Stamps equipment manager has seen it all after 37 years

A man investigators suspect is at the center of a pursuit and multiple robberies is being detained by Colorado Springs police. He has been identified as Ivan Commodore Stamps, 46. More: continued here

House GOP leaders face stiff resistance as they furiously whip a farm bill stripped of food stamps, running up against angry Democrats and failing to win over conservative groups that helped sink the bill the last time it came to the floor. More: continued here

Million-Dollar Stamps Head to AuctionWall Street Journal (blog)When Anna Lee, founder of the Hong Kong stamp auction house Phila China, first laid eyes on an unusual green-colored sheet of Taiwan's first postage stamps, … More: continued here

— Here’s another reason to write a real letter: On Friday the U.S. Postal Service began selling sets of animal rescue stamps that are clearly designed to melt your heart. The stamps feature photos of five dogs and five cats from a shelter in Connecticut. They are so cute you will not be surprise… Stamps…

Carlsbad Current-Argus Caverns to celebrate stamp's first dayCarlsbad Current-ArgusCARLSBAD — The U.S. Postal Service stamps commemorating 100 years of the National Park Service will hold a First-Day-of-Issue ceremony on Thursday at the Carlsbad Caverns National Park. The ceremony will begin at 4 p.m. at the Bat Amphitheater. More: continued here

$2M bank account seized in food stamp fraud raidDayton Daily NewsDAYTON — Authorities seized $2 million in a bank account controlled by Al-Idu Al-Gaheem, the owner of some Dayton View neighborhood businesses and imam of a local mosque, according to search warrant affidavits filed in a series of food stamp fraud …and more » More: continued…