ATHENS — Thomas Wiest, head of the Grand Council of Royal and Select Master Masons of Pennsylvania, recalled watching a Special Olympics competition in Lebanon County, where 20 contestants were running around a track. When it appeared that one of the contestants was not going to complete the race, all …
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File photo shows the logo of internet auction house Ebay. A Paris court is to decide Monday whether to make eBay pay 51 million euros (80 million dollars) in damages to Louis Vuitton and other French luxury groups for letting fake copies of their goods be auctioned on its website. …
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A Chinese investment fund manager won the chance to have lunch with billionaire Warren Buffett by bidding $2.1 million in the most expensive charity auction ever held on eBay. More: continued here
Read More »Asbestos discovery shutters Alpha post office indefinitely – The Express Times
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Read More »Bidding ends on Ebay today for life of Perth man Ian Usher – PerthNow
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Read More »We'll fight to save our post office – Norwich Evening News
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