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Food stamps for tattoos were allegedly accepted at a Raleigh, N.C., tattoo parlor, according to police. The owner of the place was allegedly accepting Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards — which provide food stamp benefits to low-income families — from several customers as payment for body art on several occasions …

Democrats look at the food stamps program and see an essential piece of a fraying safety net. Republicans see entitlement spending gone wild. More: continued here

David Ellison in Talks to Buy Santa Monica Post Office Building (Exclusive)VarietyThe post office, which was opened as part of FDR's Works Project Administration in 1938, closed in June as business from walk-in customers dwindled. Skydance currently operates out of an office on the Paramount lot, where Ellison is knee-deep …

GOP moving forward with food-stamps cuts, and Democrats aren't going to like itHot AirThe House finally filed the food-stamps portion of their bifurcated farm bill on Monday, complete with the utterly, contemptibly “draconian” 5 percent cut to current spending levels that the opposition feared, and the ensuing level of drama …

Lancashire Evening Post Royal Mail staff sent shares offerLancashire Evening PostMore than 1,000 Royal Mail employees in Lancashire have now received details of their free shares offer following the Government's decision to privatise the company. Overall, around 150,000 eligible Royal Mail employees will receive an information … More: continued here

Death penalty defendant in Henning Post Office killings due in court TuesdayMemphis Commercial AppealChastain Montgomery is due in court Tuesday for a pretrial hearing in the Henning Post Office murders, as prosecutors continue their attempts to secure a federal death sentence — something that has happened just once in Tennessee …

The FedEx Cup is not the only thing on the line this week at the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. More: continued here

Northampton Chronicle & Echo Union to protest against Royal Mail sale outside Northampton's GuildhallNorthampton Chronicle & EchoUnion members are set to gather outside Northampton's Guildhall to protest against the planned privatisation of Royal Mail. The Northampton branch of the Communication Workers Union are gathering outside the Guildhall at 5.30pm today, …

FedEx employees are teaming up with Gleaners Food Bank to end hunger in Central Indiana. Monday, more than 100 FedEx employees volunteered as a part of FedEx Cares Week. Gleaners provides food and groceries to more than 300,000 Hoosiers in … More: continued here

PolicyMic Living On Food Stamps is a Challenge For This CEO, a Reality For Millions Of …PolicyMicRon Shaich, the founder, chairman, and CEO of Panera, decided to take on the SNAP Challenge and blog about it. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the federally-funded program more commonly known as …