New York Times (blog) Food Stamps and Unemployment InsuranceNew York Times (blog)By CASEY B. MULLIGAN The Department of Agriculture's food-stamp program, now known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, was originally intended as a program for the poor. But it has transformed itself into an important source of …

Congress Seeks Postal Overhaul While Making It ImpossibleBloombergFacing annual losses of $18.2 billion by 2015 and a possible default this year, the Postal Service has a five-year plan for profitability. It wants to end Saturday mail delivery, close hundreds of letter-sorting facilities and thousands of post offices…We admit postal bias …

The Star Post office finds new venue in Doncaster village storeThe StarA DONCASTER village may be getting its sub-post office back, five months after losing it. The Post Office has announced a trial of a new style of service based within a convenience store in Warmsworth, which will mean longer …

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Kansas City Star Farmers Markets Getting Money to Take Food StampsABC NewsCurrently, fewer than a quarter of the nation's roughly 7100 farmers markets are set up to use the Electronic Benefit Transfer system, or food stamps. But Kathleen Merrigan, deputy secretary of agriculture, said she hopes these grants will bring …

MiamiHerald.com Farmers markets getting money to take food stampsMiamiHerald.comThe federal government is spending $4 million to make such markets more accessible to food stamp recipients. By ALLEN G. BREED AP National Writer RALEIGH, NC — The federal government is spending $4 million to help hook up farmers and low-income …and …

CBS Local Kobe Bryant's autographed face mask sells for $67100 in eBay charity auctionCBSSports.com (blog)A face mask worn and autographed by Los Angeles Lakers All-Star guard Kobe Bryant has sold on the internet auction site eBay for $61700. The product's listing pitched the mask as a "piece of NBA history" …

IBNLive.com eBay to open development centre in BangaloreIBNLive.comPTI New Delhi: Online retailer eBay today said it plans to set up a new development centre in Bangalore and will hire up to 1000 employees for the facility over the next three years. The new facility will feature several centres of excellence …

WLFI.com Congress Seeks Postal Overhaul While Making It ImpossibleBusinessWeekFacing annual losses of $18.2 billion by 2015 and a possible default this year, the Postal Service has a five-year plan for profitability. It wants to end Saturday mail delivery, close hundreds of letter-sorting facilities and thousands of post offices…Rural Wyoming post …

Kansas City Star Farmers markets getting money to take food stampsKansas City StarThe federal government is spending $4 million to make such markets more accessible to food stamp recipients. RALEIGH, NC — The federal government is spending $4 million to help hook up farmers and low-income customers. Currently, fewer than …