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GOP renews push to limit 'junk food' purchases with food stampsLa Crosse TribuneLimiting the types of food that could be purchased with taxpayer-funded assistance is among several broad proposals to promote “self sufficiency” — including drug testing everyone receiving unemployment assistance and food stamps— that Assembly …and more » More: continued here

USPS Holidays 2015: Mail Delivery New Year's Eve, Post Office Open New …The InquisitrNew Year's Day is a federal holiday, so if you want to mail a package, get to the post office before it closes on New Year's Eve. Keep in mind, most USPS locations will close early on …

Metro eBay UK's weirdest listings: Someone actually tried to sell Malteser innards …MetroWell, don't worry, one enterprising eBay seller has done all the hard work for you. Clearly a fan of the chocolate but not the crunchy guts, they maximised their return by listing those honeycomb innards on eBay. Yep, …

A retired schoolteacher from east Galway has gone on hunger strike in an attempt to save his local post office. More: continued here

Former Head of eBay PR Shares Lessons LearnedEcommerceBytes (blog)Some readers have been selling online long enough to remember eBay's Kevin Pursglove, the public relations spokesperson who was tasked with putting out warm-and-fuzzy stories about the marketplace and answering questions from the media about …and more » More: continued here

DesMoinesRegister.com Ernst would hurt farmers by ending food stampsDesMoinesRegister.comSNAP (food stamps) is the largest farm support program in the federal budget, helping thousands of Iowa's family farmers. It's curious, then, why Joni Ernst would sign a pledge, along with all the other newly elected Republican senators, to eliminate SNAP. More: …

Brooklyn Vegan (blog) Mac DeMarco is selling his old shoes on Ebay for charityBrooklyn Vegan (blog)Ebay also has an option where you can ask the seller questions, which people have been doing, and Mac's been answering. Some highlights: Q: Ever stepped on dog shit in these? Can I even say …

GOP renews push to limit 'junk food' purchases with food stampsThe Courier Life NewsLimiting the types of food that could be purchased with taxpayer-funded assistance is among several broad proposals to promote “self sufficiency” — including drug testing everyone receiving unemployment assistance and food stamps— that Assembly …and more » More: continued …

Ordered Stamps Long DelayedThe LedgerThe stamps finally arrived on Dec. 20, more than a month after I ordered them. This should not have taken this long, and no one from the post office where my emails were sent has even contacted me. I will never order stamps by mail from …

Rival delivery companies including Royal Mail were approached about a pre-Christmas rescue of City Link, the parcel services provider which collapsed into administration this week. Sky News has learnt that Royal Mail and DX Group held preliminary talks in recent weeks with KPMG, which was working for City Link’s owner …