Thursday, 2pm – SAVE your stamps, spare foreign currency and old mobile phones for Marie Curie Cancer Care. (01/01/2009 10:54:08) More: continued here

AuctionBytes Blog eBay Live Auctions, RIPAuctionBytes Blog, MA –4 hours agoIt's official – the eBay Live Auctions live-bidding platform is dead. If you type in the URL in your browser, you'll be redirected to the eBay.com home page …EBay Watch 2008: The Year in ReviewECommerce-GuideWasn't It Obvious All Along? Simple Explanations for …

The son of 1950s rock ‘n’ roll pioneer J.P. The Big Bopper Richardson says he intends to auction his father’s casket, which is on display in Texas, on eBay.Jay Richardson, 49, who was born three months after his father died alongside rock stars Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens in a …

Sir Bernard Spilsbury, Britain’s first forensic scientist, collected deaths as other people collect stamps or books. More: continued here

Amazon.com Inc. has stopped accepting payment through eBay Inc.’s Bill Me Later system, according to reports Wednesday. (AMZN) (EBAY) More: continued here

NEW DELHI: Tenzin Taephel netted a brace as Royal Rangers recorded a thumping 5-0 victory over an under-strength Youngmen Club in a Group ‘A’ preliminary league match of the Delhi Soccer Association annual senior division open … More: continued here

Summit music, ebay workshop, Wildcat basketballDavidsonNews.net, NC –37 minutes agoThe new year is beginning quietly in Davidson, with schools on break and holiday vacations wrapping up. Consider starting 2009 with a basketball game … More: continued here

BBC News First pension drawn 100 years agoBBC News, UK –Dec 31, 2008An image of the first pension payments made at Post Office counters in 1908 was produced in the Illustrated London News. "Nowhere was the rush of applicants …Centenary call to link pensions and wagesLiverpool Daily PostState pension is 100 years …

Thousands of Texans are struggling during current tough economic times and are turning to SNAP/Food Stamps in record numbers. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, SNAP/Food Stamp participation increased in Texas from 2,683,648 to 2,952,749 from August 2008 to September 2008. As times grow tighter for Texas families, it …

London, Jan 1 : The internet auction site eBay has banned the sale of virtually all ivory products from its website after coming under intense pressure from conservationists who accused the site of acting as a major black market source for forbidden elephant tusks. More: continued here