Louisiana appeared to be out of the direct path of Hurricane Ike, but the state’s recovery from Gustav began showing strains: Huge crowds overwhelmed facilities for emergency food stamps and a shortage of tarps hindered homeowners’ efforts to repair smashed roofs. More: continued here

No to post office closuresSocialist Party, UK –2 hours agoSHEFFIELD PEOPLE have taken to the hills to protest at threatened post office closures. On 6 September campaigners marched from two post offices to show how … More: continued here

[The familiar cash-operated machines that spat out stamps in post office lobbies in Amarillo are no more, part of a nationwide cost-cutting measure. More: continued here

Post Office asks locals to vote on curb side mail Scare Tactics …Casa Grande Valley Newspapers, AZ –3 hours agoSeveral residents were given erroneous and/or incorrect information after calling the Casa Grande Post Office and/or the Casa Grande Postmaster with … More: continued here

eBay (EBAY) NewsBite – JetBlue Auctions Flights on eBayMarket Intelligence Center, VA –3 hours agoeBay (NasdaqNM: EBAY) hit a new 52-Week low of $22.59 so far today. Currently the stock is up $0.77 (3.39%) to $23.47 on 9523676 shares traded. … More: continued here

Axe falls on Levenwick post officeShetland News, UK –33 minutes agoTHE LEVENWICK post office in Shetland closed on Tuesday after more than 100 years, despite a major campaign to keep it open, falling victim to a national … More: continued here

Sept. 10 (Bloomberg) — U.S. stocks rose as investors snapped up energy shares trading at their cheapest level in 18 months, while better-than-forecast earnings at FedEx Corp. buoyed industrial companies. More: continued here

BURLINGTON – Gov. James Douglas wants to make 30,000 more Vermont families eligible for food stamps. The plan is an addition to the Governor’s Fuel and Food Partnership, a collaboration of public and private partners trying to help Vermonters deal with rising costs of fuel and food. More: continued here

Classics of everyday design No 52guardian.co.uk, UK –5 hours agoBut, I think I have the correct answer: the portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II on the standard issue British postal stamps. This, it appears, has been … More: continued here

TSN.ca Alouettes' Cobourne will not play Friday against StampsTSN.ca, Canada –35 minutes agoThe Montreal Alouettes will have to go at least one more week without star running back Avon Cobourne. Head coach Marc Trestman announced that the CFL's … More: continued here