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Mail Destroyed In Post Office BlazeThe Bahama Journal, Bahamas –18 minutes agoBy Darrin Culmer A potential disaster was averted at the East Hill Street main post office Saturday when post office employees and firefighters sprang into … More: continued here

Voices: Food stamps as economic developmentMetro.us, NY –1 hour agoThen Moody’s economist Mark Zandi — hardly a bleeding heart — said the best “bang for the buck” would be boosting food stamps, generating $1.73 in economic … More: continued here

Things that go boom: Home sales on Bolivar Peninsula, fueled partly by an $8 billion expansion of Royal Dutch Shell’s Motiva refinery in Port Arthur, are defying signs of a slump, industry observers say. More: continued here

SEOUL, South Korea — Fancy a sleek made-in-North Korea SUV? How about a pair of boxing gloves from the famously pugnacious communist country? More: continued here

Washington Post Postal Agencies Respond to Mail DeclineWashington Post, United States –5 hours ago(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) (Damian Dovarganes – AP) Customers wait on line for their turn at the post office, next to a sign promoting the "Self Service …Postal Service adds flat-rate box, Sunday Express serviceThe Plain Dealer – cleveland.comPostal agencies …

NEW YORK (AP) — Marty Sellers used to need about a hundred postage stamps every three months. These days, he can stretch that supply to last a year. Sellers, 40, now pays most bills online and receives financial statements electronically. More: continued here

Faculty on Food StampsChronicle of Higher Education (subscription) –6 hours agoWhen John Edwards pulled out of the Democratic primary contest, the remaining candidates rushed to adopt his promise to end poverty in America. … More: continued here

Domain name in the works for post officeBusinessWeek –5 hours agoBy ANICK JESDANUN A new "dot-post" Internet address in the works aims to set apart the electronic services increasingly offered by postal agencies around … More: continued here

Contractor UK eBay fights the Romanian problemContractor UK, UK –1 hour agoA Romanian town that won European Union cash to boost its enterprising IT skills has been singled out to eBay users as a hotspot for fraud. … More: continued here

Archivist Charged with Stealing Historic DocumentsNPR –2 hours agoLorello sold the historic documents — some to collectors and some on eBay. And it was eBay that led to Lorello's demise. An amateur historian and lawyer … More: continued here