Is this $585 eBay purchase a masterpiece by Edward Hopper?Globe and MailHistory is spangled with stories of treasures found in Aunty Milly's attic or at the neighbourhood garage sale. But for each such triumph, there are cautionary tales of masterpieces exposed as fakes, of misattributions, reattributions and humbling …and more » …

Politico House GOP takes another cut at food stamp billPoliticoHouse Republicans are proposing to double their food stamp savings to nearly $40 billion by rolling back waivers for able-bodied adults and targeting funds to states that are willing to impose greater work requirements on the parents of young children.GOP Push …

iStockAnalyst (press release) eBay Inc (EBAY): Swing Trading The Rectangle Box In EbayiStockAnalyst (press release)Starting in 2011, eBay shares stalled into resistance at the $35.00 per share level, yet found a base of support into the $27.50 per share level, creating a Rectangle Pattern with a height of roughly $7.50 …

HOUSTON — The southbound lanes on the W. Sam Houston Tollway just before the Central Toll Plaza were closed for two hours on Friday evening after a Lincoln Navigator crashed into a FedEx 18-wheeler. The accident happened around 8 p.m. just south of W. Little York. The driver of the …

A group of people camping out around Berkeley's historic post office in protest of plans to close it have been warned to move off U.S. Postal Service property. More: continued here

Should the public be able to know what food stamps buy?The Birmingham News – al.com"The debate in Congress about cutting the food stamp program has sparked predictable clashes between those who want to help the poor and those who want to cut government spending," the editorial opened. "But strangely missing …

Royal Mail boss Moya Greene has been shamed into handing back a shocking £120,000 housing perk. The Canadian was given the money to help her buy a home as part of a lavish £1.5million pay and perks package last year. More: continued here

Protesters at historic post office warned to move off propertyKTVU San FranciscoPeople camping out around Berkeley's historic post office in protest of plans to close it have been warned to move off U.S. Postal Service property, officials said Friday, Aug. 2nd. A group of postal inspectors and postal police visited …

The Guardian Royal Mail: a public company offering too much private helpThe GuardianRoyal Mail payments. Vince Cable is right to put his foot down with regard to the Royal Mail helping Moya Greene buy a UK home. Photograph: Royal Mail/PA. Royal Mail, if the government gets its way, will be …

Las Vegas Review-Journal USPS could start shipping booze as money makerChicago TribuneSome U.S. senators have proposed an inventive plan for the cash-strapped Postal Service to raise cash: lifting a century-old ban on the agency shipping alcohol. The two Republican and Democratic senators late on Thursday introduced legislation to …Post Office …