FORT LAUDERDALE (AP)— Florida's poor can use food stamps to buy staples like milk, vegetables, fruits and meat. But they can also use them to buy sweets like cakes, cookies and Jell-O and snack foods like chips, something a state senator wants stopped. More: continued here

A Florida lawmaker is pushing a bill that would ban the use of food stamps to purchase snacks and sweets like cookies and cakes. More: continued here

Auctionbytes Rooster's Crow Alerts eBay Shoppers on CocoracoAuctionbytesBy Greg Holden Like many who shop on eBay, Avarachan Cherian found the site's Advanced Search feature lacking in options. Unlike the others, he decided to do something about it. Cherian, who has a Master's degree in engineering and an interest in Web …

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USA TODAY Should poor be able to use food stamps on naked M&M's?Sun-Sentinel (blog)By Michael Mayo February 6, 2012 09:30 AM If some legislators have their way, the poor wouldn't be able to use food stamps to buy most food/beverage products featured in Super Bowl ads. Products like Diet Pepsi …

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Retirement a long, slow process for postal workersMount Vernon NewsBy Bill Amick, Mount Vernon News As US Postal Service lore goes, neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays its couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. For the price of a 45-cent stamp, the …

Plans for a $1.5 million redevelopment of the former Dunedin North Post Office have been revealed by the Otago Museum. read more More: continued here

HONG KONG– – Today, www.EquityLeader.com introduced research coverage of eBay Inc and Illumina, Inc. . Full research reports are available to readers at: www.EquityLeader.com/index.php?sm1=EBAY&sm2=ILMN … More: continued here