Food Stamp Fight!San Diego Reader, CABy Dorian Hargrove | Published Wednesday, April 22, 2009 During the April 21 meeting of the County Board of Supervisors, 17 speakers opposed a plan to bolster the use of food stamps throughout the county. Those who opposed want to factor in the … More: continued …
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Read More »Connect and Engage :: Food Stamps and Seafood – YES! Magazine
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BBC News Apple, EBay Rise as Customer Spending Holds Up Amid RecessionBloombergBy Joseph Galante and Connie Guglielmo April 23 (Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. and EBay Inc. topped analysts' sales and profit estimates last quarter, a sign that customer spending may have stabilized. IPhone sales more than doubled from last year, …
Read More »Ebay CEO Sees Auction Segment Growth Slower Than Others – Wall Street Journal
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OMAHA — A federal grand jury has indicted two men on charges that they robbed a north Omaha post office at gunpoint. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 22-year-old Donnell Smith and 23-year-old Jared Mason took $357 from the Florence post office on Monday. More: continued here
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