A Texas woman who for months was unable to qualify for food stamps pulled a gun in a state welfare office and staged a seven-hour standoff with police that ended with her shooting her two children before killing herself, officials said Tuesday. More: continued here

Fox News Mom Shoots Kids, Self After Being Denied Food StampsFox NewsSAN ANTONIO – A Texas woman who for months was unable to qualify for food stamps pulled a gun in a state welfare office and staged a seven-hour standoff with police that ended with her shooting her two children …

X.commerce Updates to Bring Open Commerce Ecosystem to Life for Merchants …MarketWatch (press release)The X.commerce ecosystem combines the technology assets and developer communities of eBay, PayPal and Magento in order to better enable merchants and developers to respond to the 'new normal' of the commerce environment. "Since we formally unveiled …

Mendota Residents Fight to Keep Post Office OpenPatch.comMendota residents spoke sharply at a public forum on the proposed closing of the Mendota Post Office. By Zac Farber Citizens and local legislators listened to a presentation about the financial troubles facing the United State Postal Service before … More: continued here

Is the U.S. Postal Service headed for the dead letter office? Without help from Uncle Sam, some drastic changes are in order. More: continued here

An athlete on Wednesday put himself up for auction on online giant eBay in a desperate attempt to attract sponsors in the run up to London’s 2012 Olympic Games. More: continued here

X.commerce Updates to Bring Open Commerce Ecosystem to Life for Merchants …Bradenton HeraldLEWEB 2011 — X.commerce, eBay's open commerce ecosystem, announced today several upcoming technical updates that collectively mark a major milestone in its mission to define the future of commerce. Following a formal introduction at Innovate 2011 in …X.commerce …

Don't let them close rural post officesIndianapolis StarThe US Postal Service is in the process of closing more than 3000 post offices this year and 17000 post offices within the next few years. Most of these post offices are in small towns across rural America. No tax dollars are saved …

Forbes Stamps.com Pullback Below $26 Looks Like A No-Brainer BuyForbesStamps.com, Inc. provides Internet-based postage solutions. The company was founded in 1996 and has a market cap of $384 million. STMP has seen big gains over the last few months, but shares got an extra boost on October 27 when the …

Mobiletor.com eBay 2.0 for BlackBerry now out with new features to aid online shoppersMobiletor.comIn a bid to enhance the online shopping experience, eBay 2.0 for BlackBerry was recently launched. According to the official BlackBerry blog, the updated version of this app sports a completely new interface and the features have …