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Food stamps limits already cause problemsKennebec JournalI use food stamps and I am already limited from buying food that is prepared or hot. This would include "hot" chili from a salad bar in Hannaford. Also restricted is an "already cooked, warm chicken." Well, by your standards those are not "good" …

At The Farmer's Market, With Food StampsKCURAbout 47 million Americans are enrolled in SNAP, more commonly known as food stamps. Most of the money is spent at grocery stores, but an increasing amount is finding its way to small, local markets. In 2008, only 753 local farms and farmers markets …

VIDEO: 2-alarm fire at post office annex in BrocktonEnterprise NewsA two-alarm fire Wednesday morning started in a caged-off maintenance shed pressed against a sheet-metal structure behind the U.S. postal Service processing center, fire officials said. Brockton Fire Chief Richard C. Frances said a preliminary …and more » More: continued here

Baltimore Post Office Repackaged as Railway Express LoftsCurbed NationalThe United States Postal Service has closed a number of historic facilities in recent years, and the future for many is hazy. The situation is so dire for post offices, they were included generally on the National Trust for Historic Preservation's most …

Trumps Finalize Deal for Old Post Office HotelWashington City Paper (blog)The transformation of the Old Post Office building on Pennsylvania Avenue NW into a luxury hotel took a big step forward today with an announcement from the General Services Administration that it's reached a deal with Donald and Ivanka Trump …

eBay Debuts 'Shoppable Windows' In Trendy New York NeighborhoodHuffington PostSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – EBay Inc is launching virtual stores called "shoppable windows" this month that the e-commerce company hopes will help retailers generate more sales from their existing physical store networks. The first four of these screens … More: continued …

Investors in FedEx Corp (NYSE: FDX) saw new options become available today, for the June 14th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the FDX options chain for the new June 14th contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest. …

Airline, package holidays, distribution and logistics firm Dart Group said it has retained Royal Mail contracts for six out of the eight routes currently operated. More: continued here

Firefighters from Brockton and West Bridgewater put out a two-alarm fire Thursday at the post office annex building at 220 Liberty Street. More: continued here

Freshfields, Links and Slaughters prepare to deliver Royal Mail IPOThe LawyerFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Linklaters and Slaughter and May have taken key advisory roles on the IPO of state-owned Royal Mail, described as the largest UK privatisation for decades. Freshfields corporate partner Tim Jones is leading for the … More: continued …