An anonymous reader writes SFist with the following urgent request. Do you or one of your writers know how to apply to get for food stamps? Might make a good post. Funny enough, your editor was juuuust wondering the same thing the other day after purchasing a $4 bottle of …

Police say a 73-year-old man was stabbed to death in a brazen daytime killing inside a post office in the quiet, small town of Clayton. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service says 37-year-old Shannon Bradley Moore of Concord has been booked into the Contra Costa County Jail on one count of …

L’Oreal has launched legal proceedings at the UK High Court against eBay in the latest stage of its battle against counterfeiters and copy-cat brands. More: continued here

Business Secretary Peter Mandelson yesterday warned Labour’s Royal Mail rebels they should accept part-privatisation – because it could be fully sold off under the Tories. More: continued here

I'd bet a buck that stamp prices know no limitOrlando Sentinel, FLNaturally, I would be expected to receive the postal announcement with a slight shudder, I having been weaned on 3-cent stamps and penny postcards. For the record, the outlay to mail a first-class letter bumps up to 44 cents on …

Morgan Lewis Partner Sues MercExchange for Piece of eBay SettlementAm Law Litigation Daily, NYThe small Virginia-based company's epic IP battle against eBay Inc. settled last February, following a $25 million judgment and a landmark Supreme Court ruling on injuctions in patent cases. In the settlement, MercExchange agreed to sell eBay its …

If you’re looking for work and you’re short on cash, FedEx Kinko’s is willing to give you a hand. More: continued here

Another sign of the crumbling economy, the number of Arizona households receiving federal food stamps is rising quickly. The Phoenix Business Journal is reporting that 26 percent more Arizona residents were on food stamps at the end of last year, compared to the year before. More: continued here

REIDSVILLE, N.C. (AP) – The Rockingham County Farmers Market is the latest in North Carolina to begin accepting electronic benefits transfer cards, traditionally known as food stamps. More: continued here

March 9 (Bloomberg) — EBay Inc. , the world’s largest Internet auctioneer, should be held accountable for counterfeit products sold on its Web site, a lawyer for L’Oreal SA told a U.K. court today. More: continued here