Man pleads guilty to selling counterfeit goodsMSNBCCounterfeit Bowflex exercise equipment, Magic Bullet blenders, DVDs and North Face backpacks were found at an operation run by 28-year-old Brian Pollee, who was selling fake goods on eBay under the name ZMP Enterprises. US Immigration and Customs …Guilty plea in Seattle in counterfeit …
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(The Associated Press) A dozen civil rights pioneers take their places of honor on U.S. postage stamps Saturday. The six 42-cent stamps are being dedicated in New York and are going on sale nationwide. The stamps honor the achievements of Ella Baker, Daisy Gatson Bates, J.R. Clifford, Medgar Evers, Fannie …
Read More »Woman reports jewelry stolen; police say she stole it in the first place (Seattle Times)
Robin Griffin was charged with stealing more than $50,000 in jewelry shipments while working at FedEx, a theft discovered only after she reported the jewelry missing from her house to police, prosecutors say. More: continued here
Read More »Rare colour proofs of Indian stamps to be auctioned today (The Times of India)
NEW DELHI: It has all the machinations of a crime thriller. Rare colour proofs — samples of stamps — dating back to 1948 will be going under the hammer at a German auction house on Saturday. More: continued here
Read More »Suspicious Bag Shuts Down Post Office (The Kentucky Post)
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) – A suspicious bag left in a Lexington post office has been investigated and determined to be harmless. Lexington police shift commander Lt. J.J. Lombardi says police received a call at 2:50 p.m. EST after a customer left a laptop computer bag in a downtown post office. …
Read More »Uninspired by eBay (CNN Money)
With the market dipping back below November lows, it feels a bit mean-spirited to be picking on any single company, but please – what has happened to eBay? More: continued here
Read More »gibfocus – Postage for Mail Sent to Gibraltar – gibfocus.gi
gibfocus – Postage for Mail Sent to Gibraltargibfocus.gi, Gibraltar"Underpaid items may be intercepted by the Royal Mail Revenue Protection Team and thereafter sent overland via La Poste (France) and Correos (Spain), with delays of up to 8 weeks. Accordingly, customers are advised to inform their correspondents in the … More: continued …
Read More »FOOD STAMPS: THE MAYOR’S GOOD CALL (New York Post)
A DISPUTE over whether New Yorkers should be expected to work or at least look for work if they get food stamps provides a disturbing preview of what welfare policy could become under the new Democratic monopoly in Washington. The just-passed… More: continued here
Read More »Rare colour proofs of Indian stamps to be auctioned today – Times of India
Rare colour proofs of Indian stamps to be auctioned todayTimes of India, IndiaRare colour proofs — samples of stamps— dating back to 1948 will be going under the hammer at a German auction house on Saturday. The sting in the tale is that unlike rare stamps these colour proofs — that …
Read More »Uninspired by eBay – CNNMoney.com
Uninspired by eBayCNNMoney.comSAN FRANCISCO (Fortune) — With the market dipping back below November lows, it feels a bit mean-spirited to be picking on any single company, but please – what has happened to eBay? At about $12 (EBAY, Fortune 500) it's trading barely above a 52-week … More: continued here
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