Friday, March 9, 2007

Norwegian palace put up on eBay

The Norwegian Royal Palace in Oslo went on the auction block this week for a brief time until it was pulled off eBay early Thursday as a hoax.
The last bid received for the stately pile in the center of the capital city was $99,999.99, the newspaper Aftenposten reported.

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Canonsburg man to federal prison for eBay fraud

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A man who auctioned high-priced electronics on eBay, then did not deliver the goods, was sentenced to federal prison.
Edward Semulka, 41, of Canonsburg, was sentenced to two years in federal prison Thursday and ordered to spend three years on probation once he's released.
Semulka had pleaded guilty in November to wire fraud.

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