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STRIKERS will picket outside Whitstable post office on Easter Saturday in a dispute over plans to franchise the service. More: continued here

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(Reuters) The Wall Street Journal is out with a long article today exploring why the number of Americans on food stamps isn’t falling along with the unemployment rate. As of December there were 47.8 million … More: continued here

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Derby meeting on Post Office issue postponedNew Haven RegisterThe relocation of the post office and potential consolidation with Shelton is part of the USPS' national effort to reevaluate its facilities and cut costs. Dugas had said online bill paying has resulted in “40 percent less volume” of mail, and a …

EBay forecasts 2015 sales that top analysts’ estimates and says it expects the total volume of merchandise sold in its marketplace to reach $US110 billion by that year as the online retailer adds users and mobile tools. More: continued here

Kim Kerns, manager of post office operations for the U.S. Postal Service, shares on Thursday the agency’s decision to allow the Webbers Falls Post Office to remain open with reduced hours as townsfolk rally outside the facility. More: continued here

NewsBusters (blog) Is eBay Blocking Auctions Making Fun of Jim Carrey?NewsBusters (blog)The phenomenon started when an eBay user going by the name of “astrobuzz” listed a “Jim Carrey Autographed 8X10 Photo So I Can Afford a Gun!” The listing, explained the user, was in response to Carrey's Funny or Die …

KNPR Forget restrictions on food stampsGreenville NewsBut would limiting what people can buy at the grocery store with their food stamps make poorer South Carolinians healthier, or would it just make politicians feel good about themselves because they've taken such action? And would putting restrictions …Economy Rebounding, but Record Number …