The number of Iowa households on food stamps has more than doubled since 2000, as has the amount of money spent on the federally funded food assistance program, state officials said last week. More: continued here

PayPal to buy Fraud Sciences for $169 millionReuters –1 hour agoFraud Sciences' risk tools and analytics are likely to enhance eBay and PayPal's fraud management systems, the companies said in a statement. …PayPal to buy Fraud Sciences for $169MBusinessWeekPayPal Agrees to Acquire Fraud Sciences Ltd.Business Wire (press release)EBay's PayPal unit buys …

A PETITION with more than 800 names on it has been collected in an effort to save North Bradley Post Office. More: continued here

Calendar puts rat stamps in demandSt. Louis Post-Dispatch,  United States –8 minutes agoThe Postal Service will pay homage to the Chinese New Year tradition with stamps continuing through 2019. Issued this month, a new stamp incorporates an … More: continued here

Auctionbytes eBay to Announce Changes at Tuesday's eCommerce ForumAuctionbytes –19 minutes agoBy Ina Steiner eBay plans to webcast the Ecommerce Forum keynote address at Tuesday's annual meeting of top sellers, during which it will announce much … More: continued here

If you or someone you know is pregnant, be prepared. The child will be a rat. Anyone who turns 12 this year is also a rat. You may consider me a jackass for saying that, but technically I’m a monkey, at least according to the year I was born. More: …

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A POSTIE faces the sack after thousands of missing letters were discovered in his house. Kenneth McFarlane was reported to bosses after locals became suspicious about mail not being delivered. More: continued here

According to a new study from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, buyers are saving “billions of dollars each year” by buying on eBay. More: continued here

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