Hot Hardware Auction Site eBay Wins Bid for PhiSix, Will Build a Virtual Fitting RoomHot HardwareAdvancements in technology will eventually solve these problems, and as far as trying on clothes go, eBay just acquired a company that creates 3D models of clothing from photos, pattern files, and other sources. The …
Read More »13 Famous People Who Once Got Food Stamps – Huffington Post
13 Famous People Who Once Got Food StampsHuffington PostWASHINGTON — When Jan Koum sold his company, WhatsApp, to Facebook for $19 billion on Wednesday, he signed the paperwork against the front door of the welfare office where his family used to collect food stamps. Koum's not the first famously … More: …
Read More »Top secret revealed! See who will be on the next postage stamps. – Washington Post (blog)
Sierra Sun Times Top secret revealed! See who will be on the next postage stamps.Washington Post (blog)Dora the Explorer, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, actor and five-term NRA president Charlton Heston, Peanuts and Beatle John Lennon –these are among a pop-culture-heavy lineup of commemorative stamp subjects the U.S. Postal Service is …
Read More »Food stamps to billionaire – CNN
CNN Food stamps to billionaireCNNThe only thing more stunning than WhatsApp's $19 billion price tag is the incredible journey of the messaging app's CEO Jan Koum. Koum was raised in Ukraine, immigrating in the early 1990s to the United States when he was a teenager. Living on welfare …WhatsApp founder: Food …
Read More »Sochi champion Lizzy Yarnold's home village's postbox secretly painted gold
Vandals decided to take matters into their own hands in Hever Road in West Kingsdown, near Sevenoaks, Kent, to honour Ms Yarnold's medal-winning achievement. More: continued here
Read More »Wal-Mart cuts growth forecast as poor shoppers spend less
Recent U.S. cuts in federal food stamps for the working poor and unemployed has led Wal-Mart Stores Inc to lower the forecast for its full-year profits. More: continued here
Read More »Snow partially collapsing post office canopy
COEYMANS — The post office in the village is closed because heavy snow partially collapsed a canopy near the front door. Police closed Main Street, also known as Route 144, between Route 143 and James Drive for more than an hour but the road reopened shortly before 1 p.m. More: …
Read More »Mother sentenced to probation in food stamp fraud scheme – Chronicle-Telegram
Mother sentenced to probation in food stamp fraud schemeChronicle-TelegramThe fraud investigation centered on Adames Deli and Grocery on East 31st Street in Lorain, where investigators contend that a confidential informant was able to purchase newspapers, lighters and cigarettes from the store using food stamps. Those items … More: continued here
Read More »Post office relocation still causing stir
A customer at the post office's mobile unit on Pine Street in New Canaan Friday morning, Feb. 14, 2014. Customers and town officials have said the truck is inconvenient, especially under inclement weather conditions, but U.S. Postal Service officials say the mobile unit is "very temporary." More: continued here
Read More »Vandals paint Lizzy Yarnold
Vandals have painted a postbox gold in Winter Olympics champion Lizzy Yarnold's home village after the Royal Mail snubbed the idea. They struck overnight in Hever Road in West Kingsdown, near Sevenoaks, Kent, to honour 25-year-old Yarnold's medal-winning achievement. More: continued here
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