LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) – A suspicious bag left in a Lexington post office has been investigated and determined to be harmless. Lexington police shift commander Lt. J.J. Lombardi says police received a call at 2:50 p.m. EST after a customer left a laptop computer bag in a downtown post office. …

With the market dipping back below November lows, it feels a bit mean-spirited to be picking on any single company, but please – what has happened to eBay? More: continued here

gibfocus – Postage for Mail Sent to Gibraltargibfocus.gi, Gibraltar"Underpaid items may be intercepted by the Royal Mail Revenue Protection Team and thereafter sent overland via La Poste (France) and Correos (Spain), with delays of up to 8 weeks. Accordingly, customers are advised to inform their correspondents in the … More: continued …

A DISPUTE over whether New Yorkers should be expected to work or at least look for work if they get food stamps provides a disturbing preview of what welfare policy could become under the new Democratic monopoly in Washington. The just-passed… More: continued here

Rare colour proofs of Indian stamps to be auctioned todayTimes of India, IndiaRare colour proofs — samples of stamps— dating back to 1948 will be going under the hammer at a German auction house on Saturday. The sting in the tale is that unlike rare stamps these colour proofs — that …

Uninspired by eBayCNNMoney.comSAN FRANCISCO (Fortune) — With the market dipping back below November lows, it feels a bit mean-spirited to be picking on any single company, but please – what has happened to eBay? At about $12 (EBAY, Fortune 500) it's trading barely above a 52-week … More: continued here

A dozen civil rights figures to be on postage stamps. More: continued here

A bomb scare at a Lexington post office ends with a bang. A suspicious package was found outside the post office on High Street. A police ‘robot’ was called in to shoot the bag with water at a high-pressure, demobilizing the item. More: continued here

Boston Globe NY State Buys Worthless Ferry On eBayHard OCP, TXPut it back on eBay…current bid is $14800. Better get your bids in, officials say they are taking the highest bid, regardless how much the high bid is. ALBANY A ferry boat for New York Harbor, purchased by taxpayers for $500000, …

PARIS — EBay has temporarily renamed the yellow stars it uses to evaluate sellers on its French site after a complaint that the symbol had anti-Semitic connotations. More: continued here