The Guardian My eBay£122 7in confession …The GuardianOn 19 July, at 1.18pm precisely, I spent £122 buying a 7in single off eBay. It's a purchase I had been planning in general for the previous 18 months and intently for the six days before I actually stumped up, and now it's …

Duluth News Tribune Rural post offices may closeArgus PressThe Henderson Post Office is shown Wednesday morning. The US Postal Service is studying its Henderson and Bannister offices, along with about 3700 other offices, as part of a nationwide effort to cut costs. A man walk away from the Handy Street …

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Export Law Blog (blog) Tampa Man Pleads Guilty To Selling A Military Drone On eBayBusiness InsiderAccording to Tampa bay Online, Chua was in Manila when he listed a three-foot long military Raven drone on eBay with an asking price of $13000. The sale was noticed by Special Operations Command (SOC) …

Core PC Postage Revenue up 23% and Non-GAAP Diluted Earnings per Share up 124% to $0.45 More: continued here

Merchant Ships Featured on New Postage StampsLong Island PressBy AP on July 28th, 2011 In this undated image provided by Matson Navigation Company, a new postage stamp features a Matson container ship, far right, passing Honolulu's Diamond Head is shown. The stamp is based on a 1992 photograph of the …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Postal Service is considering closing more than 1 in 10 of its retail outlets.   More: continued here

Postmaster Diana Cisneros sits in the Red Cliff Post Office where she has worked for the past 25 years Wednesday in Red Cliff. The post office is one of more than 3,700 small post office across the country being evaluated for possible closure. More: continued here

The Henderson Post Office is shown Wednesday morning. The U.S. Postal Service is studying its Henderson and Bannister offices, along with about 3,700 other offices, as part of a nationwide effort to cut costs. More: continued here

The Associated Press Post office closures would make long hikes harderThe Associated PressA plan to close rural post offices could shutter several outposts long used by hikers to receive food and gear as they walk the trail from Georgia to Maine. Closing the post offices in Fontana Dam, NC; Glencliff, …