Gary grocer to plead guilty to food stamp fraudTimes, INBy Dan Hinkel A Gary grocer has agreed to pay back $3.8 million to the federal government and plead guilty to food stamp fraud. Mark Prusinski, of Wheatfield, admits in a plea agreement that he gave customers cash for their food stamp …

“We’re thrilled,” said Dot Dwyer, a longtime resident of Hawleyville and a member of the Save Hawleyville Post Office Committee. More: continued here

eBay UK is discontinuing Skype voice and chat buttons in listings as of June 10, 2009, in what the company calls an effort to remove features with limited buyer and seller usage. eBay had been ambivalent about the buttons from the beginning due to concerns over the potential for members …

The House passed a bill renaming the U.S. Post Office in Somerville, Tenn., for former Lieutenant Governor John S. Wilder this afternoon. More: continued here

CITY OF NEWBURGH – A commemorative cancellation will be issued in honor of Flotilla Day on Monday at the city post office. More: continued here

Almost one in nine Americans now use food stamps to help purchase groceries as the economic recession continues to push record numbers of people into the federal program according to the USDA . What’s worse is that the heartrending news that 33.2 million people are struggling just to put food …

NC farmer's markets to accept food stampsAsheville Citizen-Times, NCThe cards, which are issued in North Carolina by the Division of Social Services, replaced paper food stamp coupons nationwide in 2002. The lack of EBT technology at farmers markets limited nutrition-assistance recipients' access to fresh seasonal … More: continued here

FedEx Corp.’s (FDX) latest planned write-down stemming from its 2004 acquisition of Kinko’s Inc. may lend credence to views that the shipping giant blundered with the $2.4 billion purchase. More: continued here

Ebay is calling on brands to help it stamp out trading in counterfeit goods on its site. More: continued here

Anglers invited to fish public waters sans license, stamps SaturdayBeaumont Enterprise, txSaturday is National Free Fishing Day, an annual event used to promote the sport and allow anglers to fish all public waters without a license or stamps. Throughout Texas, some state parks are organizing family friendly activities to mark the …