Exactly How Serious Is a $1.6M Food-Stamp Scandal?Yahoo! News (blog)Between October of 2006 and March of 2009, a Wethersfield, Connecticut woman named Lillian Adames unlawfully swapped her food stamps for cash. Today, Adames will be sentenced in a U.S. District Court for her role in a $1.6-million food stamp fraud … More: continued here
Groups working to preserve old Cedar Falls post office report progressWaterloo Cedar Falls Courier1, 2011, in Cedar Falls, Iowa. (MATTHEW PUTNEY / Courier Photo Editor). (14) More Photos. CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — Several groups are making progress in an attempt to save the old city post office at Third and Washington streets. During a Committee…
IDEA : A live pony, the pet every little girl dreams of, is lovely and sweet and the perfect Christmas gift. But no—actually, it's a violent little monster who will tear your home apart, then gallop off righteously into snowy oblivion. Venables Bell & Partners' new holiday ad for eBay offers just this trajectory, as…
Cashing in on food stampsToday’s TMJ4MILWAUKEE – Quest–it's food stamps for a digital age. All you have to do is swipe, and it's everywhere–dollar stores, gas stations, beauty shops, candy stores, and even liquor stores. They all have access to Foodshare dollars–making millions. So why …and more » More: continued here
Post Office goes green with battery-driven scootersUtility ProductsThe mailman is traditionally associated with a red bicycle. But when recently the SA Post Office's bicycle team rode from Pretoria to Lesotho, they were accompanied by two rechargeble battery-driven E-Max scooters which are currently being evaluated as … More: continued here
PadGadget eBay opens refurbished Apple products sectiontuaw.comThere's a new alternative online if you're in the market for refurbished Apple computers and mobile devices. Auction mega-site eBay has launched a section devoted entirely to like-new MacBooks, iPads and iPods, the not-so-catchily named Apple Certified …Apple Is Selling Stuff on eBay NowGizmodoApple selling refurbished iPads, MacBooks, and…
TOPICS: Big Red Car for sale on eBayNewcastle HeraldThe red Volkswagen Beetle Cabriolet will be up for grabs on eBay for 10 days from December to raise money for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). The Wiggles perform their final show in Newcastle, before Jeff Fatt, Murray Cook and Greg Page leave …and more » More: continued…
NDTV State, Feds Sue eBay Over Alleged Anti-Poaching PactThe National Law JournalEBay spokeswoman Lara Wyss said in a statement, "We compete openly for talent in a broad, diverse global market across a range of industries and professional disciplines, and eBay's hiring practices conform to the standards that the Department of …eBay sued over will-not-recruit agreement…
Taxpayers shell out $78 billion a year on food stamps, but they donât know how or where the benefits are being spent. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP either doesn't collect or doesn't release information about what recipients are buying and where theyâre spending their food stamp benefits. … More: continued here
I’ll bet that the silly headline in Saturday’s paper about the “Post Office Mistress in Hartford” caused a few chuckles among your readers (“For Post Office Mistress in Hartford, Violence Hits Twice,” Nov. 17). More: continued here