Gamasutra OTX launches gameplan online surveys for game publishersVentureBeat, CAOTX draws data for gameplan from its own tracking surveys as well as game rental service gamefly and used game transactions on ebay, as collected by AERS. gamefly can reveal what percentage of gamers intend to rent a new game once it …
Read More »Freescale-powered LimeBook hits eBay for astronomical price – engadget
Freescale-powered LimeBook hits eBay for astronomical priceengadget, CAEvidently, one eBay user reckons that Americans really will pay anything so long as something's considered "rare," as the Lime OS-packin' LimeBook — which was spotted in January in Las Vegas — is being offered up for US delivery at $500. … More: continued …
Read More »PROBE INTO MISSING MAIL – Hackney Gazette
PROBE INTO MISSING MAILHackney Gazette, UKAn investigation is underway into a suspected 18-month postal fraud that has left thousands of residents with lost, delayed or damaged mail. Around 15000 items of undelivered mail set for Lower and Upper Clapton have been recovered by the Royal Mail. … More: continued here
Read More »Signs of the Times: A prime minister's pay cut; lost boats – Reuters
Reuters Signs of the Times: A prime minister's pay cut; lost boatsReutersGrowing numbers of Americans are getting government help to buy food. A record 32.2 million people — one in 10 Americans — received food stamps, according to official figures. Food stamps, the major US anti-hunger program, help poor people …
Read More »College students apply for food stamps – FOX Toledo Online
FOX Toledo Online College students apply for food stampsFOX Toledo Online, OHDavid Browning, an assistant professor in social work at the University of Toledo's College of Health Science and Human Services, said more students are actually applying for food stamps so they can keep up their college experience. … More: continued …
Read More »Post Office Lobby Schedule Changes – NBC 29 News
Post Office Lobby Schedule ChangesNBC 29 News, VAThe post office on Charlottesville's downtown mall is changing its lobby hours out of concern for the safety of their customers. Post office employees say homeless people were causing problems in the lobby such as urinating on the floor, … More: continued here
Read More »Police warn of scam by phony eBay site operators – The County Press
Police warn of scam by phony eBay site operatorsThe County Press, MIby SUSAN YOUNGER LAPEER TWP — Lapeer County Sheriff's Department deputies are warning the community about a realistic looking con crafted by Internet scammers who set up a phony eBay site. "It is sad and frustrating," said Lt. Gary Parks. …
Read More »Get to the Post Office early on Tax Day – Virginia Gazette
Staten Island Advance – SILive.com Get to the Post Office early on Tax DayVirginia Gazette, VABy Steve Vaughan The Post Service announced Tuesday that late filers need to get to the Post Office early on April 15. Although in the past the post office has stayed open late on April 15 …
Read More »Madoff's Mets baseball tickets may soon go on eBay – Reuters
Madoff's Mets baseball tickets may soon go on eBayReutersBy Martha Graybow NEW YORK, April 7 (Reuters) – Bernard Madoff's $80000 New York Mets baseball season tickets may be sold — sort of — to the highest bidder on eBay (EBAY.O). The trustee liquidating Madoff's assets wants court permission to sell …
Read More »Queen's former stamps net £200000 – The Press Association
Queen's former stamps net £200000The Press AssociationA set of rare Two Penny Blue stamps which once belonged to the Queen have sold for more than £200000 at auction. The dozen 1840 Two Pence Blues – the sister stamp to the Penny Black – was bought by an anonymous telephone bidder …
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