WWLP 22News Palmer Post office break-inWWLP 22NewsPALMER, Mass (WWLP) – Palmer Police are searching for a person who broke into the town's post office early Saturday morning. Palmer Police Officer Rudy Wilk told 22News the break-in happened just after 2 o'clock Saturday morning. The suspect broke …Palmer Post Office break investigated by postage inspectors and policeMassLive.comPolice,…
Computer failure temporarily halts some food stamp paymentsCNN(CNN) — A computer failure temporarily halted the processing of food stamp purchases in parts of the country Saturday. A system shutdown began at 11 a.m. ET Saturday and affected 17 states, said a spokeswoman for Xerox — which is a contractor for the … More: continued here
Northampton Chronicle & Echo School bid submitted for former Royal Mail sorting office in NorthamptonNorthampton Chronicle & EchoAn application has been put in to the Department for Education to build a new secondary school in Northampton, with the former Barrack Road Royal Mail sorting office the preferred choice of site. The David Ross Education Trust…
Philly.com Food stamp system crashes in 17 statesPhilly.comFood-stamp beneficiaries were still experiencing "connectivity issues" Saturday evening, the company said in a statement. Those issues mean that anyone who tries to purchase food with an EBT card will be unable to do so, Xerox spokesman Kevin Lightfoot … More: continued here
San Francisco Chronicle Food Stamp Debit Cards Failing To Work In 17 StatesHuffington PostPeople in Ohio, Michigan and 15 other states found themselves unable to use their food stamp debit-style cards on Saturday, after a routine check by vendor Xerox Corp. resulted in a system failure. The electronic benefits system experienced a temporary …Computer outage causes…
Scotsman Royal Mail privatisation: Labour calls for two inquiries into sell-off which …Mirror.co.ukLabour last night called for two inquiries into the Royal Mail sell-off which may have lost taxpayers £750million. The move comes after frenzied trading of more than 100 million shares pushed the 378-year-old company up from the Government's valuation …Comment: Why price is…
People who receive food stamps were in for a shock today when they tried to pay for their groceries. A glitch in the national EBT system halted payments on Saturday, which meant people across 17 states had no money to … More: continued here
Economic Times Power outage shuts US food stamp program for hours in 17 statesChicago TribuneSACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – A brief power outage caused food stamp recipients in 17 states to lose access for much of Saturday to the electronic system used by stores to verify their benefits, leaving many unable to buy groceries, the company…
SunHerald.com UPDATE: Mississippi food stamp fiasco not related to government shutdownSunHerald.comTIM ISBELL/SUN HERALD The Dollar General store on Pass Road in Gulfport has a sign indicating the EBT or Electronic Bridge Transfer network is down. Food stamp users in Mississippi are being declined at area grocery and convenience stores. More: continued here
NBC Bay Area Computer outage causes interruption in use of food-stamp benefitsWashington Post (blog)People in 17 states, including Maryland and Virginia, who tried to buy groceries using electronic food-stamp cards were turned away from supermarkets Saturday as a result of a computer outage. The system failure affected low-income individuals and …Food Stamp Debit Cards Failing…