Bird droppings help save rare stamps on Victorian letters (BBC News)
Rare stamps, including a Penny Black worth £6,000, may have been preserved by bird droppings on Victorian letters in an loft. More: continued here
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iPhone stamps its authority on portable gaming world (Independent)
Nintendo has owned the portable video-game market – first with the Game Boy, now with the DS and DSi – for so long that most of us gave up hope of ever seeing a viable competitor. More: continued here
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5 Killed, 12 Injured As Driver Plows Into Crowd – KDKA
GulfNews 5 Killed, 12 Injured As Driver Plows Into CrowdKDKA, PAA Dutch driver careened through police barriers and plowed into a crowd of merrymakers cheering their popular queen Thursday, in a premeditated assault on the royal family that killed five bystanders and injured 12, authorities said. …Video: Raw Video: Violent Crash Misses Dutch QueenThe Associated PressPictures…
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US Postal Service food drive set – Agoura Hills Acorn
The Express Times – LehighValleyLive.com US Postal Service food drive setAgoura Hills Acorn, CAThe main post office in Simi Valley collected 13880 pounds for the Care and Share food bank and the Mt. McCoy post office gathered 21960 pounds for Mother Theresa's Christian Services, affiliated with St. Rose of Lima Church. Thousand Oaks brought in …Postal…
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US Tech Shares Up Follow Broad Market Upswing – Wall Street Journal
US Tech Shares Up Follow Broad Market UpswingWall Street Journal(IBM), Apple Inc. (AAPL), Google Inc. (GOOG) and eBay Inc. (EBAY). The chip sector made strong gains as the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index rose 3.5%. Intel Corp. (INTC) was up 3.7%, while archrival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) was up 4.8% and …US Technology Shares Move Higher…
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ColderIce's Chest to Save Breasts charity auction on eBay fights … – Examiner.com
ColderIce's Chest to Save Breasts charity auction on eBay fights …Examiner.comI recently had a conversation with my friend John Lawson (aka ColderIce) of http://3rdpoweroutlet.com/ about his "Chest to Save Breasts" auction that's currently up on eBay. I was interested to find out how hard or easy it is to conduct a charity … More: continued…
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Canada Stocks Rise, Led by Royal Bank, Manulife and RIM – Bloomberg
Canada Stocks Rise, Led by Royal Bank, Manulife and RIMBloomberg… that the country's banks will have more flexibility to avoid writedowns. Canada's Accounting Standards Board made a “compromise” decision on mark-to-market rules that doesn't go as far as recent changes made in the US, the Globe and Mail reported. More: continued here
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Postal Service May Close New Castle Post Office – WYTV
Postal Service May Close New Castle Post OfficeWYTV, OHThe US Postal Service may close a western Pennsylvania mail processing center with 200 workers and move the work to Pittsburgh. Postal spokesman Tad Kelley says officials will take months to study closing the facility in New Castle, PA. … More: continued here
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Knox County poverty ranking improves – Galesburg Register-Mail
Knox County poverty ranking improvesGalesburg Register-Mail, IL“But I believe it has done a lot to keep people out of poverty. it extended unemployment benefits, food stamps, and Medicaid. It bolstered neighborhood stabilization programs, community health centers, and dislocated worker assistance. …Report predicts more suburbanites will fall into povertyChicago Daily Heraldall 35 news articles More: continued here
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Neovia FY loss narrows, sees '09 flat – Reuters
Neovia FY loss narrows, sees '09 flatReutersNeovia, in which Irish billionaire investor Dermot Desmond holds a 26 percent stake, competes with online auctioneer eBay Inc's (EBAY.O) Paypal service and Moneybookers. Brokerage Daniel Stewart cut its 2009 pretax profit estimates for Neovia to $5.7 … More: continued here