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NEW YORK (TheStreet) — In this week of Independence Day flag waving and parades, let’s take a moment to gawk at what is probably the Web’s only real prize-winning investment float: eBay . “There is no denying the sheer power of the mom and pop trader let loose online,” Alexander …

Postal delivery boss steals £ 20k by opening mailKent OnlineRoyal Mail post box. A crooked Royal Mail manager plundered thousands of pounds by stealing from letters and parcels meant for customers. Lee Holness pocketed cash and goods worth £20,000 by tampering with post in his office at Margate delivery office. …

Bute Royal Mail employee suspended for withholding mailButeman“Royal Mail has a zero tolerance approach to any dishonesty and that stance is shared by the overwhelming majority of postmen and women, who are honest and hardworking and who do all they can to protect the mail and deliver it safely. The …

More than a year after Gov. Cuomo announced a ban on requiring New Yorkers to be finger printed to get food stamps, the city has been telling applicants that they’ll have to be fingerprinted to get the benefits. More: continued here

The Digital Skeptic: Celebrate eBay — the Web Parade's Only Winning FloatTheStreet.comStarting all the way back in 2008 down through fiscal 2012, both operating and net margins at eBay stayed locked in at around 25%. There is simply none of stench of out-of-control expenses that stink up the financials of …

Police: Irvington man drove car into Warren Post OfficeHunterdon County Democrat – NJ.comAt about 9:10 Monday morning, a single-car crash with injury was reported at the Warren Post Office on Technology Drive, when Olumide Owoade apparently lost control of his vehicle, struck the building and caused minor damage to the …

Greenspace: Postal Service delivers a cleaner environmentPost-BulletinNowacki said the post office's green projects fall into five basic categories: energy reduction, vehicle petroleum use, recycling and zero waste, reduction of consumables, and water conservation. An example in recycling, Nowacki said, is the work being … More: continued here

Dive-bombing seagulls stop petrified postmen delivering letters in CornwallMetroPetrified postmen are refusing to deliver letters to a seaside cul-de-sac after coming under attack from aggressive dive-bombing seagulls. Postal workers dropping off mail at the street in Perranporth, Cornwall, have been targeted by the swooping birds … More: continued here

WJXT Jacksonville FL best in food stamp efficiencyWJXT JacksonvilleJust for some perspective, ten years ago, one in 25 people in Jacksonville was on food stamps. Now that number is one in five. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Florida will receive an $8 million bonus as a result of the …

It's time our leaders stop their 'war on food stamps'Iowa City Press CitizenI refer to the most recent so-called entitlement program on the government chopping block: SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) formerly known as Food Stamps. Paul Krugman, the brilliant Nobel Laureate in Economics, recently decried “the …Commentary – Cuts to …