North Texas' 100-degree days don't soothe walking conventioneers …Dallas Morning News, TXAnd Carter, the North Texas native who is operations director for this convention, has logbooks with passport-style stamps from dozens of walks she's participated in. One book has room for exactly 26 stamps, one for every letter in the alphabet. … More: continued here
Zion National Park postage stamp debuts SundaySt. George Daily Spectrum, UTSALT LAKE CITY – For the second time in its 100-year history, Zion National Park will appear on a US postage stamp. The stamp, which features a sandstone formation in the slick rock area of the park, will be unveiled at 10 am, Sunday, at an…
L'Oréal to appeal Ebay fakes rulingFinancial Times, UKBy David Gelles French consumer group L'Oréal yesterday said it would appeal the ruling by a French court that online auction site Ebay is not liable for the sale of counterfeit L'Oréal products on its site. In May, Ebay won the latest in a series of …L'Oreal Appeals French…
MLive.com Tigers RF Magglio Ordoñez cuts his hairDetroit Free Press, United States“I'm going to put it on eBay and give the money to a charity for kids,” Ordoñez said. Ordoñez has been struggling mightily at the plate. Sometimes, hitters get haircuts to try to shake slumps. Tigers catcher Gerald Laird got a buzz cut earlier this…
Audrey Hepburn stamp $93000Right Celebrity, CAA rare Audrey Hepburn stamp sold for $93000 yesterday in Berlin Germany at an auction. The stamp was auctioned off at The Schlegel auction house, who declined to identify the buyer. A minimum bid of euro30,000 was set for the Audrey Hepburn stamp, … More: continued here
Straits Times Buffett Acolyte Donates $2.11 Million as Thank YouLos Angeles Times, CAZhao's bid last year was three times the previous record for the lunch, and the largest ever for an EBay Inc.-sponsored charity auction. The proceeds benefit the Glide Foundation, a San Francisco-based charity where Buffett's late first wife …Video: How Much Would You Pay…
Straits Times Chinese Investment Manager Pays $2.1M to Eat With Warren BuffettFOXNewsEvery year, Buffett auctions off one lunch and donates the proceeds to the Glide Foundation, which provides social services to San Francisco's homeless and poor. A new lunch auction began Sunday and runs through Friday. The top bid on eBay Wednesday …Video: How Much…
Police warn of CraigsList scam that swindled Boulder manColorado Daily, COHe e-mailed the seller to express interest in buying the truck, Huntley said, and the seller wrote back and asked that they use an eBay financing website to complete the transaction. Officials with an alleged eBay financing center based in Pennsylvania … More: continued here
KRQE Post Office said there's no delayKRQE, NMRyan-Lucero said new tenants have had to wait up to two months for the post office to re-key mail boxes. "Since December, it's been extremely bad," she said. The apartment manager said mail piles up in the outgoing box, and that she has had to remind … More: continued…
First-day sale and souvenir postmark for new duck stamp to be …Kansas City Star, MOA first-day sale and souvenir postmark for the Postal Service's new duck stamp will be available from 8 am to noon Friday at the Bass Pro Shops store in Independence. The federal duck stamp program provides funds for waterfowl conservation. … More:…