Maury County’s food stamp usage among families increased 10 percent this year, despite a lowered unemployment rate. The trend mirrors the 10 percent increase in statewide families who used the federal nutrition assistance, which went up from 404,000 to 440,000 between January to November. More: continued here

Annual commemorative stamp subjects are highly guarded — and anticipated — by the philatelic community and others, like me, who love the mail, write lots of letters and look forward to their own mail moment every day. More: continued here

More families using food stampsColumbia Daily Herald, TN –53 minutes agoBy Staff Reports Maury County’s food stamp usage among families increased 10 percent this year, despite a lowered unemployment rate. … More: continued here

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A post office worker has been shot dead by masked gunmen during a robbery in a rural village. More: continued here

eBay is making changes to its checkout system that will ultimately force buyers to enter payment information through its checkout system. The changes could mean the end of deadbeat buyers and give eBay the kind of insight Amazon.com has through its practice of processing payments on behalf of merchants. It …