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Federal food stamp funding cuts could strain local food pantriesDelaware County Daily TimesThat influx came less than a week after federal funding for food stamps was reduced by $5 billion. Exactly how much of that influx could be directly attributed to the funding cut was unclear, but Castagna anticipates the …

eBay is expanding a new Hire service to the United States to pair you with service providers. That and four more tech-related items you missed today. More: continued here

Plymouth Herald Royal Mail in Plymouth present £9000 to local charitiesPlymouth HeraldChairman of Royal Mail's local fundraising group, Jeff Maddison, said “The generosity of our staff never ceases to impress. “In addition to the many that donate direct from pay, events take place throughout the year to raise even more …

Plymouth Herald Pasty helps Royal Mail raise £1600 for Children in NeedPlymouth HeraldA giant Children in Need shaped pasty made by Ivor Dewdney was included in the fundraising events. Proceeds from the raffle that included the pasty contributed to the £1,600 raised by all three shifts at the Plymouth MDEC …

Students' mobile app would help farmer's markets accept food stampsGW Hatchet (subscription) (blog)… food stamp payments through Electronic Benefit Transfer cards. Some farmer's markets in D.C., such as Foggy Bottom's FRESH FARM markets, allow individuals to trade in their food stamps credit for tokens to use at venues. Video by …

YNN's Paul Brown met with Austin Business Journal Editor Colin Pope to discuss eBay's plan to bring 1,000 new jobs to Austin. Check it out in this edition of "Business Now." More: continued here

EBay wants to bring new jobs to AustinYNN, Your News Now21, the Austin City Council will be talking about giving eBay permission to receive some city and state incentives so the company can add another 1,000 jobs in Austin. EBay already employs 500 people in Austin. Most of them are …

Everyone is aware of SNAP (food stamps), the mother of all food handouts, where over 47.8 million people participate at an annual cost of $81 billion. But awareness of the sprawling array of other government food programs is another eye opener. WIC, for example, the Women, Infants and Children Food …

Just how do footballers end up on stamps anyway?SB NationOf all the manifold immortalities that a grateful world can bestow on its beloved footballers, the commemorative stamp is one of the most pleasing. Less formal than a statue, less all-encompassing than a renamed road, a stamp says to the world: …

Nearly two years after the shuttering of Ukiah's downtown post office it remains closed despite promises by secretive new owners the building will be put to good use. More: continued here