( Cornell University ) Nearly half of American children — including 90 percent of black children and 90 percent of children who spend their childhoods in single-parent households — will eat meals paid for by food stamps at some point during childhood, reports a Cornell researcher. More: continued here

( Washington University in St. Louis ) “Forty-nine percent of all US children will be in a household that uses food stamps at some point during their childhood,” says Mark R. Rank, Ph.D., poverty expert at Washington University in St. Louis. “Food stamp use is a clear sign of poverty …

Online auction house eBay says it has begun removing several items put up for sale by anti-abortion activists trying to raise funds for the man accused of killing a Kansas abortion provider. More: continued here

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The Royal Mail is to face legal action over the recruitment of 30,000 agency staff, says main postal union the CWU. More: continued here

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A new building at Bishop Airport has been built for FedEx Express. (Ryan Garza/The Flint Journal)FLINT — Bishop Airport will cut the ribbon on a new sorting facility for FedEx Express on Tuesday, marking a major step in development of… More: continued here

(11-02) 11:05 PST Wichita, Kan. (AP) — Online auction house eBay says it has begun removing several items put up for sale by anti-abortion activists trying to raise funds for the man accused of killing a Kansas abortion provider. The San… Auction – EBay – Pro-life – Kansas – Abortion …