GREAT Broughton Post Office, which was the scene of an attempted armed robbery in October, has held a Santa’s grotto for the village children as the owners put the incident behind them. More: continued here

AuctionBytes Blog (blog) Amazon Takes Page from eBay's Marketing PlaybookAuctionBytes Blog (blog)In 2005, eBay and Yahoo encouraged consumers to cash out their unwanted holiday gifts by selling them on their auction sites. …Acceleratedmentoring.com Recommends eBay For Online SellingUS News Source (press release)all 2 news articles » More: continued here

Post offices in Hayward and Newark will be open Sunday to help customers finish mailing Christmas gifts.The Hayward main post office is at 24438 Santa Clara St. More: continued here

Editorial – Fare Deal: Food stamp debate is about diet, not just dollarsFayObserver.comThe gist of their argument is that the department needs more employees, not fewer, and that the food stamp program recirculates public revenues within the … More: continued here

The move bolsters eBay’s app-centric mobile commerce strategy. Marketplace giant eBay Inc. has very clearly shown it is serious about apps—it’s launched more than a dozen, with more on the way. More: continued here

EBay Inc. acquired Critical Path Software Inc., a developer of smartphone applications, to accelerate its lead in mobile commerce. More: continued here

A former mail handler at the Highlands Ranch post office received the maximum sentence for stealing thousands of packages and reselling the contents. More: continued here

By Prashant Sood, New Delhi, Dec 15 : Food courts resembling airport hangars, a conference hall large enough for a sprint race, rows of neatly laid out tents and even a post office – an elaborate, makeshift township on the outskirts of the capital awaits the 20,000 Congress members who …

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A jury Thursday found Albert Leroy Ervin not guilty of the 2008 robbery of a post office in Langeloth, near Burgettstown, ending a four-day trial that became the worst kind of family reunion. More: continued here