| York Bids Sailor Farewell
Petty Officer 1st Class Joseph McSween and two soldiers were killed in combat near Kirkuk in northern Iraq. Details of how the three were killed were not disclosed. They were specialists in identifying explosive materials and disarming them. McSween graduated from York College in 2003. He met his wife there and the pair came to call York home, according to friends. .
Flags Announce "Salute to Season Two" with Jersey Auction
(PORT HURON, MICH.) - With last night's conclusion of the Port Huron Flags' second season, the organization has planned a post-season event for Saturday, April 21, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the downstairs lounge of McMorran Arena. Salute to Season Two offers fans a chance to mingle with the team one last time, as well as enjoy light hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar. The feature event of the evening will be the conclusion of the black jersey auction, which began online at the beginning of the week. A live auction will pick up with the high bids on each jersey and is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. The front office staff is asking for RSVPs from those who plan to attend, by telephone at (810) 982-3524 or through email to rebekahp@porthuronflags.net The Port Huron Flags are a community owned, non-profit member club of the United Hockey League.
Emotional Ash bids farewell to parents
Mumbai, April. 21 (PTI): It was an emotional moment for Aishwarya Rai today as she bid farewell to her parents and relatives to embark on her new life as a member of one of India's iconic families. Clad in a cream-coloured lehenga, Aishwarya cried as she hugged mother Brinda Rai during the 'bidaai' (traditional farewell) from her residence La Merin in suburban Bandra. Aishwarya and Abhishekh Bachchan had tied the nuptial knot here yesterday. "Obviously every daughter gets emotional when she bids goodbye to the house in which she is brought up in but there is also sense of happiness that she is going to a man whom she loved," said the actress' business manager Hari Singh. Aishwarya came in a traditional 'doli' (palanquin) till the gate of the building from where the star couple moved on into a decorated car to escape the prying eyes of the media.
Property auctions diversify market
Three Intracoastal Waterway lots in Carolina Forest will go on the auction block on Thursday - a form of marketing that real estate agents say is becoming more popular for residential properties in a slow market. "It's just another alternative. You get more focused marketing, and you have a day of sale," said Jerry Blanchard, real estate broker and part owner of Sea Land Properties and Auction LLC. Auctioning is becoming more popular for residential properties, analysts say, because of high inventories and a buyer's market. Sea Land Properties has been a real estate brokerage company in Ocean Isle Beach, N.C., for three years, but just added the auction part to the business in December because they saw the demand. "With the current market and properties not moving, we felt it was a good decision to offer this as well as the standard listing, put a sign in the yard and wait to see what happens," Blanchard said.
Fundamental E-Commerce Patent with Early Priority Date to Be Sold ...
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ocean Tomo Auctions today announced it has been engaged to sell a fundamental business method patent related to internet shopping and electronic commerce. The patent will be offered for sale at Ocean Tomo's first private auction to be held on Thursday, May 10, 2007, at Ocean Tomo's global headquarters in Chicago, Illinois. U.S. Patent Number 5,895,454 ("the '454 Patent"), entitled "Integrated Interface for Vendor/Product Oriented Websites," discloses a method of allowing users to interact with vendors and their product or service offerings by querying a database to view, order and pay for products or services using the Internet. The patent has been forward-cited more than 80 times by 38 companies' patents, including such leading companies as Amazon.com, Accenture, CNET Networks, Microsoft and Yahoo!.
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