Note: In an effort to highlight the prevention programs that are available in Mifflin County, Mifflin County Communities That Care is offering a series that will focus on one service provider each month. CTC offers this information with the purpose of strengthening our families and community. More: continued here
Read More »Reporter, 2 families limit food budget to food stamps (49 ABC News Topeka)
At the beginning of the month, we told you 94,000 Kansas families are relying on food stamps to survive. We wanted to see just how difficult it is to stretch that food stamp money. 49 News Anchor Marshnna Hester and two other families limited their personal food budgets to no …
Read More »EBay Wants to Put Skype in Your Pocket (BusinessWeek)
As the Internet phone service makes its iPhone debut, can mobile phones add enough value to fatten up eBay’s lackluster division for sale?. More: continued here
Read More »it’s over for Sooner men (The Norman Transcript)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The NCAA Tournament is unforgiving. Have a bad game, and there won’t be another.Oklahoma found out how cruel it can be Sunday thanks to a 72-60 loss to North Carolina in the South Region finals at the FedEx Forum.The game can be complex, but it wasn’t Sunday. …
Read More »Wiederer: Final-Four bound Heels follow the game plan perfectly (The Fayetteville Observer)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — If you’re looking for a reel of Tyler Hansbrough highlights from Sunday’s Elite Eight game at FedEx Forum, sorry. There weren’t any. More: continued here
Read More »Skype announces service for iPhone, BlackBerry (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Skype, the Internet telephone unit of eBay Inc, is planning to launch its service for iPhone users on Tuesday and for BlackBerry in May as part of its effort to expand beyond desktop computers. More: continued here
Read More »NES Joystick Test Cartridge lands on eBay, complete with lowest replay value ever (Engadget)
Not that we haven’t seen some pretty crazy Nintendo gear fetch some pretty crazy prices on The Bay, but this is definitely amongst the weirdest. Shipping directly from the frigid tundras of Fairbanks, Alaska, this Joystick Test Cartridge for the Nintendo Entertainment System will undoubtedly spend a record low amount …
Read More »eBay Pushes Further Into Mobile With Skype On iPhone (paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance)
Skype plans to roll out an application for Apple’s iPhone this week at CTIA that will allow users to make free calls to other Skype users when they are connected to a WiFi hotspot. The WSJ confirmed the story today, but GigaOm reported rumors last week. More: continued here
Read More »The cheque’s in the post – Private Equity News
The cheque’s in the postPrivate Equity News, UKAs private equity firms queue up to bid for the UK’s Royal Mail, they could learn important lessons from CVC Capital Partners’ experience in the sale of its stake in the Danish postal service, Post Danmark. Are you a registered Financial News Online …The …
Read More »The shrinking post office – Deseret News
The shrinking post officeDeseret News, UT"Congress shall have power … to establish post offices," it says. Reliable and quick mail service is essential to any nation. Without it, commerce would cease and payments would be in doubt. And without a government-established postal service, …24 hour, 365 day a year post office …
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