Bids for Aaron Hernandez jerseys reach $1000 on eBayCBSSports.com (blog)81 New England Patriots jersey is shooting up on the secondary market, with some going for over $1,000 on eBay. The Patriots ProShop will be exchanging Hernandez jerseys for free on Saturday and Sunday. But if Hernandez's No. 81 keeps shooting …
Read More »Final Blow: U.S. Postal Service issues ‘final determination’ to sell La Jolla’s post office
The day after La Jollans celebrated their country’s independence with a fireworks display at the cove, the United States Postal Service (USPS) tacked a notice to the Wall Street post office that many La Jollans consider decidedly unpatriotic — USPS’s ‘final determination’ of plans to sell the historic building at …
Read More »Swansea ballboy ‘kicked’ by Eden Hazard sells his jacket on eBay – Yahoo! News
Yahoo! News Swansea ballboy 'kicked' by Eden Hazard sells his jacket on eBayYahoo! NewsA look through the eBay history of the seller listing the jacket on behalf of Morgan shows that he/she has been selling footballs "used in the Championship until 2011." So now we might understand why the youngster …
Read More »Royal Mail workers in Peterborough in wildcat strike – BBC News
BBC News Royal Mail workers in Peterborough in wildcat strikeBBC NewsStaff at a Royal Mail sorting office in Cambridgeshire have walked out in a wildcat strike. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said about 170 staff walked out of the Werrington office in Peterborough at 06:30 BST. The strike was triggered …
Read More »EBay snaps up top Belgian classifieds site – Silicon Valley Business Journal
EBay snaps up top Belgian classifieds siteSilicon Valley Business JournalIn a statement Thursday, eBay promised to keep 2dehands.be (and sister site 2ememain.be) free and locally run. 2dehands.be launched 10 years ago and has about 5.5 million unique visitors per month—which equates to about half of Belgium's population …EBay Has This New …
Read More »Lane: Abolish food stamps; there’s a better way – Richmond Times Dispatch (blog)
Lane: Abolish food stamps; there's a better wayRichmond Times Dispatch (blog)Congress is in an uproar over the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as food stamps. In the past half-decade, mostly because of the recession, enrollment grew to 21.1 million U.S. households — encompassing one-seventh …Food stamp cuts can't be …
Read More »USPS shows signs of progress on for-sale Northfield post office – Southernminn.com
USPS shows signs of progress on for-sale Northfield post officeSouthernminn.comThe U.S. Postal Service plans to update the price of the downtown Northfield post office building, following a new appraisal. Meanwhile, business continues as usual at the location on Wednesday afternoon, as a steady stream of customers walk in and out … …
Read More »No soda for food stamps? Don’t whine about free meals. (Column) – Chambersburg Public Opinion
No soda for food stamps? Don't whine about free meals. (Column)Chambersburg Public OpinionCommon sense tells us that those receiving generous SNAP benefits, courtesy of those who actually work for a living, should have no say whatsoever in what they can and cannot buy with food stamps. But too often they …
Read More »Woman goes missing after no-showing work at post office
Allegheny County police say an East Deer Township woman didn’t show up for work at the Penn Hills post office and hasn’t been seen since leaving home. More: continued here
Read More »Tragically Hip, Rush & Guess Who among those on new Canadian stamps
Canada Post is honouring Canadian rock royalty in its latest issue of stamps, available later this month. More: continued here
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