Royal Mail reveal UK’s top 10 shopping towns – TameBay

TameBay Royal Mail reveal UK's top 10 shopping townsTameBayRoyal Mail have revealed the top ten places hoping to beat the rush at the shops by using the web to buy their Christmas presents. Residents of Colchester, Britain's oldest recorded town, have been out-clicking other towns for Christmas presents this …Royal …

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Kathleen Parker: Food stamps and turkey tales – STLtoday.com

Kathleen Parker: Food stamps and turkey talesSTLtoday.comIf you peruse the news on any given day, the farm bill/food stamp debate produces two general impressions: Republicans are heartless turkey thieves; Democrats are spendthrift welfare caterers. If only neither were a little bit right. As with tabloid …and more » More: continued here

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EBay outperforms Amazon on Cyber Monday – MarketWatch

EBay outperforms Amazon on Cyber MondayMarketWatchSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — It wasn't really a race but shares of Internet retailer eBay Inc. outperformed Amazon.com Inc. on Cyber Monday, a day when millions of Americans are expected to shop online. More than 131 million people in the U.S. are … More: continued here

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Main Street post office closes over safety issue – GoDanRiver.com

Main Street post office closes over safety issueGoDanRiver.comPost Office. The post office at the Federal Courthouse on Main Street in Danville is temporarily closed over "safety concerns," according to Cathy Yarosky, a spokesperson with the United States Postal Service. Post Office. Allison Roberts/Register …Danville post office closed, fails inspectionWRICDanville Post …

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Cuts to food stamps hit Oregon families hard – The Columbian

KATU Cuts to food stamps hit Oregon families hardThe ColumbianEUGENE, Ore. — Casey Beason, her boyfriend and 2-year-old daughter were facing an interminable Thanksgiving weekend in their cracker-box apartment on Roosevelt Boulevard while they waited for their Oregon Trail food stamp card to recharge.Food stamp cuts hit Oregon families hardStatesman …

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Danese post office to remain open through 2015, Rahall says

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Nick J. Rahall, D-W.Va., has announced that the Postal Service will keep the Danese Post Office open through December 2015. “The two-year lease agreement announced today will ensure the post office remains open and current postal operations will not be disrupted. More: continued here

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Gridlock in Congress could leave millions hurting over the holidays

Congress, with few workdays left, shows no signs of settling partisan disputes over unemployment benefits, food stamps, a farm bill and the budget. WASHINGTON — Congress' unfinished business threatens to leave millions of Americans — including the unemployed, Pentagon contractors and even supermarket shoppers — in the lurch this holiday …

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