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WASHINGTON — It’s an image many Americans would find rather upsetting: a recently laid-off millionaire, luxuriating next to the pool eating grapes bought with food stamps while waiting for an unemployment check to roll in. More: continued here

CBC.ca Cornish gets contract bumpLondon Free PressThe Stamps have scheduled a “major player announcement” for Tuesday morning, where they'll confirm Cornish has signed a contract extension. Although details of the deal aren't known, the 27-year-old from New Westminster, BC, should score a raise, too. …Running back Jon Cornish signs extension …

Under a Republican bill scheduled to be voted on as early as Tuesday, Americans with income over $1 million would no longer be eligible for food stamps or jobless pay. More: continued here

Fred Stamps finds it difficult to envision catching passes from someone other than Ricky Ray next season. More: continued here

Ricky Ray is heading east.  The Edmonton Eskimos have traded the veteran quarterback to the Toronto Argonauts for fellow quarterback Steven Jyles as well as kicker Grant Shaw and a first-round draft pick in the upcoming CFL Canadian draft.  Meantime, the Calgary Stampeders say they will be holding a news …

CBS New York Attorney: Delay Malloy Food Stamp HearingsHartford CourantDannel P. Malloy is rushing to judgment, an attorney is asking the state to declare a moratorium on all disciplinary hearings on the potential firings of state employees suspected of fraudulently receiving food stamp benefits after Tropical Storm Irene …UPDATED: Malloy …

Malloy Comes Down Hard On Food Aid FraudBob Englehart | Englehart’s View (blog)It is mind-boggling that a state trooper — or anyone else — would throw away a good career for a few hundred bucks in food stamps, but that may well be the case. Four state troopers, including one …

Attorney Seeks Halt To Hearings On Food Stamp FraudHartford CourantDannel P. Malloy is rushing to judgment, an attorney is asking the state to declare a moratorium on all disciplinary hearings on the potential firings of state employees who received food stamp benefits following Tropical Storm Irene. … More: continued here

Seattle business owner sentenced for food stamp fraudKING5.comby KING 5 News SEATTLE – The owner of a Seattle grocery store was sentenced Monday to 21 months in prison for food stamp fraud, a case profiled by the KING 5 Investigators. Elsa Kwong, 46, pleaded guilty in March to defrauding the …

Limerick Leader 15 years for attack that left schoolboy brain damagedIrish TimesThe 18-year-old, from Lisanalta, Dooradoyle, who was in the care of the HSE at the time, was caught on camera inflicting 65 kicks and stamps to his 16-year-old victim's head, along with two stamps to his chest and 26 …