According to his friends, elderly rancher Frank Craig used to complain that he wasn’t getting his mail, including statements for investment accounts worth $2 million. During a murder trial Friday in Stanislaus County Superior Court, a prosecutor called witnesses to show that Doug Porter opened a post office box in …
Read More »Rare Brazilian stamps sell for more than $2M in N.Y. (Post-Bulletin)
A rare Brazilian stamp series known as the “Pack Strip” has sold for $2,185,000 at a Manhattan auction of early South American postage stamps. The Siegel Auction Galleries says the 1843 series of “Bull’s Eyes” stamps — considered More: continued here
Read More »Auctions on eBay: A Dying Breed (E-Commerce Times)
Bruce Hershenson, who auctions vintage posters online, is hanging up his eBay gavel. For almost a decade, Hershenson’s business epitomized the e-commerce that made eBay famous. He sold rare, collectible, sometimes kitschy memorabilia in online auctions that had a starting bid of 99 cents. More: continued here
Read More »Postage Paid: $2.2. Million (New York Times)
A rare strip of three Brazilian postage stamps from 1843 has been sold for $2,185,000 at an auction to an anonymous telephone bidder. More: continued here
Read More »Rookie resurfaces with Stamps after getting axed (Canada.com)
A hamstring injury wasn’t going to deter Reggie Williams from his long-shot bid to make the Calgary Stampeders. 24-year-old receiver out of Lake Charles, La. More: continued here
Read More »NH post office dedicated to soldier killed in Iraq (WCAX-TV Vermont)
Associated Press – June 7, 2008 6:05 AM ET HAMPSTEAD, N.H. (AP) – The post office in East Hampstead, New Hampshire, is being dedicated to an Army Ranger from the town who died in Iraq. More: continued here
Read More »State rolls out online application for food stamps (WSYR 9 Syracuse)
Jefferson County is the first in the state to offer an online food stamp application to residents. More: continued here
Read More »Veteran Duped On EBay (FOX 35 Orlando)
An Iraq war veteran was duped out of $2,500 on EBay…. More: continued here
Read More »Corrections (New York Times)
An article on April 20, adapted from the book ?The Big Squeeze: Tough Times for the American Worker,? referred imprecisely to the Internal Revenue Service?s treatment of FedEx Ground, the delivery business, over the way it classifies truck operators. The I.R.S. preliminarily assessed FedEx $319 million in taxes and penalties, …
Read More »Veep hunt tops summer to-do list for Obama, McCain (AP via Yahoo! News)
Finding a running mate tops the summer to-do lists of John McCain and Barack Obama, and each needs to decide what he wants as much as who he wants. More: continued here
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