The Consumerist (blog) Community Voice Responses (02/21/2012)Numismatic News27 Numismatic News E-Newsletter: Will eBay's new policy on replicas reduce the threat from Chinese counterfeits? Here are some answers sent from our e-newsletter readers to Editor, Dave Harper. The announcement by eBay and PNG to ban the selling of all …How I …
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Gretna officials are hosting rally at noon today to gin up support for a public meeting scheduled for this afternoon to discuss the closing of the city's downtown post office. The rally will take place at the Gretna's Farmer's… More: continued here
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