6 accused of preying on elderly for moneyChicago Tribune, United States –3 hours ago… 83-year-old relative with Alzheimer's. In another case, a 49-year-old woman allegedly stole food stamps from five residents of a Springfield nursing home. More: continued here

PORTLAND — More than a half-million Oregon residents — roughly one of every seven people — received food stamps last month, according the state Department of Human Services. More: continued here

ABC News Post Office resuming Operation SantaThe Associated Press –2 hours agoWASHINGTON (AP) — Operation Santa is resuming at the post office. The program in which volunteers reply to children's letters to Santa was suspended after …'Operation Santa' suspended by Post OfficeNewsdayPostal Service Tells Gift-Givers Not to Help SantaNew York TimesCanada …

Royal Mail worker stole parcels to sell on eBayCoventry Telegraph, UK –11 hours agoRoyal Mail suspended a member of staff on December 4 on suspicion of theft pending an internal investigation. The worker, who lives in Coventry, …Postal sorting office swamped with 4.5 million pieces of mailBradford Telegraph ArgusSefton residents cheered by …

WASHINGTON (AP) – Operation Santa is resuming at the post office. The program in which volunteers reply to children’s letters to Santa was suspended after what the Postal Service said was a “privacy breach” in New York on Tuesday. More: continued here

How snotty: Scarlett Johansson blew her nose on a tissue, and now the tissue is being sold on eBay. Johansson appeared on NBC’s “Tonight” show Wednesday to promote her new movie, “The Spirit.” The actress said she’d caught a cold from co-star Samuel L…. More: continued here

Travel Insider: Use cash cards abroadSalt Lake Tribune, United States –4 hours agoDavid Failor, executive director of stamp services for the United States Postal Service, says the Yellowstone stamp is part of a series of stamps featuring … More: continued here

Royal Mail and the Government should look closer to home for a business partner says APC Overnight, the UK’s largest next day parcel and document delivery network organisation. It says that existing UK market leaders such as APC Overnight, Parcelnet, Home Delivery Network and City Link all present viable alternatives …

It’s been a rough session for eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), as both companies were downgraded from “outperform” to “market perform” at Bernstein Research. The brokerage firm stated that there was a greater risk of the companies cutting their outlook and underperforming given the weak economy. More: continued …

(AP) WASHINGTON – Operation Santa is resuming at the post office. The program in which volunteers reply to children’s letters to Santa was suspended after what the Postal Service said was a “privacy breach” in New York on Tuesday. More: continued here