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The federal food assistance program SNAP pays $1.7 billion to $2.1 billion for purchases of sugar-sweetened beverages every year, a new study has found. More: continued here

EcommerceBytes eBay Acknowledges API Listing GlitchEcommerceByteseBay used its Systems Announcement Board to acknowledge a glitch with its API. The company rarely uses its Systems board other than to announce its weekly maintenance schedule – the report is available on this page. eBay wrote, "Previously some … More: continued here

Postal Service Conducting Survey About BloomsdaleSte. Genevieve HeraldPlans to reduce the hours of operation for the Bloomsdale Post Office were announced last May. The proposed reduction will take the office from eight to six hours per day for retail service, while in 2011 the hours already had been reduced to …

IPhone 5 selling on EBay for more than $1000Los Angeles TimesThe iPhone 5 has started showing up on EBay, and some units are selling for insane amounts, including one 64 GB model that is currently going for $9,901. It has more than 30 bids already. Apple is selling the model …

GIMBY (blog) Benefit Expansion Responsible for Food Stamp GrowthNewsMax.comA new study finds that three years after the end of the recession, 47 million Americans are using the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, previously known as food stamps, a figure representing 15 percent of the population. The study concludes …Food stamps mean …

Hazardous materials teams were called to the Lake Stevens post office late Tuesday after some complained of feeling sick. More: continued here

Hazardous materials teams were called to the Lake Stevens post office late Tuesday after some complained of feeling sick. More: continued here

The Guardian Royal Mail chief backs staff quotas for womenThe GuardianRoyal Mail chief executive Moya Greene has become one of the most senior figures in corporate Britain to publicly back recruitment quotas for women in the workplace – including the boardroom. Greene told an audience at the Communications Workers … …

ABC News Romney remarks on Obama voters stirs race; US, Arizona food stamp doles up …Bizjournals.comMitt Romney's comments at fundraiser regarding 47 percent of U.S. voters being in Barack Obama's camp because they don't pay income taxes or are dependent on government help has stirred the presidential race with just …

E! Online Kate Middleton's Topless Photo Spreads Removed From eBayE! OnlineHence, the inevitable brisk business that France's Closer and Italy's Chi were doing on eBay. And that is were—past tense—as the juggernaut marketplace has finally cottoned on to the online auctions and subsequently banned the issues from being … More: …