PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A criminal swindle of the nation’s $64.7 billion food stamp program is playing out at small neighborhood stores around the country, where thousands of retailers are suspected of trading deals with customers, exchanging More: continued here

Daily Mail USDA targets stores in food stamp traffickingMPNnow.comBy Anonymous AP A criminal swindle of the nation's $64.7 billion food stamp program is playing out at small neighborhood stores around the country, where thousands of retailers are suspected of trading deals with customers, exchanging lesser amounts of …USDA targets stores …

The food stamp scammers and the Wall Street con artistsSouthCoastToday.comUsually, there's a crumpled receipt from a cash register that shows someone has purchased a Diet Coke or a bag of Lay's potato chips with food stamps. Last week, I got a very crumpled receipt from the Cumberland Farms store on …

Food stamps would be limited to essential foods such as milk and bread More: continued here

TalkBack for Nov. 20: Mike's Tires, Post Office, Yard sale signs, Speed limit …Aiken Standard20: Mike's Tires, Post Office, Yard sale signs, Speed limit, Hopelands Gardens, Dead animals I'd like to give three cheers for Mike's Tires by the Variety Restaurant on York Street. They treated my son and myself …

SILVER CITY – Mule Creek and Hachita residents can have their voices heard about the proposed closings of their post offices at two community meetings set up by the United States Postal Service next week in their towns. More: continued here

Can the US Postal Service recover from its massive financial losses?Wheeling News RegisterAnd the first FOOL posting here who tries to tell us that the taxpayers are NOT on the hook because the Post Office is NOT government funded gets the Fannie Mae Freddie Mac SUCKER of Year award!!! – …

Daily Mail USDA looks into food stamp useConcord MonitorBy AP A criminal swindle of the nation's $64.7 billion food stamp program is playing out at small neighborhood stores around the country, where thousands of retailers are suspected of trading deals with customers, exchanging lesser amounts of cash for …USDA targets …

Letter, 11/20: Fighting for Hallam post officeLincoln Journal StarRegarding the public hearing in Hallam over closing the post office, when asked how many managers there were compared to employees in the 683 and 684 ZIP codes, the postal representative said there were 109 offices with postmasters and 400 employees. … …

'25 Days of Deals' begins today on eBay for pre Black Friday savingsExaminer.comIn advance of Black Friday 2011, eBay began its hugely popular, annual savings program today called “25 Days of Deals.” Customers can sign up to receive daily eBay alerts about that day's deals for fantastic savings from Saturday, …