MOSCOW (JTA) — The executive director of the Chabad-led Federation of Jewish Communities of the former Soviet Union has left his post to create an independent office in Moscow, JTA has learned. More: continued here

Is eBay Oil to Retail’s Water Amid Pressures of Recession?Mashable, CA –1 hour agoDoes the current pseudo super-slow-growth recession affect eBay at all in a positive way? (Poll after the jump.) Perhaps the answer lies partly in the … More: continued here

News Channel 7 Post Office Looking For Green AnswersNews Channel 7, SC –6 hours agoThe US Postal Service plans to identify new, more environmentally friendly vehicle technologies that are less dependent on petroleum-based fuel sources and … More: continued here

ROYAL Mail trolleys left chained up in Shinewater are an eyesore and an open invitation to antisocial behaviour, according to residents, police and Eastbourne MP Nigel Waterson. (24/07/2008 15:12:27) More: continued here

Team helps unveil baseball stampHagerstown Morning Herald, MD –1 hour ago"When the president contacted me about it, I was actually surprised because I didn't know any post office was doing it." The Fairplay Post Office was the … More: continued here

Post Office told to re-thinkMorpeth Herald, UK –2 hours agoBy ANNA SMITH PLANS to set up outreach Post Office services have been sent back to the drawing board by councillors. Members of Castle Morpeth Council … More: continued here

Some of Southern Indiana’s neediest residents are struggling to get food stamps and other government aid because of problems with the state’s new privatized eligibility system, advocates for the poor say. More: continued here

Tory AM hits out over post office closures – WHAT DO YOU THINK?Denbighshire Free Press, UK –4 hours agoDENBIGHSHIRE Tory AM Darren Millar has accused the Labour-Plaid Assembly Government of abdicating responsibility for post office closures. …Welcome gesture over PO closuresYorkshire Evening Postall 2 news articles More: continued here

Council admits selling registerHarborough Mail, UK –2 hours agoThe council said it had sold three copies of the public form to private individuals this year and one to Royal Mail. The legislation as it stands means … More: continued here

One in 10 Ohioans utilize public assistance programsAshtabula Star-Beacon, OH –3 hours agoIn 2007 the Ashtabula County Department of Job and Family Services paid out nearly $15 million in food stamps to eligible county residents, …Low-wage workers, retirees join the growing list of needySpringfield News Sunall 2 news articles More: continued here