Winning Bid Puts 18-Year-Old in LineupNew York Times, United States –1 hour agoBy JACK BELL So perhaps it is fitting that a winning bid in an eBay auction will have Pearl coming to New York to play in Tuesday’s charity tournament as … More: continued here

Soccer is more than a game to 18-year-old Eli Pearl, who won an eBay auction to play in a charity tournament as part of a four-on-four squad with a player from his favorite team, F.C. Barcelona. More: continued here

A Lowcountry couple has a bone to pick with the post office. Their personal information — including name address birthdates and social security numbers were stolen from the passport office — and they aren’t the only ones. More: continued here

Officially, the Calgary Stampeders didn’t start thinking about the Saskatchewan Roughriders until last Friday, after a tough loss the night before in Winnipeg. More: continued here

Gonzales Stamps Himself as a Legitimate Prospect15rounds.com –3 hours agoBy Mario Ortega Jr.(ringside) Thursday night at the Red Lion Hotel in Sacramento, California, power-punching middleweight prospect Brandon Gonzales, … More: continued here

Riddle of missing post office cashSunderland Echo, UK –5 hours agoBy Roib Freeth A postmistress was spared jail despite more than £15000 going missing from her Sunderland post office. Pauline Stonehouse, 36, was given a … More: continued here

Hundreds back post office fightYorkshire Evening Post, UK –3 hours agoBy Neil Hudson MORE than 400 people turned up at a public meeting to back calls to save their local Post Office. People living in Thornhill, Dewsbury met at …PO closure legal challenge endsEast Anglian Daily Timesall 3 news articles More: continued …

BVI Post Launches Beijing 2008 Stamp IssueSKNVibes.com, St. Kitts and Nevis –5 minutes agoROADTOWN, Tortola-The BVI Postal Administration today launched its Beijing 2008 Stamp Issue featuring a 2008 Olympic hopeful and two former Olympians. … More: continued here

State hears welfare problemsNews Sentinel, IN –Aug 1, 2008By Rick Callahan of AP KOKOMO — People receiving food stamps, Medicaid and other welfare told a legislative study committee Thursday that the state’s … More: continued here

China to issue stamps for each gold medal winHindu, India –1 hour agoBeijing (PTI): China will issue special edition stamps celebrating each gold medal won by it within 48 hours of the victory in the fastest ever issuance of …China to issue gold medal stamps to celebrate Olympic victoriesXinhuaSouth Korea begin favourites …