eBay is running a promotion through June 3 in which shoppers on eBay can look for listings that are part of the Honoring Our Heroes campaign, a way to honor service men and women and veterans by helping to raise money for participating nonprofits, including the USO, Blue Star Families, US War Dogs Association. More:…
New York Daily News Post Office Supervisor Says Suspicious Spill Ruined His HealthWMFEMay 15, 2012 | WMFE – One year ago, a postal worker in Orlando says he handled a suspicious package from Yemen and he says it made him seriously ill. The Postal Service denies the incident ever took place. The Florida Center for…
It's no secret more Americans are relying on food stamps, but host Michel Martin looks at why those applying for government aid with master's and Ph.D degrees have more than doubled in recent years. Martin speaks with Stacey Patton, a reporter with The Chronicle of Higher Education , and Tony Yang, who is unemployed and…
Yahoo! Canada Shine Mario Batali Food Stamp Challenge: Chef Spending $31 On Food For One WeekHuffington PostThe chef, his wife and their two teenage sons are eating for a week on the equivalent of a food stamp budget in protest of potential cuts pending in Congress to the benefit program used by more than 46…
BBC News Royal Mail invests £32m in flagship mail centre in LondonPost and ParcelRoyal Mail is investing GBP 32m in its largest and busiest mail centre, at Mount Pleasant in Central London, to turn the 120-year-old mail facility into a “world class” centre. The company revealed yesterday it has now completed a new fully-refurbished …Royal…
Daily Mail Royal Mail release stamps celebrating British fashionITV NewsRoyal Mail have released ten new first class stamps showcasing the work of some of Britain's famous fashion designers. The stamps – which are released on May 15 – feature influential designers like Vivienne Westwood, Paul Smith and Alexander McQueen.Royal Mail unveils ten new first class…
Mmm, escargot. Grub learns that the owners of Bukowski-homage whiskey den Post Office are planning a new one, most likely called OTB, for 141 Broadway in south Williamsburg. Beverage-wise, OTB will focus on emerging distilleries, wineries, and breweries. Post Office chef Sam Glinn will head up a full kitchen here, turning out a seafood-leaning menu…
By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff Melissa Bruninga Matteau has a PhD in medieval history, and a job as an adjunct professor, but she's still relying on food stamps and Medicaid to get by. "I am not a welfare queen," she tells the Chronicle of Higher Education. But with take home pay of only $900 a…
If you ever wanted to own a piece of mixed martial arts history, Vinny Magalhaes gave you a chance through eBay. Magalhaes, the former M-1 light heavyweight champion left the promotion on bad terms and decided to put his title belt online in what was the ultimate "take that" to his former boss. More: continued…
MiamiHerald.com Sale of chicken nugget shaped like boot to benefit sheriff's kids program in KeysMiamiHerald.comBack in March, a Cheeto shaped like a seahorse sold on eBay for $100, with the money going to Reef Relief in Key West. Now you have a chance to buy a chicken nugget shaped like a cowboy boot to benefit…