The U.S. Department of Energy awarded $1.3 million for the project. More: continued here

Linebacker re-signs with Calgary for a third season after finishing 2008 second on the club with 17 special-teams tackles More: continued here

A record number of Montana households are relying on food stamps. More than 1 in 11 Montanans now use food stamps to help cover their grocery bills. At the start of April, they received a record $10.6 million in food stamp benefits. More: continued here

Online marketplace operator eBay Inc. reports its first-quarter results Wednesday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst commentary related to the period. More: continued here

Spotted in New York, we think this particular FedEx truck’s license plate is indicative of a driver tired of the $8.3 million in parking tickets company trucks rack up in the city each year. (Hat… More: continued here

Sheep farmer celebrates 6 sets of quadrupletsChicago Tribune, United StatesShe also works at the US Post Office in Waupun. Salas says she was told to start with good stock when she got into the business eight years ago. She says she hasn't bought any sheep since, except for a few rams …

Ministers warned against Royal Mail sell-offThe Herald, UKTaxpayers will lose hundreds of millions of pounds if the government presses ahead with its plan to part-privatise Royal Mail, ministers have been warned. Compass, a leading left-wing pressure group, says a financial analysis it has carried out on the … More: continued here

SC allows insurance officials to buy stamps from any part of countryIndlaw.com, IndiaThe Supreme Court has rejected the contention of the state of Uttar Pradesh by making insurance companies, including LIC, free to purchase insurance stamps from any part of the country. A bench comprising Justices SP Sinha and Mukundakam Sharma …

Union organizers have their eye on the soon-to-open FedEx Express Mid-Atlantic hub, but the odds they could successfully penetrate the facility in the least-unionized state in the country could depend on legislation now pending in Congress. More: continued here

Lincoln Stamp Collection Fetches Close to Two Million DollarsLuxist, CAThe stamps came from a collection by a retired executive from accounting and consulting firm KPMG. William Ainsworth inherited his father's stamp collection more than 40 years ago. Until 1977, he paid it little mind, but a meeting with a former … …