The Positive Economics of Food StampsHuffington Post, NYAlong the way she applied for public assistance and was given $11 in food stamps. She stopped at a grocery after a long night of work. Exhausted, she unloaded her cart slowly, with the food stamps on the counter. The guy behind her said, …

Daily Examiner Police uncover '$4.5m eBay scam'ABC Online, AustraliaAssistant Commissioner Catherine Burn says the group sold the items on eBay and other shopping websites for about a third of the price over at least the past two years. "It's well organised in the sense that we're dealing with innocent people who …

News In BriefSan Jose Mercury News,  USAEBay Chief Executive John Donahoe received compensation valued at $22.5 million in 2008, according to a Monday regulatory filing, but a large part of his pay package consisted of equity awards that are currently worthless in the wake of a sharp decline …EBay CEO …

Gazette to be delivered by post officeDelaware Gazette, OHBeginning Monday, home delivery of the Delaware Gazette outside the City of Delaware will be handled by the US Postal Service except on Saturdays and federal holidays, when it will be delivered by Gazette carriers. The newspaper will continue to be … More: …

Fun with Ebay: Pimp my ZamboniNewsday, NYCustom Zamboni – Hockey Hot Rod – Dragster – Big Fun is the title of this eBay listing, which has about 27 hours remaing at the time this post went up. This is not your granny’s Zamboni. This thrill-show veteran has had some cosmetic surgery. …

Lords set to fight Royal Mail sell-offMirror.co.uk, UKLabour peers yesterday vowed to fight a Royal Mail sale "every step of the way". The warning came as the House of Lords prepared to vote today on Business Secretary Lord Mandelson's plan. Ministers may have to rely on the Tories to get the …

UberGizmo Prototype iPhone Spotted on eBayMac Rumors, VAThe working unit runs iPhone OS 03.06.01_G vs the launch version which ran version 03.11.02_G. Beta units of Apple products have been known to escape Apple's labs before. Recently a prototype MacBook Air was purchased on eBay by a MacRumors forum …Proto-iPhone on eBay: …

Just Ask Us: Why don't Forever stamps come in rolls?Wisconsin State Journal, WIBy MARK PITSCH Q: When the Postal Service came out with Forever stamps I thought it was one of the greatest ideas they ever had. However, every time I go to purchase forever stamps I ask for a roll …

guardian.co.uk Dutch Frontrunner for Royal Mail Accused of Bullying WorkforceBuzzle, CATNT, the Dutch postal group that is frontrunner to take a stake in Royal Mail as part of the government's controversial part-privatization plan, is threatening to sack 10000 workers in the Netherlands if they do not accept a 5% pay cut. …

TVNZ 'Watchmen' box-office reporting: Not a pretty pictureLos Angeles Times, CAAnd what about Deadline Hollywood's Nikki Finke, who last week ran a post saying her box-office experts were predicting that the movie would do $70 million? Well, Nikki flunked the test — twice. First off, her post on the box-office results, …