Some jobless aren't down and out enough to qualify for aidLos Angeles Times, CAA growing number of middle-class families reeling from layoffs find their unemployment benefits are too high for them to get food stamps, general relief and other assistance. By Molly Hennessy-Fiske Earlier this month Caroline Sabey crossed a threshold …

FedSmith.com Post Office Slates Passport Fairs SaturdayTampa Tribune, FLBy GARY PINNELL SEBRING – Three post offices in Sebring and Lake Placid are hosting passport fairs on Saturday to remind citizens of the State Department's new passport rules. The downtown Sebring post office will be open from 9 am to noon. …Post …

WOWK Ex-addict admits using food stamps to get drugsBeckley Register-Herald, WVBy Mannix Porterfield Welfare recipient Brian Caldwell acknowledged Wednesday he often swapped food stamps for drugs and suggested most on public assistance still engage in the shady practice. Caldwell appeared at a news conference with Delegate Craig …Former Drug Addicts Back …

Food Stamp Demand Continues To Rise In SW OhioWCPO, OHSo, the Amelia father of four is earning food stamps for his family by working 30 hours a week in the Clermont County Office of Adult, Child and Family Stability – the agency that processes food stamp applications. "To be given food …

Found on EBay — Jim GilliamLos Angeles Times, CAIf you are under 13 years of age you may read this message board, but you may not participate. Comments are moderated, and will not appear until they've been approved. Larry Harnisch. The leading Black Dahlia expert and a collaborator in the … …

National business briefs | Post office dire straits; IBM layoffs …Kansas City Star, MOThe post office will run out of money this year unless it gets help, Postmaster General John Potter told Congress on Wednesday as he sought permission to cut delivery to five days a week. The agency lost $2.8 …

The Associated Press States consider drug tests for welfare recipientsThe Associated PressLawmakers in at least eight states want recipients of food stamps, unemployment benefits or welfare to submit to random drug testing. The effort comes as more Americans turn to these safety nets to ride out the recession. Poverty and …

guardian.co.uk Hurt by Economy, Europeans Vent Their AngerNew York Times, United StatesMichel Euler/Associated Press Just ask Fred Goodwin, the former chief executive of the ailing Royal Bank of Scotland, whose house and car were vandalized early Wednesday. Or Luc Rousselet, the manager of a 3M factory in France, who was barricaded …

The package delivery company revealed it might delay purchasing 30 new Boeing 777 cargo planes if Congress reclassifies the company under a different labor act, which FedEx argues would make it easier for its employees to unionize. More: continued here

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