eBay is opening a New York City office that will focus on advanced technical development. Chris Dixon, co-founder of Hunch, which eBay acquired in late 2011, will head the eBay Technology Center of Excellence at 625 6th Avenue. More: continued here

A team that produced the fewest quarterback sacks in the Canadian Football League last season drafted a player on Thursday who is among the all-time leaders in quarterback sacks at his school. More: continued here

Kansas City Star Amateur sleuth helps stop National Archives theftsCBS NewsWASHINGTON — When J. David Goldin saw the recorded interview of baseball great Babe Ruth for sale on eBay he knew something was wrong. There was only one original record of that 1937 interview of Ruth on a hunting trip, …

VentureBeat eBay's new East Coast HQ boosts New York tech sceneVentureBeatTrending in more ways than one, eBay announced it would be the latest Silicon Valley tech giant to expand to New York to explore new opportunities in Big Data. Hot on the heels of Twitter, the e-commerce and payments company …

Postal problems for UK parcels in PortugalThe Portugal NewsThe Royal Mail's use of a private courier company to send parcels from the UK to Portugal as opposed to using the national CTT postal service, has caused some upset among residents, as the courier does not deliver to 'apartado' postal boxes, …

BRIEF: Opelika man picks up drugs, arrest at post officeChicago TribuneBruce DeLong said Charlton Thomas Broadaway, 30, was charged with trafficking in marijuana shortly after he picked up the package at approximately 1 pm April 27 at the Opelika Post Office. The drugs, sealed in plastic bags inside a container, …

Test: Food-stamp budget not fillingColumbus DispatchThe co-workers at a Dublin software-development firm were hungry and a bit sluggish yesterday when they ended a weeklong challenge — eating on $4.60 a day — the average budget of an Ohio food-stamp recipient. “It was exhausting managing around that …and more » More: continued …

U.S. Sen. Mary L. Landrieu's office says the senator planned visits to post offices in Moss Bluff and Lafayette. More: continued here

Free Speech Radio News Food-stamp test a kick to the stomachPhiladelphia InquirerIt's hard enough to feed a family on food stamps, but this week Pennsylvania made it harder when it imposed an unreasonable asset test. Flunking the asset test means going without food stamps, even if an individual or family …

Chicago Tribune Mineola Hotel checks into eBayNorthwest HeraldBy KATIE ANDERSON – kanderson@shawmedia.com FOX LAKE – The owner of the historical Mineola Hotel has turned to eBay to sell the landmark property as he faces a trial next week triggered by a yearlong battle with the village over the building's …Fox …