A Lawrence man is arrested after police say he tried to claim a package containing a drug shipment at a local post office. More: continued here
Read More »Post office cash thief sentenced (The Times Record)
BATH — Alan Schoppee, the former postal worker who pleaded guilty to charges that he opened cards and stole money from them while working at the U.S. Post Office in Bath, was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Portland. More: continued here
Read More »FedEx Office To Provide Free Resume Printing (CBS 11 Dallas – Fort Worth)
FedEx Office will provide free resume printing services to its customers on March 10. Customers can go into any location and receive up to 25 free black and white copies of their resume. More: continued here
Read More »Post office cash thief sentenced – Brunswick Times Record
Post office cash thief sentencedBrunswick Times Record, United StatesBy Seth Koenig, Times Record Staff BATH — Alan Schoppee, the former postal worker who pleaded guilty to charges that he opened cards and stole money from them while working at the US Post Office in Bath, was sentenced Tuesday in federal …
Read More »Collecting Houses in Northern Italy (New York Times)
Some people collect stamps, ornaments or miniatures, but Toni Hilton collects houses in the Monferrato region of northern Italy. More: continued here
Read More »eBay Pushes Classifieds onto eBay Spain (AuctionBytes)
Visitors to eBay Spain are now taken to a main page promoting four eBay properties – “eBay Classic,” and three new local classifieds sites: eBay Anuncios (classifieds), eBay Coches (cars) and eBay Pisos (real estate). More: continued here
Read More »Israeli Synagogue Taps EBay as Madoff Losses Reduce Donations (Bloomberg)
March 4 (Bloomberg) — A Jewish community is tapping EBay Inc. to raise money for the construction of a synagogue on the outskirts of Tel Aviv, after donations were cut short because of the losses incurred by Bernard Madoff . More: continued here
Read More »Former eBay CEO gives $1 million to her campaign (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Former eBay Inc. Chief Executive Meg Whitman has donated $1 million to her exploratory campaign for governor. The committee reported the contribution to the secretary of state’s office on Tuesday. More: continued here
Read More »The price of un-free data: one-off census address list will cost £12m – guardian.co.uk
The price of un-free data: one-off census address list will cost £12mguardian.co.uk, UKThe three list-owners – local authorities, Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail– all treat address lists as their commercial assets. In response to a question by the Conservative MP Eric Pickles last month, Karen Dunnell, the ONS's chief executive, … …
Read More »Family Seeks Corporate Sponsor on eBay (FOX 26 Houston)
A Texas father is trying to auction off his family. You’ve heard of collectors trying to sell their treasures on eBay to pay the bills. Now a family of five in Cedar Park near Austin is trying to sell themselves as brand ambassadors on the popular web site. More: continued …
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