TechRadar UK eBay expects 70% phone surge ahead of iPhone 5 releaseTechRadar UKWith the iPhone 5 expected to be announced on 4 October, eBay is battening down the hatches and preparing its coffers for an influx of older iPhone models. The online auction site reckons it'll see a 70 per …

A COUPLE who have run Anna Valley Post Office and Stores for more than 30 years have finally decided to shut up shop. More: continued here

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BusinessWeek Munson: Postal debate rages on as crisis loomsDesMoinesRegister.comBut this year the United States Postal Service has been delivering first-class controversy along with the usual stacks of bills and fashion catalogs. Debate over the Postal Service's waves of post office closures amid an impending financial meltdown …The Case for the …

Plain Dealer Minister suggests a Rock Hall and Post Office Quid Pro QuoPlain DealerBy Michael Heaton, The Plain Dealer What could the US Postal Service and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum possibly have in common? Perhaps more than you think. This week, the post office announced …

Postal delivery changes madeThe StarRoyal Mail is making changes to the way it delivers mail in parts of Sheffield. Postmen and women at Halfway Delivery Office who serve the S20 and S21 postcodes are to use new delivery methods and adopt revised delivery routes. … More: continued here

45 million Americans are living on food stamps in hard timesEconomic TimesBALTIMORE, MARYLAND: A record 45 million Americans are now living on food stamps, a weekly stipend from the US government that helps them make ends meet in hard times. For everyone else, there's the Food Stamp Challenge, thrown down …

Consider this annual problem for the folks at the Rock Hall. Every year, the hall announces its nominees, and every year (so far) the Moody Blues, Kiss, Chicago, ELO, Yes and Rush are not among them. Then begin the usual angry phone calls, letter-writing campaigns and the vile questioning of …

Christian Science Monitor EBay phone buyer gets leaked Google 'Ice Cream Sandwich'Bizjournals.comA video has surfaced on Engadget from a person who claims they bought a smartphone on eBay that was loaded with the unreleased "Ice Cream Sandwich" version of Google's Android mobile operating system. Seems like you don't have to …

MyFox Philadelphia Applying for Irene aid mostly a matter of proving identityWaterbury Republican AmericanThousands of low-income residents swamped social service offices around the state applying for the federal Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP), a special one-time allotment of food stamps for people not already on the SNAP …The deadline …