SNAP critics ignite debateWorcester TelegramJames P. McGovern, D-Worcester, has urged his congressional colleagues to end the “pejorative” characterization of beneficiaries of the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program — formerly known as food stamps. “Unfortunately, SNAP and the people …Fox News Attacks Food Stamps: Food Benefits For The Poor Are “Inherently The …

USA TODAY '21 Jump Street' Ends 'The Lorax's' Run At The Top Of The Box OfficeHuffington PostAP | By DAVID GERMAIN | Posted: 03/18/2012 1:04 pm Updated: 03/18/2012 1:04 pm LOS ANGELES — Audiences headed back to school for the TV update "21 Jump Street," which opened as the No. …

BBC News Osborne to Use Royal Mail Pension Transfer to Reduce U.K. DebtBloombergChancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne will use assets in the transfer of Royal Mail Group Ltd.'s pension fund to the government's balance sheet to reduce debt, said a person with knowledge of the matter. The government will …

Advocates for Food Security Blast Governor's Food Stamp Asset Test During …FOX43.comThe State House of Representative's Human Services Committee held the first public hearing on Governor Corbett's Food Stamp Asset Test Thursday. Food security advocates, religious leaders, and residents who rely on the program testified before the …Corbett still moving …

This is Money The 'baked bean' post office branch: £1.3bn revamp means that services are …This is MoneyBy Toby Walne Thousands of post offices are set to disappear in their current form in the latest shake-up of the ailing network. Over the next three years 6000 of the 11800 remaining …

expressandstar.com HSBC May Reject Government's Lending Program, Mail ReportsBloombergBarclays Plc (BARC) is expected to sign up to the National Loan Guarantee Scheme along with Lloyds Banking Group Plc and Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, according to the report. Barclays does have “reservations” about the program, the Mail said.HSBC 'to …

Globe and Mail Syria Uprising: Car Bomb Blasts Aleppo, Damascus Police Crush ProtestHuffington PostThe Observatory said the blast had been close to a state security office. State news channel Syria TV said the "terrorist" explosion had been between two residential buildings in the al-Suleimaniya district of Aleppo, behind a post …

Al and Charlene Stamps will celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary on March 19, 2012. More: continued here

Financial Times EBAY Launch Ticketing Website – Stubhub4RFVThe site was acquired by eBay in 2007 in a deal worth £197m ($310m) and will be a rival to existing sites Seatwave and Viagogo, which was the subject of a recent Dispatches documentary on Channel 4. Viagogo was originally launched by Stubhub …

It's March, that time of the year when online sellers scramble to get all their records together and start the dreaded annual project known as "taxes." Those eBay sellers who have some kind of accounting software that works well with the site are at an advantage at this time. More: …