Old post office mural was always controversialHudson Star Observer, WI –3 hours agoNobody cared much for it in 1943, nobody wanted it when the post office moved in 1996, and a famous mural now is owned by The Museum of Wisconsin Art in … More: continued here

Winning Bid Puts 18-Year-Old in LineupNew York Times, United States –1 hour agoBy JACK BELL So perhaps it is fitting that a winning bid in an eBay auction will have Pearl coming to New York to play in Tuesday’s charity tournament as … More: continued here

Soccer is more than a game to 18-year-old Eli Pearl, who won an eBay auction to play in a charity tournament as part of a four-on-four squad with a player from his favorite team, F.C. Barcelona. More: continued here

A Lowcountry couple has a bone to pick with the post office. Their personal information — including name address birthdates and social security numbers were stolen from the passport office — and they aren’t the only ones. More: continued here

Officially, the Calgary Stampeders didn’t start thinking about the Saskatchewan Roughriders until last Friday, after a tough loss the night before in Winnipeg. More: continued here

Gonzales Stamps Himself as a Legitimate Prospect15rounds.com –3 hours agoBy Mario Ortega Jr.(ringside) Thursday night at the Red Lion Hotel in Sacramento, California, power-punching middleweight prospect Brandon Gonzales, … More: continued here

Riddle of missing post office cashSunderland Echo, UK –5 hours agoBy Roib Freeth A postmistress was spared jail despite more than £15000 going missing from her Sunderland post office. Pauline Stonehouse, 36, was given a … More: continued here

Hundreds back post office fightYorkshire Evening Post, UK –3 hours agoBy Neil Hudson MORE than 400 people turned up at a public meeting to back calls to save their local Post Office. People living in Thornhill, Dewsbury met at …PO closure legal challenge endsEast Anglian Daily Timesall 3 news articles More: continued …

BVI Post Launches Beijing 2008 Stamp IssueSKNVibes.com, St. Kitts and Nevis –5 minutes agoROADTOWN, Tortola-The BVI Postal Administration today launched its Beijing 2008 Stamp Issue featuring a 2008 Olympic hopeful and two former Olympians. … More: continued here

State hears welfare problemsNews Sentinel, IN –Aug 1, 2008By Rick Callahan of AP KOKOMO — People receiving food stamps, Medicaid and other welfare told a legislative study committee Thursday that the state’s … More: continued here