As the year comes to a close with the nation still in the grips of a nasty recession, Washington state has a record 12.8 percent of the state population receiving food stamps. In October 855,000 people were enrolled in the food stamp program – many for the first time. More: …

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U.S. Postal Service officials have decided they will not close the Clifty Post Office, U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield announced Monday. More: continued here

SAN FRANCISCO: E-commerce giant eBay saw a surge in mobile shopping this holiday season as number of items bought by shoppers using mobile phones tripled over the same period last year, reported China’s Xinhua news agency. More: continued here

Beware Photo Booth time stamps: It's a bug, not a feature.tuaw.com (blog)One of our readers informed us that he was seeing some strangeness with Photo Booth time stamps. … More: continued here

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Great job, post officeCaswell MessengerEvery year at this time I think about writing a letter to the editor conveying the great services we all get from our local post office employees. … More: continued here

Burnley Christmas parcels delayed by bad weatherThis Is LancashireRoyal Mail has confirmed postal workers have struggled to access some houses because the recent icy weather has left streets too slippery. …and more » More: continued here

Unhappy with eBay and PayPal policiesPayson RoundupI have been a valued user of eBay and PayPal for over a decade. Today I was treated like a common criminal and my integrity was wrongfully questioned by … More: continued here