Bay Area food stamp enrollment skyrocketsAlameda Times-Star, CA –2 hours agoBy Sara Steffens, STAFF WRITER Struggling with rising prices and a stalled economy, a growing number of Bay Area families are turning to food stamps. … More: continued here

Hell Mail Turkish Post Office Adapting To Change Says YıldırımHell Mail, UK –18 minutes agoTurkish Minister of Transport Binali Yıldırım, making a speech at the 167th anniversary celebration programme, Yıldırım, declared that the Turkish … More: continued here

Federal beancounters launch Operation Barrelscrape Analysis American government investigators believe that eBay and Craigslist are becoming international arms bazaars, facilitating the sale of “sensitive and stolen US military items” to the agents of sinister foreign powers – or even (gasp) terrorists. However, they have produced very little evidence to back …

>>EFCC, NIPOST Launch Anti Corruption StampsLeadershipNigeria, Nigeria –5 hours agoThe stamps which are in N20, N50, and N100 denominations were launched at the fifth anniversary of EFCC which was held in Abuja last Thursday. … More: continued here

Stolen US Military Equipment Being Sold On eBaySlashdot –3 minutes agoI Buy These From eBay points out a Washington Post story about how stolen military equipment has ended up on eBay and Craigslist. … More: continued here

Mail boss to decide on fate of York post officeYork Press, UK –1 hour agoNow the fate of a vital post office in the heart of York rests with just one man – Royal Mail's top boss. Chairman Allan Leighton is to personally decide … More: continued here

Alvaro Bautista put a forgettable start to the 2008 season behind him with a dominate 250cc victory at Estoril on Sunday, as two of his title rivals suffered scares. More: continued here

A Missoula-area foundation has agreed to donate $1 million to the University of Montana Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. The donation by the Feist Family Foundation will arrive over a 10-year period. More: continued here

More food stamps used, but they don't go as farHouston Chronicle, United States –4 minutes agoMoreover, food stamps are being used up earlier and earlier in the month by those who receive them, even as the galloping price of gasoline is aggravating … More: continued here

Three people were injured Saturday night before a game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Memphis Grizzlies when a small section of the stands at FedExForum collapsed. More: continued here