questioning three Yarmouth men arrested in connection with an armed robbery at a rural post office. The men were arrested on the suspicion of armed robbery following an incident at the post office in Rollesby yesterday morning. More: continued here
Read More »Correction: FedEx CEO compensation story (The Washington DC Examiner)
NEW YORK — In an Aug. 17 story about FedEx Corp. CEO Fred Smith’s compensation, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Smith received stock options and restricted stock valued at about $5.1 million. He received stock options valued at about $5.1 million, not restricted stock. More: continued here
Read More »‘Early TV Memories’ Stamps Commemorate Golden Age of Television (Art Daily)
The Lone Ranger. LOS ANGELES, CA.- Woof woof! What’s that Lassie? You’re on a stamp? But where’s Timmy? More: continued here
Read More »Postal strike hits parcel depot (BBC News)
About 400 union members at a Royal Mail distribution centre near Bristol will go on a 24 hour strike on Wednesday. More: continued here
Read More »Kentucky gets stimulus funds for food stamps, schools (Business First of Louisville)
The state of Kentucky has received $4.7 million in federal stimulus funds to modernize its food stamp program and to provide equipment for school food-service programs. More: continued here
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