eBay sale of Cubs fan's loyalty haltedChicago Tribune, United States –9 minutes agoThe online auction site eBay yanked an auction on Wednesday in which a heartbroken Cubs fan offered to sell his team loyalty to the highest bidder, … More: continued here

More families to be eligible for food stamps programVentura County Star, CA –3 minutes agoBy Kathleen Wilson (Contact) Families with more than $2000 in liquid assets would no longer be denied food stamps under the intent of a new state law signed … More: continued here

End uncertainty on Blackpool post officeBlackpool Gazette, UK –8 minutes agoBy Shelagh Parkinson CALLS have been made for Royal Mail to end uncertainty surrounding the future of Blackpool's old main post office. … More: continued here

Team stamps own chapter in club’s historyMilwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI –1 hour agoBy TOM HAUDRICOURT Weary of listening to folks harp continually about the 1982 team, the 2008 edition of the Milwaukee Brewers set out to carve its own … More: continued here

Fury over Post Office decisionThe Star, UK –3 minutes agoPOST Office bosses have been accused of "putting two fingers up" to Sheffield people by furious council chiefs. Sixteen branches across the city are on a … More: continued here

Pick up a pint with your stamp at Kettering post officeNorthamptonshire Evening Telegraph, UK –7 minutes agoA post office has been given permission to sell alcohol in what is the latest in a line of branches which are diversifying in order to attract more business … More: continued here

Return to sender: Artist puts Royal Mail to the testIndependent, UK –1 hour agoWhile working for her degree at Glasgow School of Art Harriet Russell decided to find out exactly what lengths the men and women of the Royal Mail were … More: continued here

Financial, environmental and social reasons to save post officesguardian.co.uk, UK –Oct 5, 2008We call on the government to halt immediately the closure programme targeting 2500 local post offices and abandon plans to break up Royal Mail. …Labour playing politics on Post OfficesSNP (press release)Thousands more post offices at riskguardian.co.ukall 5 news articles …

EBay shares rise as analyst upgrades, sees bottomBusinessWeek –2 minutes agoShares of eBay Inc. jumped Wednesday after an analyst upgraded the stock and said things probably wouldn't get much worse for the Web auctioneer. … More: continued here

'Vital' post office may be reinstatedEast Anglian Daily Times, UK –1 hour agoVillagers in Norton, near Bury St Edmunds, were relieved when their post office escaped the axe in a raft of closures earlier this year but that swiftly … More: continued here