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Read More »eBay Nutcase of the Week: Anyone paying $100 for one of yesterday’s Barack Obama-themed newspapers (Tech Digest via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Yesterday’s American newspapers, all of which carried various combinations of the words “Obama” and “wins” and “change” on their covers, are selling on eBay for vast sums today thanks to the whole incredible level of excitement surrounding the election of America’s first ever president. More: continued here
Read More »Salford stamps its foot – Manchester Confidential
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Read More »More Wyoming County families seeking aid as economy sours (The Scranton Times-Tribune)
Pastor Jean Swett on Wednesday received a call from a Tunkhannock couple who was running out of food stamps. More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail, shops and private firms to bid for right to fingerprint us for new ID cards (Daily Mail: World News)
The Royal Mail, shops and private firms are being invited to bid for multimillion-pound contracts to fingerprint millions of Britons for ID cards. More: continued here
Read More »Walkergate man used eBay to sell fake silver – ChronicleLive
Walkergate man used eBay to sell fake silverChronicleLive, UK –1 hour agoBut that was not before he had pocketed nearly £40000 by selling the goods, all with forged hallmarks, on the internet trading site eBay. … More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail in talks to avert strike in Crewe – Stoke & Staffordshire
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Read More »Under pressure from conservationists, eBay bans all ivory sales (Yehey!)
EBay announced a ban on all ivory sales as a conservation group released a report on Tuesday accusing the Internet auction house of contributing to the trade in endangered wildlife products. More: continued here
Read More »Obama Transition Team Leaks New "Green Stamps" System To Turn … – Huffington Post
Obama Transition Team Leaks New "Green Stamps" System To Turn …Huffington Post, NY –30 minutes agoTo fill the void created by the deletion of the lackluster economy President-elect Obama will be installing what he's calling a Green Stamps commerce system … More: continued here
Read More »Hope still in sight for Mount Pleasant Post Office (Redditch Standard)
THE FIGHT to save a post office in Redditch destined for the trap door may not be over after all, The Standard can reveal. More: continued here
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