Siliconrepublic.com Popcap auctions sketches of zombies, unicorns for charityArs TechnicaPopcap Games—the team behind Plants vs Zombies, Bejeweled, and Peggle—is reaching into its big vault of art for a series of eBay auctions to help support children's charities in the US and UK. …PopCap Games auctioning game artSiliconrepublic.comPopCap Launches Game Art …

eBay could be eyeing Twitter and YouTube to help it take advantage of the rise in social activities among shoppers as it launches new social features to the eBay marketplace. More: continued here

Sorting jobs safe despite huge lossesSwindon AdvertiserHUGE financial losses at Royal Mail are unlikely to affect jobs at the sorting office in Swindon following large investment. Royal Mail bosses revealed losses of £120 million yesterday following a large drop in the number of people sending post. …No job cuts at …

You may have noticed a big backup on Middlebrooke Pike today, as people lined up to get emergency food stamps. More: continued here

CTV.ca Hugh Hefner Stamps New 'Playboy' Issues With 'Runaway Bride' StickerZimbioHugh Hefner and his fiancee Crystal Harris at the launch of Playboy Club in London. (Pacific Coast News)more pics » Hugh Hefner (Pacific Coast News) Since Crystal Harris ditched her wedding to the Playboy mogul four days before the planned …

On the Beach: Customers Flock to Majorca for Value HolidaysPR Newswire (press release)This announcement is based upon the cost of package holidays, as well as information taken from research conducted by Post Office Travel Money. According to On the Beach, holidays to Majorca can be found at great discounts thanks …

Michigan Tech News US Postage Stamp Recognizes Alumnus Who Won a Nobel PrizeMichigan Tech NewsMelvin Calvin, a Michigan Tech alumnus who was awarded a Nobel Prize, now has his name and face on a postage stamp–a stamp of approval for a distinguished man. Calvin was the first scientist to unravel …

General mail delivery to Cowichan homes and businesses stopped Tuesday night after Canada Post locked out its striking postal workers across the country. More: continued here

Globe and Mail Woman who sold 'gothic' kittens with pierced ears guilty of animal crueltyDaily MailGroomer Holly Crawford, 36, of Sweet Valley, Pennsylvania, tried to sell the 'gothic' kittens on eBay for $100. Three judges of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania refused to repeal a lower court conviction for animal …

Indiana’s NewsCenter Feds praise Indiana for fewer food stamp errorsForbesINDIANAPOLIS — Federal officials said Thursday that Indiana will be rewarded for having fewer errors in its food stamp program a year after the state was fined for making too many mistakes, …Indiana's food stamp program earns $1.65M bonus for improvingIndianapolis …