LONDON: Barclays said it would buy the British online arm of Dutch bank ING for an undisclosed amount, refocusing attention on its retail division in the wake of the Libor interest rate scandal. More: continued here

Vote by mail ballots have arrived in large trucks at the U.S. Postal Center in Goleta. Voters who have requested these ballots should see them in the mailbox within two days. More: continued here

Stamps WR dreams up hot ideaCalgary HeraldCALGARY — American essayist Charles Dudley Warner is considered the source of the statement: "Everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it." Warner, you would have to believe, would be very impressed with Calgary …and more » More: continued here

WBFS Absentee Ballots Are in the MailKFBB NewsChannel 5The Cascade County Elections Office has been working for a month folding ballots and stuffing envelopes and then the ballots are sent to a privately owned local mail service called Innovative Postal Services before absentee ballots can make it to the …Broward …

The U.S. Economy Is Running at Stall SpeedForbesHere's a factoid I bet none of you knew; more people were added to the count of the food stamp users in the population in August than obtained jobs– by a 2 to 1 margin. The ranks of people needing food stamps to …

Cuts to strip many rural post offices of experienced hands behind counterIn-ForumMaxine Rust recently retired as postmaster of the Buffalo Post Office. Her retirement was part of the U.S. Postal Service's plan to reduce costs nationwide. As positions like hers become open, someone will be hired to fill in for …

BUFFALO, N.D. – Maxine Rust recently retired after nearly 19 years as postmaster of the post office here, making her the longest-serving postmaster Buffalo has ever had. More: continued here

Daily Caller GOP senator demands USDA stop pressuring people to enroll in the food stamp…Daily CallerThe United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has engaged in extensive promotional efforts to help enroll people in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), or food stamps, in recent years. From radio and television ads …

Sparks Firefighters: No Substance Found at Post OfficeKTVNThe Sparks Fire Department says a woman had her three children with her when she picked up her mail at the post office near Vista and Baring Boulevards around 4pm Tuesday afternoon. They got back into their car and when the woman opened …

A man was found shot to death Tuesday afternoon in the parking lot of a North Charleston post office. More: continued here