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PBS NewsHour A food stamps success storyPBS NewsHourFederal and state cash and in-kind transfers kept the child poverty rate about the same since 2000 and through the Great Recession. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. Editor's Note: Just how poor are America's children compared to children around … More: continued here

THE Royal Mail has announced the all important posting dates people should use if they are sending cards and gifts for Christmas. More: continued here

Rudolph village post office sells festive stampsYahoo News UKRUDOLPH, Wis. (AP) — A small Wisconsin village that shares its name with the most famous reindeer of all is offering special postal stamps to celebrate the holidays this year. The Rudolph Post Office receives more than 10,000 Christmas cards annually … …

GeekWire EBay looking to trim thousands of jobs next year, report saysGeekWireebayinc_signage EBay is mulling a significant round of layoffs that could result in thousands of job losses early next year. Sources told The Wall Street Journal the cuts are primarily expected to occur in the company's core marketplace division …

The e-commerce giant is considering axing thousands of jobs in order to slim down after spinning off its PayPal unit. More: continued here

Oakland: Post Office collects annual letters to SantaContra Costa TimesOnce upon a time, letters like these ended up in the U.S. Postal Service's dead letter office. But for the past 29 years, they have gone instead to the Consumer Affairs Department at the main Oakland Post Office on Seventh Street, …

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EBay mulling job cuts next yearMarketWatchThe planned layoffs appear to be part of eBay's preparations to be a stand-alone company, and a potentially attractive takeover target. The marketplace division, which includes eBay.com and StubHub, is more profitable than PayPal but is growing more … More: continued here

TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press Rudolph, Wis., post office offers the most famous postmark of allTwinCities.com-Pioneer PressThe Christmas cards sent to the post office can be embossed with a special cancellation on certain days as well as an ink stamp that features a reindeer and reads, "Rudolph, Wisconsin — home of the Rudolph, …

Ebay may eliminate thousands of jobs in early 2015VentureBeatThe online auction site is considering the elimination of as many as 3,000 jobs early next year, as the company gets ready to spin off its PayPal division into a separate company. The cuts will affect people in eBay's core marketplace division, …