Friday Jan. 30, 2009 6:24 PM ET – Part of the economic stimulus bill calls for raising payments to food stamp recipients by 13 percent. That’s a clear signal there are a ton of people hurting out there. According to the USDA, there are 31 million people in the U.S. …
Read More »Families turn to food stamps to feed 282,000 county children (The Columbus Dispatch)
Spending 15 months in the mountains of Afghanistan is not an easy thing. Brian Sturgill fought. He saw people die. He missed the birth of his daughter. More: continued here
Read More »More Marylanders Using Food Stamps, Other Aid Programs (Washington Post)
More Marylanders are using food stamps than ever, a result of the deepening decline in the economy, state officials said. More: continued here
Read More »FedEx begins processing packages from crash (Lubbock Avalanche-Journal)
Packages that survived the FedEx cargo plane crash this week in Lubbock could get to their destinations next week, a company official said. More: continued here
Read More »eBay Top Bidder: Take Our Money, Keep Your Stuff (CBS 11 Dallas – Fort Worth)
Facing more than $10,000 in medical expenses for their two young disabled children, a Georgia couple quipped they might need to sell everything they owned to stay solvent. The couple accepted a winning $20,000 eBay bid for all their belongings minus their house, but it came with a catch. The …
Read More »Fire bomb forces evacuation of post office (Global TV Edmonton)
The main post office in Red Deer was evacuated Thursday after a suspicious package turned out to be a small fire bomb. RCMP described the bomb as a “simple incendiary device.” More: continued here
Read More »NH warns of potential food stamp scam – Foster’s Daily Democrat
NH warns of potential food stamp scamFoster’s Daily Democrat, NH –6 minutes agoCONCORD, NH (AP) — New Hampshire officials are warning about a potential scam involving residents who receive food stamps or other state aid. … More: continued here
Read More »FedEx asks town to annex 1.7 acres (Winston-Salem Journal)
The town’s board of aldermen is going to consider annexing a 1.7-acre tract owned by FedEx Ground Package System Inc. that is within the Triad Business Park. More: continued here
Read More »EBay Winners Tell Family: Take $20G, Keep Your Stuff (Fox News)
Texas couple who won $20,000 eBay bid for struggling Georgia family’s belongings wants family to have the money, but keep their stuff. More: continued here
Read More »GM, FedEx drop Super Bowl ads (The Charlotte Observer)
(By James Callan, Bloomberg News) Restaurant company Denny’s Corp. and dog-food maker Pedigree are buying what General Motors Corp. can’t afford this year: a Super Bowl ad. For the first time in a decade, no U.S. automaker will advertise during the most-watched U.S. sports event when NBC televises the National …
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