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CANOE Bea's Royal Wedding Hat Reaches £18K On EbaySky NewsPrincess Beatrice's hat, which became the unlikely star of the Royal Wedding, has passed bids of £18000 on auction site eBay. Philip Treacy's beige creation was likened to an octopus, a pretzel and even a turkey twizzler when the Princess stepped …

Autochannel (press release) eBay Motors app: Buy a Bentley from your iPhoneCNET (blog)On a recent bus ride, I saw a guy use his smartphone to shop for a Porsche on eBay. It might sound silly, but he's not alone. Apparently, shopping for cars and car parts this way is part …

New York Daily News Michigan woman accepts $1000 eBay bid to sell 2-year-old cousinSan Jose Mercury NewsA 20-year-old woman accepted a $1000 eBay bid to sell her 2-year-old cousin, police said, describing the girl as someone who "can clean and hold a decent conversation." Ottawa County sheriff's detectives tracked down …

USA Today Zaarly – mobile auction – wireless startups – Fierce 15 2011FierceWirelessZaarly is basically a mixture of Craigslist and eBay with a little location-based service thrown into the mix. The company's app allows users (the buyers) to name something they want, the price they're willing to pay for it …

eBay launched a new version of ProStores (10.3) that includes a number of social networking features, including the ability to add Facebook Like buttons to stores. More: continued here

New York Daily News Autumn Braden, Michigan teen, tries to sell 2-year-old cousin on eBay, gets …New York Daily NewsA dopey Michigan teen got a visit from cops after posting a gag ad on eBay offering her 2-year-old cousin up for sale. Autumn Braden, 19, said she was just bored …

Daily Mail Allendale Woman Investigated after "Kid For Sale" Ad on EbayDetroit Free PressA woman from Allendale Township could face criminal charges after police say she put an ad on eBay offering to sell a two-year-old girl who she was supposed to be watching. The eBay posting displayed a picture …

Daily Mail A teenager could be in trouble for putting her two-year-old cousin up for sale …Daily Mail'Basically, all I was trying to do was see how eBay worked,' she said. 'I had a picture of (my cousin), so I just put it up there. It wasn't meant to be …

BBC News Package from eBay delivered with leopard gecko insideMetroPhillipa Durrant got quite a surprise in her Berkshire home after opening a package delivered from eBay to find a leopard gecko inside. A leopard gecko survived a 190km trip by post after slithering its way inside a padded envelope bound …

WKZO eBay toddler sale 'a misunderstanding'WOOD-TV(WOOD) – The 20-year-old Allendale woman who posted an ad for her cousin's 2-year-old on eBay said Tuesday night the entire incident is a big misunderstanding. "It was just a joke — that's all it was," she said. "You all are taking it way too …