TWO masked raiders robbed a cash courier as he left a post office this lunchtime – but made off empty handed. The robbers pounced as the courier left the post office inside Best One Xpress, Ley Street, Ilford, at around 1.45pm today. More: continued here

Battered eBay tries to placate shareholders by distancing itself from its healthy — and growing — rival. More: continued here

Calgary Stampeders players and members of the Stampeders Outriders will team up on Apr. 30, 2009 for a charity shopping challenge in support of the Canadian Women’s Foundation’s “Shelter from the Storm” campaign. More: continued here

Several states with high unemployment are outsourcing food stamp services. More: continued here

David Hoover: My collecting obsession doesn't end with MarilynNorwich Bulletin, CTStamps: I first started collecting stamps in 1998. I was at a collectibles show checking out the baseball cards section when I ran into a family friend who had a booth set up selling stamps. We talked for a while about …

FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) announced the release of its first Global Citizenship Report recently, which documents how the company applies its resources and expertise to make a positive impact on communit More: continued here

NASHVILLE — In the weeks before she took two shots in her head, Robin Camp was afraid for her life, testimony in her husband’s murder trial Tuesday revealed. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Northwest Edition) More: continued here

Casino Royal: Zara Phillips moonlights in Monaco as a Bond girl More: continued here

FedEx reported adding masks and gloves to company-issued equipment of customer-facing employees in Mexico in response to the swine flu outbreak. More: continued here

guardian.co.uk Obama's 100-day miracleKansas City Star, MOHad to get in line early to pick up food stamps today? Or is it time to pick up and cash welfare checks? Hey kettle, this pot… How could you even think you could call someone a partisan hack when you toe the party line …