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Wal-Mart Pulls Potentially Racist Comic Book from StoresTheCelebrityCafe.com, NY –Jul 10, 2008Three years ago, Memin Penguin sparked controversy when a collection of stamps featuring the character were released in Mexico. The stamps were discontinued … More: continued here

2 Steelers Super Bowl rings on eBayUnited Press International –50 minutes agoPITTSBURGH, July 11 (UPI) — Two Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl rings from 1975 and 1976 are going up for auction on eBay. The rings were given to a …Who wants to buy a Super Bowl ring?Pittsburgh Post GazetteEver Dream Of …

A report says councils should be banned from selling edited versions of electoral rolls which can be used to send junk mail. But how do you stop unwanted post? More: continued here

A Royal Mail employee appeared before magistrates today accused of masturbating in public. Gary Matthews, of St Mark’s Close, in Parson’s Green, pleaded guilty outraging public decency, at South Western Magistrates’ Court this morning. More: continued here

eBay Drops PayPal Only Plan In AustraliaWebProNews, KY –4 hours agoeBay Australia has officially dropped its proposal to move to a PayPal only system in the country. eBay's decision comes after sellers expressed their anger … More: continued here

A package leaking powder causes the temporary evacuation of a U.S. Post office in Bellevue, south of Omaha. More: continued here

SF Weekly Blogs On Comics: Not So Fast, MeminSF Weekly Blogs, CA –Jul 9, 2008Most sane people saw the stamps– and the comic – as thinly-disguised racial caricature. (The Wikipedia entry for “Memin” concludes with, … More: continued here

PITTSBURGH, July 11 (UPI) — Two Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl rings from 1975 and 1976 are going up for auction on eBay. More: continued here

Hell Mail Post Office Closure Criteria Is Short SightedHell Mail, UK –3 hours ago"Since October 2007 it has become increasingly clear that Post Office Ltd have been playing off each individual post office branch in an area against it's …MP leads Commons debate on post office closuresNorth Devon Gazette & AdvertiserPO CLOSURES …

Defendant in post office dispute charged with threatening …So Md News, MD –4 hours agoBy ERICA MITRANO A dispute over a dilapidated lot in Sunderland, the site of the old post office, has taken a bizarre turn with the defendant in that case … More: continued here