Sheriff's Office: Poughkeepsie woman stole food stampsPoughkeepsie JournalA Poughkeepsie woman faces criminal charges for allegedly collecting food stamps and welfare benefits illegally, according to the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office. Chandra C. Finley, 34, was charged with third-degree grand larceny and third-degree … More: continued here

A post office will be open for nearly 40 hours more a week when it reopens after a major refurbishment. Eaton Socon post office, at 194 Great North Road, will be open much earlier and much later than the present outlet once the scheme is finished in October. More: continued …

Rory McIlroy took a week to celebrate his blockbuster summer and paid for it in The Barclays with his worst start in two months. More: continued here

SFGate Online report of possible PayPal spinoff boosts eBay stockSFGateShares of eBay rose as much as 6.8 percent after a tech news website reported that the company could spin off PayPal next year. The world's biggest online marketplace has been telling potential candidates for the top position at PayPal that …

More on the Post Office's potential Forest homeNew Canaan AdvertiserOne thing possibly holding up the deal is the length of a Post Office trailer that would handle business on the site until the new building is completed. The Post Office wants to be out of its month-to-month lease at the …

State stamps out nascent efforts to smoke marijuana on chartered busesseattlepi.com (blog)Screen grab from YouTube video titled “The Weed Bus Club – Capitol Hill Block Party – Seattle Marijuana.” Well, man, it seemed like a good idea at the time. After all, where the hell are tourists, renters — basically …

Even as the economy expands and adds jobs four years into the nation's recovery, the explosive growth of food stamps remains a lingering legacy of the recession. The House on Thursday sought to reduce the federal spending level, voting to cut $39 billion over the next decade. More: continued here

Financial Post EBay Inc considering spinning off PayPal as early as next year, report saysFinancial PostA PayPal spinoff would mark an about-face for the company. EBay CEO John Donahoe has resisted demands by activist investor Carl Icahn to hive off the payments service, saying PayPal was integral to eBay's business …

Taking the federal oath of office is getting to be old hat for Novato’s Alberta Ellis. More: continued here

US ecommerce giant eBay is planning to spin off its payment processing subsidiary PayPal as early as 2015, according to tech news website The Information. The website citing sources reported that eBay hinted at the plan to potential candidates for the position of PayPal CEO. The company is looking to …