Sept. 10 (Bloomberg) — U.S. stocks rose as investors snapped up energy shares trading at their cheapest level in 18 months, while better-than-forecast earnings at FedEx Corp. buoyed industrial companies. More: continued here
BURLINGTON – Gov. James Douglas wants to make 30,000 more Vermont families eligible for food stamps. The plan is an addition to the Governor’s Fuel and Food Partnership, a collaboration of public and private partners trying to help Vermonters deal with rising costs of fuel and food. More: continued here
Classics of everyday design No 52guardian.co.uk, UK –5 hours agoBut, I think I have the correct answer: the portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II on the standard issue British postal stamps. This, it appears, has been … More: continued here
TSN.ca Alouettes' Cobourne will not play Friday against StampsTSN.ca, Canada –35 minutes agoThe Montreal Alouettes will have to go at least one more week without star running back Avon Cobourne. Head coach Marc Trestman announced that the CFL's … More: continued here
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Sept. 10 (Bloomberg) — U.S. stocks advanced after Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. said it will shore up capital by selling assets, FedEx Corp. beat profit estimates and energy shares rallied with oil. More: continued here
Postman hoards stolen mailRipley Today, UK –1 minute agoPaul Armstrong-Wells' dishonesty was discovered when a Royal Mail inspector carried out a routine search of his vehicle and found opened post. … More: continued here
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