Could Taxes Or Food Stamp Restrictions Tame America's Sweet Tooth?NPR (blog)The ABA also opposes a bill proposed in the Florida legislature that would restrict the use of food stamps— now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — to buy soda, sugary treats or other unhealthy foods. "Should we give hungry kids …and more » More: continued…
Telegraph.co.uk Charles Dicken's stamps revealed on author's bicentenaryBexley TimesThe Pickwick Papers and Nicholas Nickleby stamps revealed ahead of official issue. Full set of ten stamps to be issued in June. Also available in June will be a Miniature Sheet featuring four stamps. Oliver Twist and David Copperfield also featured in …Charles Dickens stamps for 2012Telegraph.co.ukThe…
There Is More Jason Wu for Target on eBay Than in Target*Elleby Britt Aboutaleb If you search for Jason Wu on eBay, you'll get nearly 11000 hits. The designer's Target collection, which just went on sale this weekend, flew off shelves within hours, but it sounds like the people knocking down the doors of their…
U.S. Postal Service officials say an employee died when he tumbled into a storm drain while searching for his cell phone. More: continued here
TODAY the Bridgwater Mercury is calling on the people of the town to unite behind a clear message to bosses at Post Office Ltd – The temporary post office in Bridgwater is a disgrace. More: continued here
More than one in three Americans lived in households that received Medicaid, food stamps or other means-based government assistance, according to a new report. More: continued here
Help us improve Bridgwater's post officeBridgwater MercuryTODAY the Bridgwater Mercury is calling on the people of the town to unite behind a clear message to bosses at Post Office Ltd – The temporary post office in Bridgwater is a disgrace. For six months the people of Bridgwater have been forced to queue … More: continued…
Omaha Time Capsule: Cigarette tax stamps hereOmaha World-Herald7, 1946: Four million cigarette tax stamps arrived at the City Hall. Finance Commissioner Carl Jensen and Comptroller Charles Stenicka announced, "Cigarette tax stamps are now on sale." The 2-cent-per-package question, however, was: Would the stamps… More: continued here
First look at eBay's use of Hunch data: infographicEconsultancy (blog)eBay released the infographic below this morning, as covered by Richard Brewer-Hay on the official eBay Ink blog. Following the acquisition of recommendation engine Hunch for $80m in November of last year, eBay has been working quietly on using the … More: continued here
Drug suspect arrested at Burlington post officeBurlingtonFreePress.comWilliam G. "Swiff" Parker, 34, of Burlington will remain in federal custody on drug trafficking charges after two Burlington police officers, with their guns drawn, arrested him following an altercation inside the post office on Elmwood Avenue last … More: continued here