Budget provides for more food stamp claimsTurn to 10.com, RIDon Carcieri’s proposed budget, which was unveiled Tuesday, nine more workers will be hired to take care of the expected flood of new applications for food stamps. But one advocate for the poor says even nine new workers won’t be enough. … …

KHON2 Food Stamp Participation Hits Record 31.8 MillionFood Product Design, ILWASHINGTON—Figures released last week by The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) reported that 31.8 million Americans received food stamps, the highest participation level on record and an increase of nearly 700000 individuals from November 2008. …Food stamp benefits risingHonolulu AdvertiserBenefits …

The Sequim city attorney says no law or policies were broken by a police volunteer who sold junked police gear on eBay. More: continued here

Two men have been charged after police busted a syndicate that used eBay and other websites to sell $4.5 million worth of goods bought with fake credit cards. More: continued here

The Dow is having an awesome day – it’s up 4.20 percent at the moment – and eBay’s doing even better, up 6.23 percent.  Just the same, most stocks are nowhere close to their 52-week highs, and to address this problem as it relates to employees’ morale, eBay has announced …

Minyanville.com This Little Madoff Piggy Bank Going to eBayMSNBCMurphy has been sculpting for nearly 20 years, and his latest creation of alleged Ponzi schemer Madoff was going for about $111 on eBay on Monday afternoon. "It's tough to answer where ideas come from," Murphy said. "I get a lot of …

The Rockingham County Farmers Market is the latest in North Carolina to begin accepting electronic benefits transfer cards, traditionally known as food stamps. The Rockingham County market will begin accepting EBTs in May. Other farmers markets in the state also accept the cards. More: continued here

FedEx Office locations in Colorado are offering free resume printing Tuesday only. (FDX) More: continued here

BBC News Warning to 'shrill' mail criticsBBC News, UKThe row over the government's plans to part-privatise Royal Mail could make it harder to attract a partner, Business Secretary Lord Mandelson said. He told peers it was now "balance sheet insolvent" but ministers believed it could have a profitable … More: continued …

Police have smashed a criminal syndicate that used eBay to offload expensive merchandise purchased with fake credit cards. More: continued here