Internet Data Bubble in Its InfancyMinyanville.comeBay (EBAY) and PayPal followed shortly thereafter. They remained more or less the only forms of this until 2004 when Facebook was founded and Gmail launched. Since then, the number of businesses that have grown due to data and/or community has … More: continued here

OregonLive.com (blog) New Republic: Ending The Food Stamp As We Know itNPRA clerk at the Illinois Department of Human Services demonstrates the activation of an Illinois Link card, an electronic debit-like card used in place of the traditional food stamp. A clerk at the Illinois Department of Human Services …Food …

Pittsfield to unveil special stamps for 250th on TuesdayBerkshire EaglePITTSFIELD — The Pittsfield 250 Committee will be offering special commemoration stamp covers to the public this Tuesday. Tuesday, April 26, 2011, is the 250th anniversary date of the naming and incorporation of Pittsfield and Berkshire County in 1761 …and more » …

Residents urge Royal Mail to bring back post office to the heart of villageThis is LincolnshireROYAL Mail has been urged to bring back a village post office to stop residents embarking on two-hour round-trips to their nearest branch. Services at Navenby Post Office, in High Street, were suspended in January …

Wilford Case tries to be conservative with his monthly $90 in food stamps. More: continued here

OregonLive.com (blog) Food stamps a patch, not a panaceaTulsa WorldBeginning in March 2008, the number of Oklahomans receiving food stamps, called Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), climbed for 33 consecutive months and repeatedly set records. In January, the streak ended with 614267 residents using the …Analysis: Much of food stamp …

Penny Auctions Review – A New Site Emerges To Keep A Watchful Eye On The World …San Francisco Chronicle (press release)They win high tech electronic products at low prices, and then proceed to sell them on sites like Craigslist and eBay at a significant markups. One penny auction player named …

Pace of JPS superintendent's hearing a concernJackson Clarion LedgerDelmer Stamps, a former board president and one of the board members who voted to hire Edwards in 2008, testified he agrees with the decision not to renew the superintendent's contract. Asked about a report from 2003 that showed academic shortcomings …Hearings …

City priest's 'royal mail' an invitation for jokestersWatertownDailyTimes.comFather Robinson said he is a big fan of the British royal family and made a joke to his parishioners one Sunday that he had yet to get his invitation to the royal wedding. A few days later he received an elegant, official-looking …

The applicants can submit a request at any post office to get their cards at the nearest post and action will be taken within three days, a top executive of Emirates Post Emirates Post told Gulf News yesterday. More: continued here