The online marketplace is giving Delta passengers free web access for Christmas. More: continued here

Online shopping sparks surge in festive parcelsexpressandstar.comWith more than 180000 parcels passing through their hands in just one night, Royal Mail staff know they are living in unprecedented times. In the past the average figure at Christmas has been less than half this, but while the number of letters posted …

Rosedale facility to ship 9,000 parcels locally on Monday On a day expected to be the busiest in FedEx’s 40-year history, Diane Maleski got to work extra early — at 4:30 a.m. That was long before the first trucks arrived from the airport bearing parcels that would be piled onto …

The countdown to Christmas is on and FedEx workers have their hands full. More: continued here

Attorney Seeks Halt To Hearings On Food Stamp FraudHartford CourantDannel P. Malloy is rushing to judgment, an attorney is asking the state to declare a moratorium on all disciplinary hearings on the potential firings of state employees who received food stamp benefits following Tropical Storm Irene. … More: continued here

Limerick Leader 15 years for attack that left schoolboy brain damagedIrish TimesThe 18-year-old, from Lisanalta, Dooradoyle, who was in the care of the HSE at the time, was caught on camera inflicting 65 kicks and stamps to his 16-year-old victim's head, along with two stamps to his chest and 26 …

Seattle business owner sentenced for food stamp fraudKING5.comby KING 5 News SEATTLE – The owner of a Seattle grocery store was sentenced Monday to 21 months in prison for food stamp fraud, a case profiled by the KING 5 Investigators. Elsa Kwong, 46, pleaded guilty in March to defrauding the …

EBay Spent $385000 on Third-Quarter LobbyingABC NewsEBay Inc. spent $385000 during the third quarter to lobby the federal government about issues such as organized retail crime, online privacy and online sales tax collection, according to a quarterly disclosure report. That is 9 percent more than the …and more » More: continued …

Postal meeting is slatedForest BladeThe United States Postal Service will hold a public meeting to discuss a proposal to move the Area Mail Processing (AMP) operations from the Swainsboro Post Office Processing and Distribution Facility in Swainsboro. The meeting is set for Tuesday, …and more » More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk HP TouchPad Buyers Overwhelm eBay in Bid for Cheap TabletsPC MagazineConsumers hoping to get their hands on a discounted HP TouchPad overwhelmed eBay last night after the company put a limited number of the tablets up for sale, irking more than a few shoppers. HP added refurbished TouchPad tablets …