A COMMUNITY is gearing up for their annual Christmas lights event tonight, despite this week’s ‘terrible news’ about another Post Office closure. More: continued here

PicClick is a web-based shopping search engine that scours eBay and Amazon and returns results in thumbnail format. Instead of scrolling through long and rather linear pages of search results you can… More: continued here

Effort sends boro food stamp rolls soaringNew York Post, NY –3 hours agoBy Anna Gustafson Outreach efforts have prompted a spike in the number of Queens residents on food stamps after the city targeted the borough as the first …Answers About Hunger in New York, Part 2New York Times Blogsall 2 news …

Found on EBay — One MagazineLos Angeles Times, CA –3 minutes agoIf you are under 13 years of age you may read this message board, but you may not participate. Comments are moderated, and will not appear until they've … More: continued here

Just a quick game preview because I didn’t get a lot of locker room time this week on account of the holiday. SUNDAY’S GAME: at Redskins, FedEx Field, 1 p.m, FOX THE LINE:… More: continued here

This morning, my colleague Mark Fightmaster reported that online auctioneer eBay (EBAY: sentiment, chart, options) was downgraded from “hold” to “buy” at Argus…( Read More ) More: continued here

More data on eBay; this time, UK figures show the site actually continuing to increase its UK audience in the past year. That’s in sharp contrast to the comparable Nielsen data for eBay in the US, which has seen unique user numbers drop 10% year on year, on average. Photograph: …

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More Apply For Food StampsKFOXtv.com, TX –4 hours agoShe said if it weren't for food stamps times would be tougher for her and her family. Torres has been out of a job, the economy's in shambles and the cost … More: continued here

STOCKS NEWS US-Most online retailers down after Ebay downgradeForbes, NY –5 hours agoMaterial was off 0.9 percent to $9.64 and National Semiconductor (nyse: NSM – news – people ) slid 1.8 percent to $11.05. after the company filed an … More: continued here