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For the past 75 years patrons inside the Normal Post Office have found themselves gazing upwards to ponder the meaning of one of the finest works of public art in the Twin Cities. More: continued here

Tech stocks are seeing mixed trading Friday, with the sector trying to close the week out with gains on a day highlighted by the latest round of insults between investor Carl Icahn and eBay Inc. More: continued here

Hazleton's post office is 50 years oldStandard SpeakerThe North Wyoming Street building had individual offices for post office administrators, a large customer service area and a workroom with state-of-the-art mail-processing equipment. Built for $500,000, the structure was designed to handle the U.S …US Postal Service pays $180000 for unopened post …

STAMPS FEATURE WINTER FLOWERSQuad City TimesFour flowers that brighten winter days — the amaryllis, cyclamen, Christmas cactus and paperwhite — are featured in a new set of Forever stamps from the U.S. Postal Service. To create the stamps, the flowers were first photographed and then "painted … More: continued here

Cash, note from the 'Barefoot Bandit' to be auctioned on eBayKING5.comShe plans on putting the items for sale on eBay to raise money for Raymond's animal shelter, the Harbor Association of Volunteers for Animals (HAVA). "We've had a lot of feral cat projects that get very expensive," said Lewis, who …

Four flowers that brighten winter days — the amaryllis, cyclamen, Christmas cactus and paperwhite — are featured in a new set of Forever stamps from the U.S. Postal Service. More: continued here

Ohio to begin staggering release of food stampsColumbus DispatchOhio will begin staggering distribution of food-stamp benefits next month. The change comes at the request of grocers who say stores are swamped at the beginning of each month, creating long lines, shortages of produce and other items, and the need for … …

Jobs are the key to ending food stampsThe News JournalThat 17 percent of Delawareans are still on food stamps this long after the "official" end of the recession should be disturbing. Most important, it speaks not to a culture of dependence that some critics allege, but to a sluggish economy. …

Philly.com Playing politics with food stampsThe News JournalTom Corbett – who has no problem starving his state's most populous and academically struggling urban school districts of funding – flipped his fiscal conservative script and declared that Congress needs to preserve food stamps as an important safety …In surprising move, Corbett …

People who receive assistance commonly referred to as food stamps in Pennsylvania spend $1 of every $20 in benefits at convenience stores, yet federal data show corner stores represent a disproportionate share of fraud cases. More: continued here