LINCOLN, R.I. — Rhode Island officials are celebrating the 200th birthday of President Abraham Lincoln by unveiling new postage stamps in his honor. More: continued here

Examiner.com eBay Alternatives: The eCrater Express keeps a-rolling alongExaminer.com –2 hours agoAlmost every site has benefitted to some degree since Black February in 2008 when eBay started its massive changes but one site has consistantly increased … More: continued here

Royal Mail plans for 16000 redundanciesFinancialAdvice.co.uk, UK –3 hours agoIt has been revealed that secret plans by the Royal Mail could see up to 16000 jobs at the company under threat in the short term. … More: continued here

eBay for barter economy?Crain’s New York Business, NY –4 hours agoThe chief executive of startup BarterQuest sounds like a typical upbeat entrepreneur when he talks about launching his online company, even in the midst of … More: continued here

State to try again to auction Draud's car on EbayLouisville Courier-Journal, KY –5 hours ago"We lowered the reserve a bit, added more of a description and put it back on eBay." The listing will run through Friday, unless it sells before then, … More: continued here

Deficits leading to cutbacks at post offices?Barron News Shield, WI –6 minutes agoRhonda Olson, postmaster at the Barron Post Office, said that the possibility of losing a day in the mail week has generated a lot of questions from the … More: continued here

Our Opinion: Legislature must help get word out on food stampsTucson Citizen, AZ –5 minutes agoArizona has $28500 to reach out to people eligible for food stamps. Smaller Oregon spends 15 times that. It is amazing, yet unsurprising, that in 2009 so … More: continued here

Requests for food stamps grow quickly in ArizonaSierra Vista Herald, AZ –5 hours agoPHOENIX (AP) — Arizona has added 123000 food-stamp recipients since the recession began in December 2007, giving the state one of the nation’s … More: continued here

DeKalb County woman convicted in theft ringChicago Tribune, United States –3 hours ago… that her 48-year-old son, Mark, was stealing items including vehicles and power tools and selling them, often through the online auction Web site eBay. … More: continued here

Demand for food stamp benefits jumps in LebanonCorvallis Gazette Times, OR –4 hours agoBy Jennifer Moody LEBANON — Requests for food stamp benefits in the Lebanon area shot up nearly 42 percent last year, more than requests in Albany and … More: continued here