In helping to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the iOS App Store yesterday, auction giant eBay — who’s own app is a consistent chart-dweller for mobile buying and selling — revealed the results of a study that asked 200 iPhone users to resist activating any of the apps (other than …

Oh, snap! The GOP misfires on food stamps.Washington Post“Democrats and the Congressional Black Caucus are appalled that the Republicans are determined to defund food stamps and place vulnerable Americans in a position of not being able to feed their families. Shame on you,” said Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-N. More: continued …

House narrowly passes farm bill, leaves out food stampsLos Angeles TimesRepublican leaders said they would put forward a separate bill to make changes in the food stamp program. That bill might address conservative criticism that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program had ballooned during the recession. A record … More: continued …

The fight over food stamps explainedWashington Post (blog)House Republicans have dropped funding for food stamps and other nutritional programs from the Farm Bill – historically about 80 percent of the funding's legislation. It's a move that upsets decades of political compromise on agriculture policy. How … More: continued here

House Passes Farm Bill, Sans Food StampsABC News (blog)Much to the chagrin of Democrats, the House of Representatives voted today down partisan lines to approve a farm bill, which was separated from a comprehensive version of legislation that initially included hundreds of billions of dollars for food stamps. More: continued …

Portland toddler buys sports car on eBayKING5.comNot a Portland toddler. She picked up a vintage sports car on eBay, much to her parents surprise. "Car shopping? Maybe 18 years from now but definitely not this early," said her dad Paul Stoute. Several weeks ago, Stoute got an email alerting him …

Bob McDonnell is unfit for officeWashington PostThere are two swift routes to political downfall. One is sex. The other is money. The first is humiliating but survivable. The second tends to be terminal, even criminal. Today's topic is the second, in the form of Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) and …

SOUTH BEND — FedEx has retired all the B-727 planes in its domestic fleet, replacing them with retrofitted B-757s. More: continued here

Citizens can legally carry firearms in post office parking lots, a federal judge has ruled. More: continued here

House farm bill leaves food stamps in limboChristian Science MonitorHouse Republicans achieved the elusive goal of passing a farm bill Thursday by slicing federal support for food programs from the bill, breaking a half-century long legislative connection between farm policy and food programs for the poor. Skip to next … More: …