Yahoo! News Time to take a bite out of food stamps?Yahoo! NewsThe Republican-led House has severed food stamp policy from farm legislation, its longtime safe harbor. A group of GOP lawmakers is planning a separate food stamp bill that would cut the program by as much as 5 percent, or …
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Food stamps look ripe for the picking, politically speaking. Through five years and counting of economic distress, the food aid program has swollen up like a summer tomato. It grew to $78 billion last … More: continued here
Read More »Activists protest sale of Berkeley Post Office – Daily Californian
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines Activists protest sale of Berkeley Post OfficeDaily CalifornianWhere Milvia Street crosses Allston Way, several bold signs and worn REI tents indicate a group of protesters who have been camping out in front of Berkeley's first post office since Saturday night to save …
Read More »Santa Monica’s New Deal Era Post Office Building on the Road to Preservation – The Lookout News
Santa Monica's New Deal Era Post Office Building on the Road to PreservationThe Lookout NewsAugust 2, 2013 — Despite losing the battle to keep Santa Monica's 75-year-old post office open, officials and residents are working to make sure the New Deal-era building sticks around a little longer. City Hall, with …
Read More »Stabenow cultivates support for restoring food stamps – Toledo Blade
Stabenow cultivates support for restoring food stampsToledo BladeDETROIT — For weeks, the looming Detroit bankruptcy has been the monster of all Michigan stories, dominating the news almost to the point of crowding out everything else. Yet just as there is more to the state's economy than cars, there are more …
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Right now, it's illegal for you to ship beer, wine and liquor across the country, but if the Post Master General gets his way that could change. More: continued here
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Shares of innovative online and mobile commerce company, eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) , are looking for a bid. The stock suffered this month after another failed attempt to push above $58, which is within striking … More: continued here
Read More »Main Coralville post office slated for closure – The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines Main Coralville post office slated for closureThe Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and HeadlinesThe main Coralville Post Office at 10th Avenue and Fifth Street Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013 in Coralville. The U.S. Postal Service notified Coralville in writing in July that it …
Read More »£3 Warhol on eBay for £1.25m – Express.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk £3 Warhol on eBay for £1.25mExpress.co.ukA BRITISH art fan shows off the Andy Warhol sketch he got for £3 at a Las Vegas jumble sale – and has now put up on eBay for £1.25million. Published: Thu, August 1, 2013. Tweet · 0 Comments. Experts-at-both-Sotheby-s-and-Bonhams-are- Experts at both …Warhol sketch …
Read More »GOP prepares food stamp legislation to cut program by 5 percent – Fox News
GOP prepares food stamp legislation to cut program by 5 percentFox NewsWASHINGTON – House Republicans are preparing legislation that would cut food stamps by as much as $4 billion annually in an effort to downsize a program that many conservatives say has become too bloated in recent years. A group …
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