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Bill Would Lift Ban On Food Stamps For Drug FelonsKPBSThere, lawmakers are considering whether to reverse a Work Opportunity Act rule that bars convicted drug felons, but not other felons, from collecting food stamps, or CalFresh here in California. Fletcher, who now has four children to feed and poor job … …

Royal Mail workers at the Werrington sorting office in Peterborough walk out in a wildcat strike. More: continued here

eBay's New Best Offer: Better for Buyers or Sellers?EcommerceBytes (blog)eBay has launched a new eBay Best Offer Beta, testing out a new way for buyers to make offers to sellers. I've always liked the "Best Offer" feature, and have made many sales that way. But although eBay is touting the …

Historical society offers post office exhibitRichmond Times DispatchThanks to the participation of local residents, the CHSV exhibit includes items such as envelopes, postcards and letters with postmarks or addresses related to old post offices in the county, as well as anecdotes, stories, photos and oral histories. More: continued here

Daily Mail All England Club go on charm offensive by inviting AFC Wimbledon to Royal BoxDaily MailThe All England Club have included AFC Wimbledon on their guest list for the Royal Box for the first time as part of a charm offensive with the local community. Erik Samuelson, chief executive …

Kerala first All-women Post Office opens at PMG Junction in the capital More: continued here

Pulse 2.0 eBay Acquires Two Leading Belgian Online Classifieds SitesThe Next WebE-commerce juggernaut eBay has announced that it has acquired Belgian online classifieds websites 2dehands.be and 2ememain.be (Dutch and French for 'second-hand', respectively). As a Belgian, I know that the sites are relatively popular – according to …Expanding eBay snaps up …

Sydney Morning Herald Royal family 'perturbed' by Mandela grave spatMail & Guardian Online"Speaking out in the media about names of the people that were laid to rest is something that perturbs [the royal house] and also affects us as the living ones. Even if Mandla Mandela won the case … …

Telegraph.co.uk Business minister urges Royal Mail workers to accept pay dealTelegraph.co.ukMr Fallon added that he wanted staff to have shares in Royal Mail and the unions had been asked for their views on a final version of the scheme, which could see postal workers handed £2,000 of shares. He said: …

TameBay eBay Drums up Sales in Summer Months with UK PromotionEcommerceByteseBay is enticing shoppers in the UK with a promotion called the Summer of Winning game that is designed to bring shoppers back to the site every day. In order to play the game, users must visit www.ebay.co.uk/summerofwinning and click …