SEATTLE, July 28 (UPI) -- Seattle officials said eBay auctions for five self-cleaning public toilets failed to generate the minimum bids of $89,000 needed to win the commodes.

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SEATTLE, July 15 (UPI) -- Seattle's high-tech, self-cleaning public johns are going the way of other unwanted items -- to an eBay auction.

SEATTLE, May 20 (UPI) -- Seattle has abandoned its $5 million "experiment" with high-tech self-cleaning public toilets.