The number of households receiving food stamps through Henry-Martinsville Social Services surged past 5,000 in November, agency statistics show. Social services reported a total of 5,027 food stamp households containing 10,779 people last month. More: continued here
eBay selling small Texas townWFIE-TV, IN –18 minutes agoThe Grove, Texas, is for sale on eBay. It's expected go for around one million dollars on the Internet auction site. For that kind of money, … More: continued here
CCTV Olympic Chinese Zodiac animals stamps issuedCCTV, China –2 hours ago(BEIJING, December 25) — China issued on Tuesday a series of stamps to commemorate the Olympics and the Lunar Year of the Rat. With a limited circulation, … More: continued here
Britain's Royal Mail loses millions of Christmas parcels and lettersPeople’s Daily Online, China –Dec 23, 2007Britain's Royal Mail faces an angry consumer backlash this weekend over more than 2 million parcels and letters lost or delayed in the Christmas post, … More: continued here
SAN FRANCISCO (United States) – ONLINE auction giant eBay has launched a microlending website that lets people invest in entrepreneurs in poor communities around the world and get a return on their money. More: continued here
Man sold goods stolen from employer on ebayic Coventry, UK –2 hours agoA MAN who sold thousands of pounds worth of property stolen from his employers through the ebay internet auction site has been sentenced. … More: continued here
Remote mail run lives up to post office credoSeattle Post Intelligencer –59 minutes agoAP HELLS CANYON, Ore. — Through rain, snow, sleet or gloom of night, the mail must get through, as the saying goes. But through the rapids of the Snake … More: continued here
The long wait for Internet deliveriesGulf Times, Qatar –38 minutes agoDelivery companies and Royal Mail have struggled to cope with the biggest online Christmas ever with up to 2mn packages arriving late, according to consumer … More: continued here
EBay offers classes online for interested sellersJackson Clarion Ledger, MS –2 minutes agoQ: Dear Jack, I would like to sell on eBay and need some help getting started. Is there such a service? – Carol A: Yes, there are classes and they're … More: continued here
DETCOG assists families with holiday mealsLufkin Daily News, TX –1 hour agoBy the time it wrapped up, the tour had stopped at 16 stores within 11 different counties covered under the food stamps program. DETCOG has had booths set … More: continued here