CEOs should pay for their employee food stamps, MedicaidDeseret NewsI found the "Food Stamp Fraud: Big problem or exaggeration?"(Aug. 29) article interesting in that it based so much importance on the increased number of participants since 2008. Well, what happened in '08? The bigger fraud has been what has happened …
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Alexander Fury: The ecstasy and the agony: confessions of an eBay addictThe IndependentIt's a tricky business – eBay is kind of like another country. There's a special language, full of odd punctuation and misleading cadences. Type in “Celine” and you're confronted not with a secondhand array of Phoebe Philo's greatest …
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THE BUREAU of Internal Revenue (BIR) wants to expand its security tax stamp project to cover distilled spirits by next year, in compliance with the new “sin” tax law signed in 2012, an official said last week. More: continued here
Read More »Alexander Fury: The ecstasy and the agony: confessions of an eBay addict
They say the first step in tackling any addiction is admitting you have a problem. So here's a confession: right now, I have 12 windows open in my internet browser. They're all eBay. More: continued here
Read More »Syria debate in Oval Office focused on whether to put a military strike before … – Washington Post
The Maravi Post Syria debate in Oval Office focused on whether to put a military strike before …Washington PostPresident Obama campaigned for office as a critic of the Bush administration's lack of regard for international consensus to resolve the most pressing issues of the day — whether climate change or …
Read More »Banking, War, and a Bursting Beanie Bubble – Motley Fool
Banking, War, and a Bursting Beanie BubbleMotley FoolBy 1999, Beanie Babies had become "among the most popular items" on fast-growing auction marketplace eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY ) , where one "Ty No. 1 Bear," a limited-edition gift to Ty employees, was offered for as much as $20,000. The creator of Duke … …
Read More »Protesters leave Berkeley post office camp – San Jose Mercury News
Berkeleyside Protesters leave Berkeley post office campSan Jose Mercury NewsBERKELEY — Police dispersed a group of campers and cleared out their tents, tables, posters and a tree house at the Berkeley main post office Thursday morning, according to police and organizers of the monthlong protest against the sale of the …
Read More »Police Release Sketch Of Suspect In Palo Alto Post Office Robbery – CBS Local
abc7news.com Police Release Sketch Of Suspect In Palo Alto Post Office RobberyCBS LocalPALO ALTO (CBS SF) — Police released an artist's rendering Saturday of a suspect in an armed robbery at a Palo Alto post office earlier this week. The robbery occurred a short time after midnight on Tuesday in …
Read More »Santa Monica City Council Delivers Vote To Preserve Shuttered Post Office
Santa Monica’s recently shuttered Post Office on the corner of 5th and Arizona is now on a path to become a historic landmark, thanks to a 5 to 1 vote in favor of a preservation covenant Tuesday night. The City Council approved a “preservation covenant” in order to protect the …
Read More »Future of post office up in the air – The Advocate
Future of post office up in the airThe AdvocateNEW CANAAN — Residents have delivered their displeasure with the news that the New Canaan post office on Park and Pine streets will close by January, with the new location as yet undecided. "I use it a lot, I love the post …
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