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Lunch at the Old Post Office PavilionWashington City Paper, DCIn between bursts of reporting on the National Endowment for the Art’s inner workings, Andrew Beaujon decided to eat an average lunch in the Old Post Office Pavilion. His thoughts: The food court is aswarm with students visiting DC The NEA’s Maryrose …

Emergency crews have evacuated 50 people from a Sydney FedEx depot while they investigated a suspected chemical leak. Fire crews were called to the Euston Road depot at Alexandria about 7.20pm (AEDT) on Thursday after it was feared a toxic chemical had leaked from a shipping container. More: continued here

By DIANE SMITH FORT WORTH — Rachel Conley is trying to get back on food stamps. She hasn’t needed the government aid since 2006, but after getting laid off from a food plant in January, the 50-year-old grandmother was forced to apply to the Food Stamp Program (recently renamed Supplemental …

Emergency crews have evacuated 50 people from a Sydney FedEx depot while they investigated a suspected chemical leak. More: continued here

Internet auction house eBay has temporarily renamed the yellow stars it uses to evaluate sellers on its French site after a complaint that the symbol had anti-semitic connotations. More: continued here

MAIL COMMENT: A desperate gamble fraught with risks More: continued here

Guernsey’s post office says it is investigating the possibility of starting up a Premium Bonds scheme. More: continued here

Putting a stamp on shirts: hobby turns lucrative for T-shirt designerMelrose Free Press, MAMuch of that interaction comes from her wedding business, where Gobiel creates custom wedding stamps, “save the date” cards and “thank you” cards, in addition wedding-related t-shirts. She works with each couple personally when coming up with a …

BANGKOK: The Thai government yesterday entered a partnership with eBay to promote the kingdom’s e-commerce, which already amounted to an estimated US$1 billion (RM3.65 billion) last year. More: continued here

Guilty plea in Seattle in counterfeit goods caseSeattle Post IntelligencerAP SEATTLE — The US attorney's office in Seattle says a former Whidbey Island resident pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court in a scheme to import counterfeit fitness equipment and other goods and sell them on eBay. The 28-year-old man who …