Great Clacton: Post Office handoverThe Gazette, UK –33 minutes agoTHE last post has sounded for a couple who are retiring from their business and selling up. Great Clacton residents will not be losing their post office, … More: continued here

Profits boost for Jet2 ownerebookers, UK –4 hours agoDuring the course of the year, Jet2 delivered 98.6 percent more items under the contract received in favour of its flagship Royal Mail. … More: continued here

Road death theoryWalesOnline, United Kingdom –1 hour agoPOLICE believe a 58-year-old man’s car had broken down minutes before he was hit and killed by a Royal Mail van on a busy city road. … More: continued here

Seattle gets no eBay bids for high-tech toiletsSeattle Times, United States –2 minutes agoAn eBay auction of Seattle's five self-cleaning toilets closed around 3:30 pm Saturday with zero bids. By Noelene Clark The fancy lavatories were supposed … More: continued here

Auctionbytes eBay Seller Receives 4-Year Sentence for Software PiracyAuctionbytes –Jul 25, 2008By Ina Steiner An eBay seller accused of selling pirated software on was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison, three years supervised release following … More: continued here

Richard S. Johnson had planned on taking his family to his homeland of Sweden when the FedEx Cup playoffs started in late-August for an extended vacation. More: continued here

Daily Mail Sale of ex-Scarborough man's life on eBay falls throughScarborough Today, UK –Jul 25, 2008By Staff Copy A former Scarborough man's dreams of making a fresh start by selling his life on eBay have been dashed. Ian Usher, who once ran a jetski …Ebay life auction man Ian Usher fails to …

NYC mayor expands translations in city agenciesHouston Chronicle, United States –5 minutes agoFood stamps: In 2001, a federal judge approved a settlement through which the city agreed to make available Spanish, Russian, Chinese and Arabic copies of … More: continued here

College students turn to food banksThe State, SC –2 minutes agoWhile a student at Columbia’s Benedict College, Capleton started a Facebook group called “I Ain’t Afraid to be on Food Stamps.” Some students seeking help … More: continued here

County stiffs the poorMilwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI –6 hours agoThe approach used by the government agencies involved appears to be that, whenever there is bureaucratic confusion over eligibility, food stamps and medical … More: continued here