A rapist released from prison can receive food stamps but someone busted for marijuana cannot. An Oakland lawmaker wants to change that. More: continued here

BBC News Ebay plans fulfillment centers; may rival AmazonTechFlashAccording to news reports, the eBay fulfillment service is similar to that offered by Amazon's Marketplace, one of eBay's competitors in the e-commerce industry. The eBay service will start with pilot programs with some US and China-based sellers this …EBay Plans Fulfillment …

Former eBay exec, movie producer lands major awardUSA TodayJeff Skoll helped create difference makers in the world of tech (eBay) and films (An Inconvenient Truth). But it is his work in charitable causes that just landed him a major humanitarian award. Skoll, eBay's first president … More: continued here

Software as a service: Separating the bells from the whistlesRegisterSo says Adrian Steel, head of infrastructure and management at the Royal Mail. He is perhaps uniquely qualified to talk about these sorts of things, having moved the Royal Mail's IT, lock stock and all 30000 barrels, into the cloud. …Is …

A Palestinian man has taken it upon himself to design a passport stamp for the ‘State of Palestine’ that he offers to people entering the West Bank. More: continued here

Daily Mail Royal Wedding guest admits fraudThe SunHasmukh Shingadia ran a Spar convenience store and Post Office near the Middleton's family home. He landed himself in court after falsely declaring he had more cash at the sub-Post Office than he really did — in an attempt to cover up a …

Flooding concerns have caused the United States Postal Service to issue an emergency suspension of the Bippus Post Office. More: continued here

Business Insider Skype: See no vesting, hear no vestingFortune (blog)Lee says that he joined Skype in March 2010, shortly after the company was carved out of eBay (EBAY) by Silver Lake Partners, Andreessen Horowitz and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. His job was to help make the Skype app …

Sharks Already in the Water Swarming to Make Money on Ryan Dunn's Death!CMRAccording to a Zippy Cart article, an eBay auctions have been cited for the local newspaper article which reported Ryan Dunn's death on Monday, June 20, 2011. The article states one auction garnished $11100 for the newspaper while …

FITSNews America, land of the free to go hungryThe GuardianWithout question, these cuts and changes would prove devastating for many of those to whom food stamps represent a last line of defence against hunger. Food stamps were first instituted in 1939 at the tail end of the Great Depression, …Food …