T a time when many of the pillars on which a community spirit is built – pubs, post offices and rural schools – are being removed, it’s pleasing to see that another popular common resource, the public library, is enjoying something of a renaissance. More: continued here

Canada Post offers new flat-rate shipping box for eBay itemsCBC.ca, Canada –12 minutes agoCanada Post is launching a flat-rate shipping box for users of eBay designed to make it easier to buy and sell using the online auction website. … More: continued here

State: Food stamps, WIC at highest level ever in IllinoisChicago Daily Herald, IL –18 minutes agoOfficials say the number of households getting food stamps has reached a record 592390. That's an increase of 3.7 over last year. The households include 1.3 … More: continued here

The Sun Jealous husband puts wife up for sale on eBayEconomic Times, India –3 hours agoLONDON : A jealous husband who accused his wife of having an affair with a workmate took the ultimate online revenge — by placing her for sale on eBay. …Jealous Husband Offers Wife to Highest Bidder on …

WASHINGTON – President Bush has signed legislation changing the name of the Port Jervis Post Office to the E. Arthur Gray Post Office Building. More: continued here

Fab flavour of green shield stamps and lyon's maid lolliesBirmingham Post, UK –1 hour agoThis was pre-decimalisation, a time when the coin of the realm was Green Shield Stamps and cigarette coupons. The whole family used to smoke Capstans when … More: continued here

Coventry's new post office hailedCoventry Telegraph, UK –2 hours agoThe controversial new branch opened in WH Smith, in West Orchards Shopping Centre, yesterday morning to replace the city's Crown post office in Hertford … More: continued here

Rising food prices are likely to worsen US obesity rateDetroit Free Press, United States –3 hours agoFood stamps are supposed to help. But Chilton's research shows that the allotments families in Philadelphia receive are not accounting for higher food … More: continued here

MEMPHIS (AP) – FedEx Corp. has named Brian D. Philips president and chief executive of FedEx Kinko’s, the parent shipping company’s office and print s…. More: continued here

Who, who will help owls if not this man? By JOEL JACOBSON Bright SpotTheChronicleHerald.ca, Canada –4 hours agoBy JOEL JACOBSON Bright Spot The retired 66-year-old Wolfville man, who worked 40 years as a contractor for Royal Mail, is a saviour of barred owls, … More: continued here