Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Monday, September 19, 2005.

"EBay founder gives $25M grant to Tufts University," San Francisco Business Times, 9/16/05
http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2005/09/12/daily46.html

"Police explore turning to online auctions: Franklin, West Allis departments considering contracts with eBay-like company," By ANNYSA JOHNSON, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9/17/05
http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/sep05/356628.asp

"Evidence On EBay," By Anu Prakash, Web produced by Sarah Morgan, Wxyz.com, 9/16/05
http://www.wxyz.com/wxyz/nw_local_news/article/0,2132,WXYZ_15924_4086729,00.html

"Cyber-sleuth making a bid to wipe out scams on EBay: A Miami Springs man has made it his mission to ferret out online thieves and scammers on eBay," BY JIM WYSS, Miami Herald, 9/16/05
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http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12657024.htm

"Man pleads guilty in eBay fraud," (AP), Wwmt, 9/14/05
http://wwmt.com/engine.pl?station=wwmt&id=19427&template=breakout_surfing.html

"Verso Intros Skype Filter," LightReading, 9/14/05
http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=80638

"Alibaba looking at London for European HQ," Posted by Shakil Kahn on Chinawhite blog, 9/12/05
http://www.chinawhite.net/archives/2005/09/alibaba_looking.html

"IAC's Diller: Tough To See How Skype Fits With EBay," (Dow Jones), MorningStar, 9/14/05
http://news.morningstar.com/news/DJ/M09/D14/200509141700DOWJONESDJONLINE000988.html

"Phony Red Cross workers use Katrina to solicit money in Burbank," (AP), San Jose Mercury News, 9/17/05
http://digbig.com/4eqbd

"Sale of meth products on eBay investigated" (AP), Seattle Times, 9/18/05
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002502880_meth18m.html

"eBay price for Skype may go up," Finance24, 9/18/05
http://digbig.com/4eqfh