An Australian carpet python’s mistake will help other animals now that the golf balls it swallowed have been sold on eBay. The high bid was $1,401 Australian ($1,253 U.S.), the Gold Coast Bulletin reported. The money will go to help build an animal hospit… More: continued here

Weston & Somerset Mercury Village appeals to PM to save Post OfficeBedford Today, UK –4 hours agoBy Mark Payne A petition has been placed on the Prime Minister's official website urging him to protect Roxton Village Post Office from the Government's …800 sign petition over post office closuresNorthampton Chronicle & EchoPost office …

An Australian carpet python’s mistake will help other animals now that the golf balls it swallowed have been sold on eBay. More: continued here

News Call or email the Newsroom at (507) 434-2230. A 22-year-old Austin woman was sentenced in Mower County District Court Friday for wrongfully obtaining more than $30,000 in public assistance. More: continued here

Ebay scam fails to give Oli the bluesNorfolk Eastern Daily Press, UK –1 hour agoBut a £190 top bid on Ebay has now turned out to be false, so the group is having to restart the money-spinning auction. when they checked it out, … More: continued here

Winding Road Magazine eBay Auction of the Day: 1915 Van Blerck SpecialWinding Road Magazine, MI –1 hour ago… the Van Blerck Special replicates a vintage open-air racer wrapped around a massive 17-liter inline-six motor – and it’s up for grabs on eBay. … More: continued here

Democrats controlling Congress are looking at tax rebates, extended unemployment benefits and more food stamps to stimulate the sagging economy. But even as momentum builds behind those ideas _ with President Bush increasingly open to proposing a stimulus package later this month _ the effort is fraught with election-year risks …

The eBay EffectSearch Storage –5 hours agoI think–now, mind you, this is just a thought–the same is going to occur on eBay with storage. All the innovation currently going on in the enterprise … More: continued here

UPDATE: Post Office offers robbery awardBolton News, UK –6 minutes agoBy Saiqa Chaudhari THE Post Office is offering a substantial reward for information after masked robbers held three customers and a postmaster at gunpoint. … More: continued here

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) – A Post Office has been named in honor of the first soldier from Lycoming County to be killed in Iraq. An act of Congress has renamed the Hughesville Post Office as the Master Sergeant Sean Michael Thomas Post Office. More: continued here