USDA targets fraud in Minnesota's food stamp programMinneapolis Star TribuneMinnesota ranks fourth in the nation for a key indicator of food stamp fraud, federal statistics show, and the government wants to make it harder to carry out the scheme. The US Department of Agriculture proposed rules Thursday that would allow …

Business Insider Everything At Hewlett-Packard Started To Go Wrong When Cost-Cutting Replaced …Business InsiderHer fans refer to her success at eBay, but her detractors point to her leaving eBay as its growth started to ebb. They also bring up the fact that, while Meg ran eBay, the company bought Skype …

Business Insider Here's Where Everything At Hewlett-Packard Started To Go WrongBusiness InsiderHer fans refer to her success at eBay, but her detractors point to her leaving eBay as its growth started to ebb. They also bring up the fact that, while Meg ran eBay, the company bought Skype for $4.1 …

Symbolic stamp would support veterans programsStars and StripesAs Memorial Day approaches, a bipartisan group of lawmakers has sought to fire up that patriotic spirit with the Victory for Veterans Stamp Act. The act would provide for the sale of a 21-cent stamp to generate money for veterans programs, …and more » …

The check is in the mailMail TribuneThere is certainly change afoot at local post offices. In this past week alone, we've run stories about plans to downsize the Central Point post office and the in-progress move of the Medford post office to smaller quarters on Riverside Avenue. More: continued here

Asbestos forces closure of SE Mo. post officeKAIT(AP) – The small post office in the southeast Missouri town of Bloomfield is closed after asbestos was found in the building. The Dexter Daily Statesman (http://bit.ly/Iqozu4 ) reports that patrons are being urged to go to the Dexter post office. More: continued …

The small post office in the southeast Missouri town of Bloomfield is closed after asbestos was found in the building. More: continued here

81 New APIs: Associated Press, Nike, eBay, Rdio and SendGridProgrammableWeb (blog)This week we had 81 new APIs added to our API directory including a customer referral service, news content metadata service, corporate sustainability initiative, cloud based email service, eBay notification management service and social music playback … More: continued here

Simon Kirby calls on Royal Mail to 'Sort it Out'The ArgusAn MP has called on the boss of Royal Mail to sort out postal services in his constituency “once and for all”. Simon Kirby told the company's chief executive, Moya Greene, his residents had “a right” to have their post …

Boston Globe A quest through the Norris Reservation in NorwellBoston GlobeThey stamp their own notebooks with the stamp from the box, and stamp the book from the box with their personal stamp. They write their names and sometimes the date or other notes in the book. Those who don't have …