INDIANAPOLIS – Those living in a swath of 12 north central counties with some of Indiana’s highest unemployment – and the test region for the state’s welfare modernization – lost food stamps and other public benefits as participation in those programs gre More: continued here

Stephen Pino leaves behind a wife and three sons. More: continued here

Postal Service could've done without the designer stampsNews Chief, FLAnyone who watched a recent Sunday afternoon television would recognize it as an obvious advertisement for designer-produced stamps and concluded that the Postal Service is a bureaucratic organization completely out of control. … More: continued here

Post office woesLouisville Courier-Journal, KYOnce again, post office officials are warning that crisis is at hand. John E. Potter, the postmaster general, told Congress last week that the Postal Service may run out of money this year. William H. Young, president of the National Association of … More: continued here

CRIENGLISH.com Stamp Museum Provides Glimpse into China's HistoryCRIENGLISH.com, ChinaThe first stamps issued in China in 1878. Nowadays these dragon stamps are extremely rare and worth a million times more than their original face value. This photo was taken on Saturday 21st March. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com] By Julianne Page Stamps can …Girls Brigade …

Taufig Abdalla, 51, of Cleveland and his business were indicted for illegally trafficking food stamps, defrauding the government for $339,000. Prosecutors accused Abdalla, who owns Four M. Food Mart at 662 East 140th St. in Cleveland, of trafficking food stamps… More: continued here

BBC News Fundraising postie Pauline is truly first class!Barry and District News, UKPauline is one of three Welsh winners in Royal Mail’s First Class Awards 2009, awarded to the postmen and women who go the extra mile in the communities where they live and work. Fundraising postwoman Pauline, 52, from St …

Reuters EBay to Offer English Translation Service for Japanese VendorsBloombergBy Joseph Galante March 31 (Bloomberg) — EBay.com Inc., the most-visited US e-commerce Web site, will begin offering a translation service this week for Japanese sellers wanting to list products on its English-language service to encourage …ebay to start Japanese language …

Reuters EBay to Offer Japanese Vendors English TranslationBloombergBy Joseph Galante March 31 (Bloomberg) — EBay.com Inc., the most-visited US e-commerce Web site, will begin offering a translation service this week for Japanese sellers wanting to list products on its English-language service to encourage …ebay to start Japanese language services: reportReutersall …

It’s gone. Gone. Gone forever, on a trip across a continent, and then to infinity and beyond. Here’s how the mystery box’s interior looked just hours before the FedEx man came to pick her up. Don’t… More: continued here