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Read More »Wait for food stamps longer – Monitor
Wait for food stamps longerMonitor, TX –3 minutes agoAP AUSTIN (AP) — Texans seeking food stamps are waiting longer to have their applications processed through an updated computer system intended to … More: continued here
Read More »Mayor threatens Post Office action – The Press Association
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UNBORN-AGAIN ex-believers trying to unload their Scientology gizmos on Ebay are being thwarted as the self styled ‘church’ zaps the listings itself. More: continued here
Read More »Demonstration call after new threat to post offices is revealed (The Ham&High Network)
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A new Indio post office many years in the making could be built by September 2009. More: continued here
Read More »Texas food stamps applications being delayed under new system (KXXV Waco)
Associated Press – February 20, 2008 5:25 AM ET AUSTIN (AP) – New state data shows that Texans in need of food stamps are waiting longer to have their applications processed. More: continued here
Read More »Sellers boycott eBay over fees, feedback (San Francisco Chronicle)
From YouTube to MySpace, angry eBay sellers are tapping the Web to call for a boycott of the online auction house, which beginning today is changing the fees it charges sellers to use the marketplace. Last month, eBay announced plans to raise prices for… More: continued here
Read More »China stamps down on SpongeBob SquarePants (Guardian Unlimited)
Beijing authorities extend broadcast restrictions on foreign-made cartoons More: continued here
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