Food stamp programs worsening child obesityU-T San DiegoThe Obama administration is aggressively expanding the largest federal food program, bankrolling food-stamp recruiting drives and swaying states to waive asset and income limits for applicants. The result is a boost in enrollment to nearly 48 million.Food stamp benefit cuts take their tollStockton …

Berkeley making the rounds to save its historic post officeLos Angeles TimesSo when the postal service announced plans to sell Berkeley's 1914 Second Renaissance Revival-style main post office, decorated in New Deal-era art and situated in the heart of the liberal city's Civic Center, the town rose up. Opponents staged …

Metro Ford Fiesta 'car for lads' eBay advert with £500000 bid banned over …Mirror.co.ukAn eBay seller has had his 'homophobic' advert for a Ford Fiesta pulled – just as the bids topped £500,000! Jamie Rogers, from Chelmsford, Essex, had promised buyers on the auction site a better sex life if …

Royal Mail on course for FTSE 100 spot, while markets welcome US jobs newsHispanicBusiness.comTwo months after its successful but controversial flotation Royal Mail is set to join the FTSE 100. The company's shares hit a new peak last week and are now around 80% higher than its 330p flotation price, …

Severe winter weather across the central U.S. disrupts air travel and causes FedEx Corp. and United Parcel Service Inc. to issue service delays Saturday during the busy holiday season. More: continued here

Just Push Start PS4 crushes Xbox One on eBay during respective launch weeks, data showsGameSpot15-22), total eBay sales for the platform were $12,554,461, compared to $7,898,233 for the Xbox One (Nov. 22-29), the firm said. Notably, the PS4's launch week covers North America only, while the Xbox One's first seven …

The Columbian The Morning Press: Fatal accident, $700 tip, food stamps, Camas footballThe ColumbianIn an achingly sad unfolding of events, a Vancouver woman unwittingly live-tweeted the fatal crash that killed her husband Wednesday afternoon on Interstate 205. After the collision was reported at 1:41 p.m., The Columbian started reporting the …

Apple, Amazon, and eBay Are Winning This Shopping SeasonMotley FoolAccording to information regarding sales and traffic over Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN ) , Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL ) and eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY ) are looking like three big winners this shopping season. This time of …and more » …

OTHER OPINION: POSTAL SERVICE'S SORCERY 'Harry Potter' stamps no …Wilkes Barre Times-LeaderThe stamps, depicting scenes from the movies based on J.K. Rowling's books, went on sale in late November despite vehement opposition from some serious stamp collectors, who objected that they were both un-American and crassly commercial. Michael …and more » More: …

Deed stamps: Forgotten fee of home salesThe SunQuestion: I am closing on the sale of my home tomorrow. I just found out that I need to pay $1,500.00 at closing toward something called deed stamps. To add insult to injury, only the seller pays. Is this one-sided fee proper? Answer: …