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Americans on food stamps on the riseWIVBA college graduate, Manton never imagined he would be grateful for the $149 dollars he gets in food stamps every month. He stretches every dollar by using a calculator when he shops and skipping meals like breakfast. Manton is one of a record 46 …

USA TODAY On Oscar weekend, 'Act of Valor' storms box officeGlens Falls Post-StarAP | Posted: Sunday, February 26, 2012 2:18 pm | (0) Comments On Oscar weekend, the real-life action stars of "Act of Valor" bested Hollywood's pretend heroes. The Relativity Media action flick, starring real, active-duty US Navy SEALs, …

Daily Mail McNugget bears image of George Washington, $100 bid on eBAYKSBY San Luis Obispo News"God really prompted me to put it on eBay," said Speight. So she did, even though, putting a poultry politician up for sale sounded a little weird at first. "I thought it was just crazy," …

Jim Hillibish: When we lost our postmark, we lost our post officeCanton RepositoryIt only makes sense to the US Postal Service. Then one day, Sadie, bless her soul, arrived at our door with my card in her mouth. I figured it was pretty much curtains for our post office— non-union …

Stamps have stocks licked for investorsHong Kong StandardInvestors might consider investing in Chinese stamps, whose returns are sometimes better than stocks or real estate, according to a company that monitors the market. The China 100 Stamp Index reached 238 this month from 100 in March 2009 – up 46 … …

Buffett stamps on the gold bugs (again)FT Alphaville (blog)…The major asset in this category is gold, currently a huge favorite of investors who fear almost all otherassets, especially paper money (of whose value, as noted, they are right to be fearful). Gold, however,has two significant shortcomings, … More: continued here

Mailboxes play a role in annual food driveThe Star DemocratCrystal Reedy, sales and service associate at the St. Michaels Post Office, holds a bin of food donated to the post office during a previous Harvest for the Hungry food drive. Posted: Sunday, February 26, 2012 12:00 am | Updated: 8:30 …

eBay's Method of Tracking Shipping Time Hurts SellerAuctionBytes Blog (blog)Having received my latest seller update from Ebay, my attention was drawn to their reminder of how to "ramp up my services " in order to qualify for the "Fast N Free" promotion / icon. Not recalling the icon on any …

Remember those carefree days when a gallon of gas was only $5? And when you could cheerfully mail a letter for the rock-bottom price of 50 cents? More: continued here

USDA asked to restore $4.5M for food stamps, not EBTSaipan TribuneThe administration's request is to restore the $4.5 million for actual food stamp and EBT, said Inos. Since the money was reserved for EBT, Inos said it won't be readily made available for other programs. “Meaning, from EBT to the …