Want food stamps? You’ll have to work – Cincinnati.com (blog)

Cincinnati.com (blog) Want food stamps? You'll have to workCincinnati.com (blog)Starting in October in Ohio, most able-bodied adults without children won't be able to get food stamps unless they work, get job training, or show they're looking for work. The exception: Works in 16 counties with the state's highest unemployment rates …

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Bishop: Albany post office to stay open

ALBANY, Ga. (AP) — Albany's downtown post office is expected to remain open after the U.S. Postal Service signed a year-lease. Democratic U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop, of Columbus, praised the news Thursday in a statement, calling it "welcome news to the businesses and residents of Albany that rely on our …

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Albany Post Office Gets Reprieve

Albany's downtown post office is expected to remain open after the U.S. Postal Service signed a year-lease. Democratic U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop, of Columbus, praised the news Thursday in a statement, calling it "welcome news to the businesses and residents of Albany that rely on our downtown post… More: continued …

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Starving the Poor – Daily Beast

Daily Beast Starving the PoorDaily BeastBewitched by urban legends that welfare cheaters are using food stamps to pay for steak and crab legs, the GOP aims to gut $40 billion from the assistance program. Like · Tweet. Between 2007 and 2008, the recession caused millions of Americans fell …Kansas Will …

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Royal Mail sell-off would be a disaster

I HAVE always opposed the privatisation of Royal Mail, both when proposed by the previous Labour government and also by the current Coalition Government. Each UK government since 1994 — Labour, Tory and Lib Dem — has led down the privatisation route. More: continued here

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