Al-Qa'eda style terrorists planning UK attacks with ambulances …Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom –40 minutes agoCounter-terrorism officials at the Home Office have now written to eBay, the internet auctioneer, asking it to stop selling emergency service vehicles, … More: continued here
Read More »Postal Service offers Eames stamps (Louisville Courier-Journal)
Charles and Ray Eames are now on postage stamps. That is, the U.S. Postal Service has reproduced many of the couple’s designs as well as a photo portrait of them on stamps. The series includes images of their famous molded, bent plywood chair; fabric design; a Christmas card; a universal …
Read More »Man auctions off his life, sale price disappoints (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
A man who put his life up for auction on eBay found it wasn’t worth quite as much as he thought when he settled for around A$100,000 ($96,000) less than his target price. More: continued here
Read More »$2.1 million wins lunch with Warren Buffett (International Herald Tribune)
A Chinese investment fund manager won the chance to have lunch with the billionaire Warren Buffett by bidding $2.1 million in the most expensive charity auction ever held on eBay. More: continued here
Read More »Al-Qa’eda style terrorists planning UK attacks with ambulances bought on eBay (Daily Telegraph)
Terrorists may be planning to launch suicide bomb attacks in Britain using former NHS ambulances and police cars bought on auction website eBay, police chiefs have warned. More:
Read More »Man auctions off his life, sale price disappoints – Reuters
Telegraph.co.uk Man auctions off his life, sale price disappointsReuters –5 hours agoSYDNEY (Reuters) – A man who put his life up for auction on eBay found it wasn't worth quite as much as he thought when he settled for around A$100000 …Bidding ends on Ebay today for life of Perth man …
Read More »Man sells his ‘entire life’ on eBay for $383,000 (BBC News)
Man sells his ‘entire life’ on eBay for $383,000 More: continued here
Read More »Post office to face closure if banking contract is lost – Basingstoke Gazette
Post office to face closure if banking contract is lostBasingstoke Gazette, UK –5 hours agoBy Eleanor Stride THE OWNERS of a Tadley post office say their business may be forced to close if the national contract to run basic banking services at … More: continued here
Read More »MaltaPost issues ‘Annus Paulinus’ stamps – Malta Independent Online
MaltaPost issues ‘Annus Paulinus’ stampsMalta Independent Online, Malta –5 hours agoMaltaPost is issuing a set of stamps with reproductions of the titular statues of St Paul to mark the year dedicated to the saint. The stamps, designed by … More: continued here
Read More »Memories will stick with veteran stamp collector – Peterborough Today
Memories will stick with veteran stamp collectorPeterborough Today, UK –3 hours agoBy Asha Mehta WHEN he set out on the road of stamp collecting, Len Voller was a mere a boy. Now aged 101, one of the founding members of the Peterborough … More: continued here
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