Dividend.com Family Dollar Sees Boost This Year From Use Of Food StampsCNNMoney.com –2 hours agoAs of September 2008 , about 14 million households relied on food stamps, up 17% from a year earlier, Levine said. To better capture the dynamic, …Food stamp ramp-upReutersExtreme discount shopping drives Family Dollar’s 1QHome Textiles TodayFamily …

The Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF), the nation’s leading Latino scholarship organization supporting Hispanic higher education, will receive $352,500 over the next three years from FedEx Corp. This funding from FedEx will provide scholarships for deserving students and support for four community education programs in local markets. More: continued here

Miami New Times Florida Leads Nation In Food Stamp RequestsWFtv.com, FL –38 minutes agoGovernment statistics show 1 in every 10 Florida families is now receiving food stamps. Rebecca Roberts walked in the door of the Outreach Center of Orlando …1 in 10 Floridians Now on Food StampsWOKVFood stampsWJHG-TVFood Stamp Nation – Florida …

INCREASED competition, the credit crunch and the Post Office’s decision to close its sub branch in a popular local shop on the outskirts of Shaw has led to its closure. More: continued here

Food Stamp participation increased in '08MADISONet.com, SD –40 minutes agoBy CHUCK CLEMENT, Staff Reporter Participation in the federal Food Stamp program among Lake County residents increased by 13 households during fiscal year … More: continued here

Hornby O Gauge Early 4-wheeled Goods WagonsAuction Central News, NY –5 hours ago(4) As this is a live auction and will take place in either Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) or British Summer Time (BST), Ebay's time remaining stamp will not be … More: continued here

Brisbane, Jan 7: Australian Open finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga recovered from a horror start to impose his game on fighting Finn Jarkko Nieminen for a 0-6, 7-6 (7-1), 7-6 (7-5) win into the quarter-finals of the Brisbane International Wednesday. More: continued here

DALLAS—-FedEx Office, an operating company of FedEx Corp. , today released the results of its national “Finding Better Balance” survey, a pulse check on full-time, U.S. workers’ views towards work/life balance moving into the New Year. More: continued here

Temperatures in Britain dropped so low Tuesday that waterfalls in the Lake District and fountains in Trafalgar Square froze solid.Thousands of drivers were stranded, most of them with dead batteries, the Daily Mail reported. The Royal Automobile Club and AA reported calls for assistance at levels they had not seen …

Man arrested in theft at Flagstaff post officeKVOA.com, AZ –2 minutes ago(AP) – Police have arrested a Mesa man who confessed to getting drunk, breaking into downtown Flagstaff's post office, opening hundreds of packages and … More: continued here