John Higgins won his first ranking title on home soil, holding off a spirited Ryan Day fightback to clinch the Royal London Watches Grand Prix in Glasgow. More: continued here
Read More »Pack-and-ship store opens in Allentown (The Morning Call)
Allentown’s downtown doesn’t have office-friendly stores such as FedEx Kinkos or UPS Store like most large cities, but it’s getting there. More: continued here
Read More »Burris throws five touchdown passes as Stamps beat Bombers 37-16 (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)
CALGARY – After one of the best games of his career, receiver Brett Ralph deflected much of the credit to his more high-profile teammates. More: continued here
Read More »First Item Sold Online: cMarket Charity and an eBay Business (AuctionBytes)
Do you remember the first item you ever sold online? Let us know by sending an email to ina@auctionbytes.com and we may publish your story. Today we hear from Alex Durant, who used cMarket to produce a charity auction for Share Our Strength, and Crystal Brooks, whose husband’s eBay purchases …
Read More »LABOUR U-TURN OVER POST OFFICE CLOSURES – UK Express
LABOUR U-TURN OVER POST OFFICE CLOSURESUK Express, UK –4 hours agoMany now have no post office within miles. MPs from Lord Mandelson’s own party hope his first appearance before the Business and Enterprise Select Committee … More: continued here
Read More »Saving the Mail (Financial Times)
Royal Mail’s future as a state-owned enterprise is bleak. More: continued here
Read More »eBay Makes Huge Gains In Parallel Efficiency (Slashdot)
CurtMonash writes “Parallel Efficiency is a simple metric that divides the actual work your parallel CPUs do by the sum of their total capacity. If you can get your parallel efficiency up, it’s like getting free servers, free floor space, and some free power as well. eBay reports that it …
Read More »Redskins vs. Browns at 4:15 p.m. (The Washington Times)
The Washington Redkins meet the Cleveland Browns at FedEx Field on Sunday afternoon at 4:15 p.m. More: continued here
Read More »Britt’s body in coroner’s office (The West Australian)
The Victorian coroner’s office has confirmed it has the body of Britt Lapthorne for a second post-mortem examination after an initial autopsy in Croatia was inconclusive. More: continued here
Read More »Grandma who hit post office with car gets cited (WTSP – Tampa Bay’s 10 News)
A grandmother was cited for careless driving after crashing her SUV into a post office in the Orlando area. More: continued here
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