Globe and Mail Walmart, Amazon and eBay Woo Holiday Shoppers With Appsbrandchannel.comeBay's entry is the recent acquisition of Hunch, an online platform for customized purchase recommendations, in a deal that “will help surface more quality recommendations from eBay's“long tail” of unstructured listings.” eBay already offers a host of …Walmart's App …
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Rockaway Beach post office to stay openQueens CourierThe United States Postal Service (USPS) recently announced that the Rockaway Beach branch post office— one of thousands being reviewed nationwide for discontinuance — will remain open. Located at 9014 Rockaway Beach Boulevard, the post …IT'S OFFICIAL: Congressman Turner Announces Rockaway Beach Branch …
Read More »1964 Pontiac Banshee: A One-of-a-Kind Concept Looks for Love, Again, on eBay – New York Times (blog)
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Columbia, SC (WLTX) — Troopers with the South Carolina Highway Patrol say a FedEx truck and six parked cars collided Friday morning, including a USC Police vehicle. More: continued here
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Fox News Food Stamps Used for Starbucks FrappuccinosFox NewsSALEM, OREGON – Oregon Trail Cards — which are part of the state's food stamp program — can be used to purchase luxury coffee concoctions at Starbucks counters inside grocery stores, investigators from Fox 12 in Oregon have discovered. …Food Stamps Can …
Read More »Fact Checking Newt Gingrich’s Food Stamps Claims – ABC News (blog)
Los Angeles Times Fact Checking Newt Gingrich's Food Stamps ClaimsABC News (blog)Food stamps is the latest program to be targeted by Newt Gingrich, but the 2012 candidate's assertions about the program aren't quite on the mark. Speaking in Iowa on Wednesday, the former Speaker railed against food stamps, one of …
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A post office will stay open after all, after being on a list of branches that could be shut down. More: continued here
Read More »China post office offers letters from space – AFP
AFP China post office offers letters from spaceAFPBEIJING — China's post office is hoping to boost business by allowing customers to send letters postmarked from space. Emails will be sent to a computer aboard Tiangong-1, a spacecraft currently orbiting the earth, and rerouted to a special China …Postcards sent from …
Read More »Newt Gingrich: Pay for Your Next Vacation with Food Stamps – Village Voice (blog)
Newt Gingrich: Pay for Your Next Vacation with Food StampsVillage Voice (blog)2 2011 at 10:57 AM If you are too poor to buy food but have always dreamed of visiting the South Pacific, don't worry: You can pay for your groceries — and your next Hawaiian vacation — with food …
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