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Congress Fails on Food Stamps with Little FanfareThe New RepublicOrnstein helpfully traced the origins of the odd couple that is the bill: Its bloated farm subsidies are tied to the essential food stamps program because of the historic friendship that developed in the early 1970s between George McGovern and Bob …

Can you buy and sell digital currency on eBay? Sure you can. In fact, the popular auction site may eventually become a primary means of trading dollars and yen and other fiat currencies for bitcoins, the world's most popular digital currency.         More: continued here

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Post Office Financial Services: Emerging Economies" report t More: continued here

Wired How to Sell Bitcoins on eBay Without Getting Fleeced? Use FedExWiredWith PayPal under its wing, eBay is registered with state and federal governments as a bona fide money transmitter, and that gives the site a leg up on many of the early Bitcoin exchanges, which were built by independent …

NorthEscambia.com McDavid Post Office Set For Cutbacks Or ClosureNorthEscambia.comThe McDavid Post Office has been targeted by the U.S. Postal Service for cutbacks or possibly even closure. Residents and businesses in the 32568 zip code were notified Thursday that the Postal Service will take future action regarding the McDavid Post … More: …

The key to understanding Canada Post’s latest strategic masterstroke — henceforth, the post office will charge you nearly twice as much to deliver a letter half the way — is to understand the logic of monopoly. Only in a world […] More: continued here

Plans to move Seahouses Post Office and create an improved and expanded service have been revealed. More: continued here

3 Tri-City post offices to extend hours SaturdayBellingham HeraldThe main Pasco post office, 3500 W. Court St., will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. both Saturdays. The Richland post office, 815 Jadwin Ave., and the West Richland post office, 4801 Van Giesen St., will be open from 10 …

Gardaí are hunting for two men who threatened post office staff with a hatchet and a hammer during a raid yesterday in Cork City. More: continued here

Man sentenced for breaking into Elmira Post Office, avoids extra prison timeThe Register-GuardChristopher Yandell still faces a long time in prison for a meth-fueled crime spree last year, but a federal judge today decided not to pile on more time when she sentenced Yandell for breaking into the Elmira Post …