The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) late Wednesday approved a preliminary broad outline for the final rules and regulations of the auction.
The FCC is also seeking further public input on a number of proposals for the use of the spectrum, including setting aside certain portions of the airwaves for open access and a nationwide public safety […]

The annual Green Bay Police Department bike auction will be Saturday at Bay Beach Amusement Park, 1313 Bay Beach Road.
Registration will begin at 8 a.m. and the auction will start at 9 a.m. inside the pavilion.
This year’s auction will be the biggest yet, the department said in a news release. Surplus items from the city […]

Four more defendants pleaded guilty in Milwaukee to selling copyrighted software, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Steven M. Biskupic for the Eastern District of Wiscon sin announced today.
Eric Neil Barber of Manila, Ark.; Phillip Buchanan of Hampton, Ga.; Wendell Jay Davis of Las Vegas; and Craig J. […]

A pearl necklace that once belonged to a maharajah sold at auction in Manhattan yesterday for nearly $7.1 million, more than double the previous record for a piece of natural pearl jewelry, the auctioneers said.
The Baroda Pearls had been the property of the Maharajah Khande Rao of Baroda, a former state in western India. Christie’s […]

Few people led a more over-the-top wine life than the late collector Steven Verlin, a founding partner of New York’s Veritas restaurant. He liked to serve 1990 Cristal champagne with truffle-oil laced popcorn and once cooked 40 lobsters in two cases of Chateau d’Yquem, one of the world’s most expensive wines.
Next week, part of his […]