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Food stamp demand continues to riseKDRV, ORThe increase in the number of people in Oregon who received food stamps over the past year is greater than the population of Medford. According to a report released Wednesday by the Oregon Department of Human Services, in January, the demand for food … More: …

Demand for food stamps in Mass. soarsMSNBCBy WHDH-TV Staff and AP BOSTON – Welfare officials say the demand for food stamps in Massachusetts jumped 20 percent last year, straining the system and trying the patience of some residents applying for the benefit. There are now about 600000 … More: continued …

MPs fight to keep Royal Mail publicCamden New Journal, UKFrank Dobson and Glenda Jackson are among 140 Labour MPs who have publicly opposed a Parliamentary Bill to be published today (Thursday) by Business Secretary Lord Mandelson which would see parts of Royal Mail sold off to private investors. … More: continued …

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Family fears losing suburban St. Louis cave homeForbes, NYIf they can't secure new financing, they've got a back-up plan – auctioning their cave home through eBay (nasdaq: EBAY – news – people ). Bidding starts at $300000. "I get the financing, or I sell the property, or I …

EBay Steps Up War on Counterfeits as L’Oreal Ruling, Trial LoomBloomberg27 (Bloomberg) — German police used tips from EBay Inc. to score the biggest success in their probe of a counterfeiting ring, snaring 20 tons of knock-off La Martina dress shirts, Ed Hardy tank tops and other brands last month. …

Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain announced legislation Thursday to put up to 30 percent of the Royal Mail in the hands of investors, part of a plan to raise capital to modernize the government-owned postal service. More: continued here

eBay noted in its 10K filing with the SEC that a class certification motion is scheduled for June 2009 in the Malone v. eBay Inc. antitrust class action lawsuit . In 2007, two eBay sellers filed separate lawsuits against the company, subsequently consolidated into one lawsuit. More: continued here

A MAN has been arrested over a string of post office robberies in Adelaide’s north-eastern suburbs. More: continued here

The government has published the bill to privatise 30 per cent of the Royal Mail with Lord Mandelson, the business secretary offering a potential olive branch to those within his own party opposed to the plan. More: continued here

Lord Mandelson has published plans to part-privatise Royal Mail, warning that the “future of this network is under threat” without reform. More: continued here