Nashville area travelers in need of a passport got a convenient chance to apply for one on Saturday. | | The Woodbine Post Office hosted a “Passport Fair.” | | Families started lining up outside the building as early as 6 a.m.  | | Translators were on hand to help …

Shelter stamps out outbreak of distemperBiloxi Sun Herald,  USA –3 minutes agoBy KAREN NELSON Employees at the Jackson County Animal Shelter worked with veterinarians last month to stop an outbreak of distemper. … More: continued here

‘Real estate market down’Hindu, India –25 minutes agoThe real estate market was “going through a correction phase,” not only in Bangalore but also in other cities across the State, Inspector-General of Stamps…Realty slump is for real, revenues hitDeccan HeraldBuilding rates kept in abeyance, relook onDeccan Heralde-stamping to make its markDeccan Heraldall 5 …

Creedmoor desperate for new post officeDurham Herald Sun, NC –3 minutes agoBy William F. West : The Herald-Sun CREEDMOOR — The year the current post office opened in Creedmoor, President Eisenhower was heading into retirement, … More: continued here

NEW YORK —Promoter Don King likes to deliver on his promises and when he told Susan G. Komen for the Cure that he wanted to help “KO Cancer,” he meant it. More: continued here

Blackwater Worldwide repaired and repainted its trucks immediately after a deadly September shooting in Baghdad, making it difficult to determine whether enemy gunfire provoked the attack, according to people familiar with the government’s investigation of the incident. More: continued here

Britain’s foremost bird charity has been branded ‘disgusting’ – for allowing ducks and geese to be shot on one of its nature reserves. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) hands out shooting licences at Langstone Harbour, near Portsmouth, Hampshire – where wildfowlers kill up to ten birds …

Beating the bushes to find the hungry in AustinAustin American-Statesman, TX –1 hour agoLucas Cook of the Capital Area Food Bank leaves apartments in North Austin after a client missed a meeting to discuss food stamps. Her eyes widened. … More: continued here

Gang of stamp forgers heldArab Times, Kuwait –15 minutes agoThe source added that the two Bangladeshis were put under surveillance and were arrested in a trap while selling stamps in a government department. … More: continued here

Earthtimes Organisers must profit from resold tickets: ReportEarthtimes, UK –Jan 10, 2008Ticket touting became notorious when Live 8 concert tickets were put up on eBay minutes after they were released. Angry protestors forced the site to …MPs reject calls for total touting banPolitics.co.ukMPs resist online touting ban 12:28PM, Thursday 10th January 2008PC …