Kenosha News.com Artist wins Great Lakes trout, salmon stamp contestKenosha News.com, WIBY JOHN KREROWICZ Kenosha wildlife artist Jim Tostrud has told the story for six years about the fish stamp prize that got away. But that's changed now that his painting of a Seeforellen brown trout reeled in a first-place award …

Straits Times EBay Q1 profit dips to $357.1MBizjournals.com, NCOnline auction house eBay Inc. on Wednesday reported first quarter net income of $357.1 million, or 28 cents a share, down from $460 million, or 34 cents a share in the same period last year. San Jose, Calif.-based eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) had $2.02 billion …

VIDEO EXTRA: With naming of city post office, Rocky Marciano gets …Wicked Local Brockton, MAThe city's main post office on Commercial Street will be named for him at a special ceremony at 2 pm today. And the World Boxing Council plans to erect a statue of the champ in his hometown …

History stroll thru postal stampsInquirer.net, PhilippinesThe postal heritage walking tour around Manila hopes to resurrect the dying art of stamp collecting in an age of e-mail and instant messaging through leisurely strolls around historic sites around the country's capital. What's magical about the tour is … More: continued here

WEEKEND COLUMNISTS Nicholas LanderFinancial Times, UKDempsey is 65, and during a 40-year career he has designed a whole range of visual material in the UK, from the layout for the original Independent newspaper to a succession of stamps for the Royal Mail. But, other than designing a wine label for a …

Food stamp benefits hikedGoErie.com, PABY JOHN GUERRIERO That's due to an increase in food-stamp benefits as part of the federal stimulus package. In Erie County, 42235 people were on food stamps at the beginning of the year, according to the state's stimulus Web site, www.recovery.pa.gov. … More: continued here

Putting his stamp on charityGillette News Record, WYGillette's most prolific stamp collector has struck again. “Stamp gatherer,” corrects Neal Matti, the 82-year-old behind the weekly office tour. Indeed, Matti isn't attempting to fill up a personal collector's album. He has more altruistic aims in mind … More: continued here

Not set in stoneHenderson Gleaner, KYBy Jimmy Nesbitt (Contact) The Old Post Office, long regarded as one of Downtown's signature buildings, is struggling to keep tenants and is in need of expensive repairs. Tucker Publishing, a tenant since 1999 that had expanded to occupy the second … More: continued here

Discover Magazine Win Your Own Genome Map On eBayLuxist, CAThe mysteries of your complete genome can be yours if you win an auction currently on eBay. There aren't too many people in the world who have paid Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Knome their $99500 fee for the sequencing of their complete genome (the …

Buying Forever Stamps now saves pennies laterEvening Observer, NYBUFFALO – The last day to purchase the Forever Stamp for 42 cents is May 10. When First-Class postage increases two pennies to 44 cents on May 11, the price of the Forever Stamp increases, too. "Customers are running out of time to …