Unique auction on eBay. A player in the game ‘World of Warcraft’, an on-line role-playing game played by millions of people, is auctioning himself as a virtual slave. [PR.com – August 03, 2006] More: continued here
Welfare recipients have been trading food stamps for cash, accepting about 70 cents on the dollar from several Westchester merchants who have been profiting from the illegal practice, police said yesterday. More: continued here
Program was meant as a supplement, not the sole source of meals. Danielle Brown stands outside a South Side market at midnight, braving the spring chill for her first chance to buy groceries since her food stamps ran out nearly two weeks ago. More: continued here
Sadness as post office shuts downEastbourne Today, UK –20 minutes agoSub-postmaster Camilla Lau, who has been at the branch for 13 years, received many cards from customers saying the post office will be sadly missed. … More: continued here
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Craigslist is denying eBay’s allegation that it unfairly diluted eBay’s stake in it and says its board was acting to protect the company. More: continued here
By DON BABWIN CHICAGO — Danielle Brown stands outside a market in Chicago’s South Side at midnight, braving the spring chill for her first chance to buy groceries since her food stamps ran out nearly two weeks ago. For days, Brown said, she has been turning cans of “whatever we got in the cabinet” into…