Kansas City Star Kansas Will Kick 20000 People Off Of Food StampsThinkProgressKansas plans to throw more than a fifth of its nearly 90,000 unemployed residents off of the food stamp rolls by reinstating federal work requirements for the program that are normally waived during times of unusually high unemployment. The …

Washington Post Private lawyers bill Va. $90000 more to represent McDonnell, staff in chef …Washington PostRICHMOND — A private law firm has billed taxpayers $90,000 for six weeks of work representing Gov. Robert F. McDonnell and his staff in the embezzlement case against the former chef at the executive mansion. …

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SNAP Treason: House Republicans Take Aim at Food StampsTruth-OutFood Stamps. (Photo: U.S. Department of Agriculture / Flickr)In the 2007 film The Counterfeiters, a group of Jewish concentration camp prisoners are forced to produce fake currency as a means to destabilize the English and U.S. economies. While the … More: continued …

Tristatehomepage.com Carmi Post Office has Problem with DogsTristatehomepage.comThe Carmi post office says no more deliveries if people don't keep their dogs on a chain. Carmi Mayor Jeff Pollard says post office has reported problems since the beginning of summer. A representative of the post office say safety is a top …

This is Cornwall Privatising Royal Mail is 'final nail in coffin'This is CornwallPrivatising the Royal Mail will be a "recipe for disaster" for rural areas and hammer the "final nail in the coffin" of the Post Offices network, Labour has claimed. The Opposition's warning of the Government "playing politics with …

A legend that has swirled around the dilapidated mansion on Smolenski Street in Athens is that the ghost of the previous owner deters prospective buyers by moaning: “The house is mine.” More: continued here

Bloomberg Haunted Greeks Sell Real Estate EBay-Style to Evict Debt SpecterBloomberg17 to the highest bidder in an EBay-style Internet auction. Greece is trying to dispel criticism it's not doing enough to sell real estate pledged as part of its 240 billion-euro ($315 billion) rescue. “It's literally haunting the Greek budget …

Providence Eyewitness News Stores sanctioned for food stamp violationsProvidence Eyewitness NewsPROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – Fewer than two percent of all certified food stamp retailers in Rhode Island were disqualified by from accepting EBT cards in 2012, but a reform advocate says that figure is just the tip of the iceberg …

Conaway fields questions on Syria, food stamps, immigration, health care at …San Angelo Standard-TimesSAN ANGELO, Texas — San Angeloans had a chance to weigh in on national and international issues, such as the situation in Syria, at Rep. Mike Conaway's town hall meeting Thursday morning. “There are no silver bullets. …