NBCNews.com Cory Booker's week on food stampsWashington Post (blog)Newark mayor Cory Booker spent the past week subsisting on corn and beans — and, in typical Cory Booker fashion, tweeting and Instagramming the whole thing. While many have called the effort a stunt, Booker says he's just raising awareness of the …

The Star-Ledger – NJ.com Mayor Cory Booker Shines the LightHuffington PostMayor Cory Booker of Newark recently gave himself a food stamp challenge, and he's been speaking out about some of the issues that have arisen for him during this time. As I mentioned in my last blog, "The Food Stamp …

My Fox 8 EBay bids top $1000 – for Starbucks card worth $400Bizjournals.com (blog)Alas, my hope of finding a shiny $450 Starbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX) Metal Card in my stocking — good for $400 worth of foamy coffee drinks — is completely dashed. Last Friday, Starbucks put 5,000 of its limited …

Investorplace.com Jewel sells out of Hostess goodies; eBay cranks up stashChicago Daily HeraldEven eBay listed more than 4,900 entries of Twinkies being sold now online. “I've been at a Chicago store this morning, and if the suburban stores that received early morning shipments are similar to this one, the products …

Vehicle crashes into Calverton Post Office, flees sceneRiverhead LOCALUpdate (Dec. 11- 9:20 a.m.): A mobile unit for mail distribution is supposed to arrive "some time today," a postal worker at the Calverton Post Office said Tuesday morning. As of 8:30 a.m. there was no word on the time of its …

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ThinkProgress Soledad O'Brien Grills GOP Senator About Cutting Food Stamps: 'You Voted For …MediaiteOn CNN's Starting Point Tuesday morning, Soledad O'Brien grilled Republican Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) about his preferred cuts to the food stamp program and its impact on the poor. Noting that Sessions himself had voted for increases …

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South American phone scam warningWimbledon GuardianMerton police and the Royal Mail said the con artists are posting cards through letterboxes from a company calls PADS (Parcel Delivery Service), which suggests they were unable to deliver a parcel. The cards asks the residents to call a premium rate …and more » More: …

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