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Manchester Evening News Binman who made thousands of pounds selling stolen waste bags on eBay escapes jailManchester Evening NewsPaul Strickland, swiped 8,000 rolls of biodegradable bags from his employers, Salford council, and made more then £11,000 selling them online. The 30-year-old, of Egerton Road, Worsley, was meant to hand out the bags on his rounds…

Lehigh Valley Planning Commission panel deems massive distribution center appropriate for Allen Township. Whether or not the proposed FedEx Ground megahub is the farm-chewing, traffic-causing "monster" some residents say, it's appropriate development for the patch of Allen Township land where investors want to build it.         More: continued here

The college football bowl season was not so sweet for the Orange and Sugar bowls. While total attendance for the first 33 of the season’s 34 bowl games was down just 1% in a struggling national economy, the FedEx Orange Bowl matchup of Iowa and Georgia Tech on Tuesday sold 66,131 tickets, down 7,471 from…

UCF’s Johnell Neal is this week’s nominee of 2008 for the FedEx Orange Bowl-FWAA Courage Award, to be announced at the end of the season. Neal, a senior cornerback from Baton Rouge, La., returned to play this season, less than four months after he was shot four times. More: continued here

Sun Valley may be known for having more than its share of landfills, but one former dumping ground is getting a makeover. More: continued here

IBM, eBay rise as tech stocks close with gainsMarketWatchSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Tech stocks claimed the high ground Friday, with advances coming from sector leaders such as IBM Corp. and eBay Inc., as losses from Micron Technology Inc. and others putting a damper on investors' enthusiasm.TECH STOCKS: Google, IBM, EBay Among Tech Advancers4-traders (press release)all…