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EBay Inc. spent $353,850 in April through June to lobby the federal government about issues including online privacy, data security and online sales tax collection, according to a quarterly disclosure report. More: continued here

LECOMPTON — U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins, a Republican from Topeka, was hit with a barrage of concerns by her 2nd District constituents Friday, and the biggest local topic was the town’s post office. The Lecompton post office will remain open, for now. Speaking to around 100 people in a lively …

Bangor Daily News Food stamp'water dumping' scam continuesBangor Daily NewsBuy Photo By Nok-Noi Ricker, BDN Staff BANGOR, Maine — Bangor police were called to Shaw's grocery store Thursday night to collect information about a regularly occurring food stamp scam that recently was dubbed “water dumping” by the US Department of …

The federal ruling derailed one of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s big ideas to fight obesity and poor nutrition. More: continued here

There’s good bad news and good news in Washington for the U.S. Postal Service, a semi-independent federal agency, which is only slightly propped up with tax dollars.The bad news is that like many businesses, the USPS has fallen on hard times, suffering through consecutive years of operating… More: continued here

Online merchants who sell products through websites like eBay and Amazon often have trouble getting working capital from banks.Start-up Kabbage specializes in providing working capital (technically they are not loans) to these particular businesses, with new ways of underwriting based on online data to determine which ones are worth funding.Kabbage, …

The Food Stamp PresidentFutureOfCapitalism.comThe Obama administration has chosen a Friday afternoon in the summer to put out the news that it is refusing New York City's request to prevent food stamp recipients in the city from using the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits to pay …and more » More: continued here

The study to determine whether consolidating services with Evansville would work is already underway. More: continued here

How to enjoy a Muskoka vacationToronto SunCombine a few days at Deerhurst Resort and a dinner cruise on the Royal Mail Ship Segwun and you have a real Muskoka vacation. We did just that last week with the grandchildren and it was an adventure to long remember -even Mother Nature …

Rule changes would streamline appeals for proposed post office closingsWashington Post (blog)“The new rules simplify the procedures for person's wishing to appeal a post office closing or consolidation,” the commission said in its filing. The changes to the current rules, which are more than 30 years old, would get rid …