Tens of thousands of residents turned out to register to vote today but some who went to the Temple post office were told to go elsewhere. More: continued here

North Port’s new post office is one-fifth the size originally promised. What’s more, it has a bland, cookie-cutter design. More: continued here

EBay, whose online auctions business has slowed, on Monday said it will lay off 10% of its employees about 1,600 in a bid to streamline operations. More: continued here

Ebay plans to close Austrian office in 2009Telecom Paper (subscription), Netherlands –6 minutes agoEbay plans to close its Austrian office in the beginning of 2009, with 12 employees losing their jobs, according to Austrian newspaper Der Standard citing … More: continued here

Midwives Put Their Message In The MailMedical News Today (press release), UK –10 hours agoStamps are a simple way of making a statement. Now, with the launch of midwifery-themed postage stamps, supporters of midwives can send their message across …Blankets, baby items sought for needy familiesIndianapolis Starall 3 news articles More: continued …

FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., has begun operating FedEx Express Nacional, a domestic overnight service in Mexico. More: continued here

THE LAYOFFS: EBay Inc. is eliminating 1,600 jobs, about 10 percent of its work force. The online auction site operator will cut 1,000 full-time employees and let several hundred temporary and part-time workers go. It will also leave some open positions unfilled. More: continued here

Dishonest Post Office StaffsMalaysia Star, Malaysia –2 hours agoThe letter was put into the Postbox, and the post office staffs picks it up and send it to the Post Office. Next it is sorted out before the postman … More: continued here

MSN UK News Strike disruption threatens postChannel 4 News, UK –20 hours agoThey mounted picket lines outside Royal Mail offices across the country. These news feeds are provided by an independent third party and Channel 4 is not …MPs join engineering workers' demoThe Press Associationall 207 news articles More: continued here

United States Geological Survey (press release) Over million people receives food stamps during hurricane Ike & GustavKTBS, LA –6 hours agoThe Department of Social Services today released final figures for the Disaster Food Stamp Program which ended last week. During the more than three week …Ike food-stamp aid not yet approvedDaily CometWorkers …