Nik Lewis recuperating in Toronto, will be a game-time decisionCalgary Herald (blog)Lewis's evening will be spend in his room at the Stamps' downtown hotel, drinking fluids and relaxing in a bid to shake an illness that kept him out of practice all week in Calgary. He even gets his own …
Read More »Santa Claus, Ind., post office picks its annual cancellation image – Evansville Courier & Press
Santa Claus, Ind., post office picks its annual cancellation imageEvansville Courier & PressJust like its namesake, Santa Claus, Ind., gets very busy come December, since it is home to the only post office to bear that name. In a typical month, this hamlet of about 2500 residents sees about 13000 …
Read More »NYC Council Speaker Wants Food-Stamp Fingerprinting Stopped – Wall Street Journal (blog)
NYC Council Speaker Wants Food-Stamp Fingerprinting StoppedWall Street Journal (blog)They are the only two places left in the country where applying for food stamps requires getting fingerprinted. NYC City Council Speaker Christine Quinn wants Arizona to be the only one, NYT reports. Quinn wants the city to stop fingerprinting …and …
Read More »Only 73 Days Away: The 2011 Holiday Forever Stamps on Sale Today – PR Newswire (press release)
Only 73 Days Away: The 2011 Holiday Forever Stamps on Sale TodayPR Newswire (press release)To help get everyone in the spirit, the Postal Service today is kicking off the 2011 holiday season with the issuance of the new Christmas stamps. "Holiday gift catalogs are already in the mail," said David …
Read More »EBay to add image recognition to mobile offerings – USA Today
USA Today EBay to add image recognition to mobile offeringsUSA TodaySAN FRANCISCO – EBay plans to add image-recognition technology to its mobile offerings, allowing shoppers to snap photos of items they covet — such as a cute dress a friend is wearing — that an eBay app will match up …
Read More »Open Source Drupal Marks the Spot for eBay’s X.com
eBay is the latest tech giant to embrace Drupal, the open source content management system that now runs an estimated two percent of all websites on the planet. More: continued here
Read More »Possible postal closures concern area towns
ARROWSMITH — About 70 concerned residents crowded the basement of the Arrowsmith Christian Church on Tuesday night to hear about the possible closure of the town’s post office. More: continued here
Read More »eBay (EBAY)’s “Neutral” Rating Reaffirmed by Piper Jaffray (PJC) Analysts – LocalizedUSA
eBay (EBAY)'s "Neutral" Rating Reaffirmed by Piper Jaffray (PJC) AnalystsLocalizedUSAeBay (NASDAQ: EBAY)'s stock had its “neutral” rating reaffirmed by equities research analysts at Piper Jaffray (NYSE: PJC) in a research note issued to investors on Thursday. The analysts currently have a $36.00 price target on the stock. …and more » More: …
Read More »EBay’s PayPal, Microsoft Move Payments to Xbox Game Consoles – BusinessWeek
Mashable EBay's PayPal, Microsoft Move Payments to Xbox Game ConsolesBusinessWeekOct. 13 (Bloomberg) — EBay Inc.'s PayPal business will expand its partnership with Microsoft Corp. to let consumers buy virtual goods over its game consoles, part of an effort to lure more users to its payment products. …PayPal Partners with Xbox …
Read More »Posties scared of deaf and arthritic 15 year old dog – Mirror.co.uk
Daily Mail Posties scared of deaf and arthritic 15 year old dogMirror.co.ukAnn Ryan,72, believes she was targeted by Royal Mail because her harmless pal Bobby barked at a postman. She said: “If a postman is frightened of a dog barking they should get a new job. “Bobby is not a …
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