Student use of food stamps criticized by someUI The Daily Iowan (subscription), IA –1 hour agoIn the last two months, the number of Iowans who have registered for food stamps has increased by 6 percent, according to Iowa Department of Human Resources … More: continued here
Telegraph.co.uk Stock market turmoil hits Royal MailTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom –2 hours agoBritain's biggest pension scheme by membership, the Royal Mail Pension Plan, will have seen its deficit widen from £2.9bn in March to an estimated £5bn by … More: continued here
As a new stamp of Marie Stopes shows, the people and things that go on stamps can prove a controversial business. More: continued here
Shares of eBay Inc. were trading down ahead of the market open Thursday after the auction site reported third-quarter earnings that an analyst found “extremely disappointing.” More: continued here
BBC News Secret London wartime tunnel complex for saleReuters UK, UK –1 hour agoThe Public Records Office used the site, known as Kingsway Tunnels, after the war to store historic documents. The Post Office later took over the property …For sale: mile-long tunnel complex. Price: £5mTimes OnlineHideout For SaleEURSOCLondon tunnel network put on saleBBC NewsSky News – Silicon.comall…
A stamp of approvalFrankfort Station, IL –2 hours agoThe program takes recycled, commemorative and foreign stamps and postcards and turns them into funds for Illinois Audobon Society and its land acquisition … More: continued here
Post office to hold passport fair SaturdayGainesville Sun, FL –1 hour agoThe United State Post Office will be holding a passport fair at the University Station Post Office on Saturday. The one-stop event will offer everything …Passport Fair this SaturdayAM850all 2 news articles More: continued here
Banknotes and stampsLondra Gazete, UK –20 minutes agoTWO events this week caught my eye, one involving new Turkish Lira banknotes, the other a set of six special stamps from the Royal Mail. … More: continued here
Prince George’s County police say a taxi driver was shot and killed in what police say was a carjacking near Fed Ex Field in the Landover area. More: continued here
Village post office waits on its fateSouth Devon Herald Express, UK –5 hours agoMORELEIGH post office will definitely close as part of the Post Office's rationalisation plans but the final verdict on Abbotskerswell is yet to be made. …Ten post offices to get the chopSouth Yorkshire TimesFury as 'lifeline' post offices axedDerbyshire Timesall 3 news articles More:…