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Unhealthy eating habits, courtesy of food stampsOregonLive.comBy Guest Columnist By Paul Diller For decades the United States has fought hunger through food stamps — now the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. While somewhat successful at alleviating traditional hunger (being underfed and malnourished), …In Texas, food stamps for the dead, scofflaws, cost …

Royal Mail beats delivery targetsThe StarRoyal Mail has delivered its best quarterly targets for first and second class post for almost two years, with 95% of first class letters delivered the next day in Carlisle and Halifax. In the three months to March, 93.4% of first class mail was …Top …

Food stamp fraud raising concerns in gov't officesFoster’s Daily DemocratSAM HANANEL,AP WASHINGTON (AP) — Food stamp recipients are ripping off the government for millions of dollars by illegally selling their benefit cards for cash — sometimes even in the open, on eBay or Craigslist — and then asking the government …

TalkTalk, Fujitsu Provide Platform For Post Office Homephone CustomersWall Street JournalTO), to provide next generation business & network platform for the Post Office Homephone and Broadband customers. -Fujitsu Friday announced that it has been selected by the Post Office to design and deliver a solution that brings together a …Post …

Groupon Inc., the largest daily coupon website, is testing a credit card-reader for merchants that could vie with similar devices offered by Square Inc. and EBay’s PayPal Inc., a person with knowledge of the matter said. More: continued here

BBC News Post Office offers £10000 reward after East Common Lane robbery in ScunthorpeThis is ScunthorpeA reward of up to £10000 is being offered following this week's robbery at a Scunthorpe Post Office during which "a quantity of cash" was stolen. Post Office Ltd have confirmed to police that they …

Groupon Said to Test Credit-Card Reader Rivaling EBay's PayPalBloombergGroupon Inc., the largest daily coupon website, is testing a credit card-reader for merchants that could vie with similar devices offered by Square Inc. and EBay's PayPal Inc., a person with knowledge of the matter said. The reader, manufactured by …and more » …

KATU Police make arrests in protest at downtown Portland post officeOregonLive.comWhile the majority of the protesters marched outside the building, 10 people stood in the post office holding two banners. One read "No closures! No cuts!", the other: "Occupy the Post Office." Eight of the 10 people said they were …

Food stamp fraud raising concerns in government officesMonterey County HeraldBy SAM HANANEL AP WASHINGTON — Food stamp recipients are ripping off the government for millions of dollars by illegally selling their benefit cards for cash — sometimes even in the open, on eBay or Craigslist — and then asking the …

About 80 people gathered at the University Post Office at 1505 SW 6th Ave on Thursday. The crowd said they disagreed with recently announced plans to close almost 250 mail processing plants beginning this summer, leading to reduced postal service and jobs. More: continued here