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The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to name the Cleveland post office in honor of Sgt. Jason Robert Harkins, who was killed in Iraq. Harkins was a member of the U.S. Army, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division of Fort Lewis, Wash. More: continued here

ANGRY people in a Coventry street say they’re fed up after weeks of not having their post delivered until tea-time. People living in St Lawrence’s Road, Foleshill, say they have gone from having regular deliveries first thing in the morning to not knowing when the post is likely to arrive. …

Associated Press – February 27, 2008 6:03 PM ET SUPREME COURT (AP) – The Supreme Court is allowing an age discrimination lawsuit against FedEx to proceed. More: continued here

Under the deal, eBay will buy three patents from MercExchange needed to run its Web search, online auctions and fixed price sales. More: continued here

At least it was encrypted this time. The Home Office has launched an investigation after a buyer acquired a laptop on eBay that contained a disc with confidential information. More: continued here

28/02/08: Junk mail in landfill will go onEastbourne Today, UK –2 hours agoAbout two years we were given the opportunity to sign up to the free Mailing Preference Service (to stop addressed junk mail) and the Royal Mail's free opt …Dear sir, dear sir . . .Huddersfield Examinerall 2 news articles More: …

Also names most pirated vendors. A leading anti-piracy body has accused eBay over counterfeit software, claiming in a new report that “at least 90 percent of all software available on eBay is illegal”. More: continued here

Residents of Merton have the worst post office access in Britain, it was claimed today. There are 27,429 residents for every post office branch in the borough compared with a national average of just over 4,000, according to a survey by online directory locallife.co.uk. More: continued here

ITN An eBay Surprise: Lost Diskful of Data on BritonsNew York Times, United States –1 hour agoThe customer said he had bought it on eBay and seemed quite innocent. It was just an ordinary laptop, and it was only when we opened up the keyboard that we …UK gov't laptop with confidential …

Ebay Inc. says it settled a long-running patent dispute with technology company MercExchange LLC. The San Jose, Calif., online auctioneer has agreed to buy the three MercExchange patents it has been accused of violating. More: continued here