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Stamps Will Cost A Little Extra This SpringMyStateline.com, IL –7 minutes agoThe US Postal Service will bump the price of a first-class stamp up to 44 cents on May 11th. Sending a postcard will cost another penny as the USPS … More: continued here

Texas not embracing new name for food stampsAustin American-Statesman, TX –5 minutes agoFrom then on, he called it “food stamps.” True, food stamps aren’t really stamps at all. These days, the 2.9 million Texans in the program swipe their Lone … More: continued here

FedEx’s freight unit says it will lay off 900 employees, saying that sluggish demand has declined further so far this year. FedEx Freight, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., said the unit is not gaining market share fast enough to offset the steep declines in… More: continued here

Lord Mandelson came under pressure from Labour backbenchers on Monday to reconsider his plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail. The business secretary defended the policy speaking to scores of MPs at the regular gathering of the Parliamentary Labour party in the Commons. More: continued here

Her publicist says the mother of octuplets doesn’t feel food stamps and disability payments she gets for three of her other six kids add up to welfare. More: continued here

The U.S. Postal Service announced Tuesday that the price of a first-class stamp will rise to 44 cents on May 11. That gives plenty of time to stock up on Forever Stamps, which will continue to sell at the current 42-cent rate until the increase occurs. More: continued here

Survey: 40% of hard drives bought on eBay hold personal, corporate …Computerworld, MA –20 minutes agoIn recent years, hard drives have shown up on eBay that contain all kinds of sensitive data. In April 2006, Idaho Power Co. learned that drives it thought … More: continued here

For now, it’s apparently a waiting game. On Jan. 27, officials of the King County Library System and the U.S. Post Office met in Kenmore, with library leaders hoping the post office might be willing to relocate its local branch. More: continued here

Food Banks, Food Stamps In High DemandKHSL –16 hours agoStatewide, counties are reporting an increase in families requesting food stamps. The number of families enrolled in the state's welfare program, CalWORKS, …County Loses Millions of Dollars in Food Stamp BenefitsSan Diego 6all 2 news articles More: continued here

Stamps for US letters to rise to 44 cents in MayReuters –27 minutes agoBy Jasmin Melvin WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) – The price of a one-ounce first-class stamp will rise to 44 cents on May 11, the US Postal Service said on … More: continued here