Miss Loveland Valentine stamps first valentine of mailing season (video)ReporterHerald.comAskham stamped another card, then four for two of her aunts and two sets of grandparents to kick of the city's annual remailing program. In its 66th year, the program calls on volunteers to hand-stamp a locally designed cupid shooting hearts …

Allentown Morning Call Controversial food stamps test a goPittsburgh Post GazetteCorbett is sticking to the asset test for food stamp recipients that Democrats (including his outspoken predecessor) slammed as ineffective and mean-spirited, his administration announced yesterday. The Harrisburg bureau's newest member, Karen Langley, …Corbett raises limit on assets for food …

With red and black ink pads at the ready, Miss Loveland Valentine Mary Askham smiled Thursday morning as she pressed and rolled the first two valentines with the official Loveland cachet. More: continued here

Ex-Alamo postal worker gets 18 months for theftSan Francisco ChronicleA former post office worker in Alamo has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for using counterfeit $100 bills to buy money orders. Emmanuel Esezebor, 51, of Hayward, a postal employee since 2001, was convicted in October of stealing …

The U.S. economy is improving but would be even healthier if the tax code was changed to give companies more incentives to invest, the head of FedEx told CNBC Thursday. More: continued here

Daily Mail Kate Middleton to visit National Portrait gallery and will be spending …Daily MailAs revealed by the Mail last month, Kate today confirmed she will strike out on her own as a working member of the Royal Family with a visit to the National Portrait Gallery's Lucian Freud exhibition …

AuctionBytes Blog (blog) Amazon Takes a Swing at Sports Collectibles SpaceAuctionBytes Blog (blog)Amazon made another move towards eBay's collectibles space with the announcement today that it was launching a new Sports Collectibles Store. "Offering more than two million unique collectibles from major sports leagues and sporting events," according …Amazon.com Gets …

U.S. Food-Stamp Use Declined 0.2% in November, Government SaysBloombergUS food-stamp use in November fell for the second straight month as the unemployment rate declined, the government said. About 46.134 million Americans received aid, down 0.2 percent from a revised 46.228 million in October, the US Department of …and more » More: …

New York Times (blog) Building a Formula One Car the eBay WayNew York Times (blog)Kevin Anthony, a 47-year-old resident of Brighton, England, is building a grand prix racecar for less than a tenth of that price with parts gathered from eBay. Naturally, he has had to make some considerable compromises. …

Mountain View businesses that move large amounts of mail through the Post Office may soon have to make a trip to Los Altos to do so, according to a new proposal from the U.S. Postal Service. More: continued here