PARTY AS POST OFFICE REOPENSHerts and Essex Observer, UK –8 minutes agoBy James Burton ECSTATIC Bishop's Stortford residents joined the owners of a rescued post office for a party to celebrate its reopening. … More: continued here

Need grows to for food stamps, especially in MichiganKTKA.com, KS –4 minutes agoTo make ends meet, almost 10 percent of Americans today — a record 29 million people — rely on food stamps, four million more than in 2005. … More: continued here

Mail call for local addressLiverpool Echo, UK –2 hours agoEven though people have continued to write “Seaforth” on their letters and parcels, for some time the area has been missed off the Royal Mail’s official … More: continued here

eBay posted its third-quarter 2008 earnings on Wednesday, revealing it earned $2.12 billion in revenue for the quarter, which was down 4% compared to the previous quarter and up 12% year over year. Its Marketplaces business was down 6% from the previous quarter and up 4% compared to the same …

Courses are being run to teach people to trade on eBay as a way of making a few extra pounds. More: continued here

Hell Mail Royal Mail Stamps A Right PantomimeHell Mail, UK –42 minutes agoTo quell any arguments about Christmas stamps ignoring the roots of the festive season, Royal Mail are also offering the Madonna & Child stamps first … More: continued here

In some rare good news for poor and working-poor Pennsylvanians, the food-stamp program is improving, with fewer bureaucratic encumbrances and slightly higher benefits. More: continued here

Campaigner "gutted" at post office closureBucks Free Press, UK –2 hours agoBy Andy Carswell » A CAMPAIGNER who started her own petition in a bid to stop Old Amersham post office closing says she is “gutted” it has shut. … More: continued here

From noon – 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, the Incline Village post office is offering a Passport Fair. Apply for your passport in conjunction with Oktoberfest at Village Shopping Center. Take this opportunity when the entire family is present. More: continued here

DAWSON CREEK, British Columbia, Oct. 17 (UPI) — The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are investigating the second bombing in a week that targeted a natural gas pipeline in northeastern British Columbia. More: continued here