Stamp Paper Scam: Court Denies Relief to Telgi's NephewOutlookThe plea of fake stamp paper scam kingpin Abdul Karim Telgi's nephew Tabrej Ahmed Telgi to set off his five-year sentence in an offshoot case here against the jail term served by him since January 2004 as under trial in another case …
Read More »Kill the Farm Bill – The Weekly Standard (blog)
Boston.com Kill the Farm BillThe Weekly Standard (blog)While keeping food stamps intact as an entitlement, the welfare reforms of the 1990s transformed SNAP into a “hand up” that went to many people who worked full-time for low wages. On the farms, meanwhile, subsidy and insurance programs typically …Congress Breaks For …
Read More »Carbon monoxide leak closes downtown post office annex
A carbon monoxide incident closed an annex at Baltimore City's Main Post Office Monday and sent two people to University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center. Fire crews responded at about 8:30 a.m. to the one-story annex at Colvin and Lexington streets, near the main building in the 900 block of …
Read More »Nick Clegg stamps his foot on electoral reform, but it won’t split coalition – The Guardian (blog)
Nick Clegg stamps his foot on electoral reform, but it won't split coalitionThe Guardian (blog)Watching Nick Clegg delivering a speech or statement, I often itch to rewrite the script in order to make the deputy prime minister sound less full of righteous, injured innocence, the victim of his wicked political …
Read More »eBay Is Launching A Same-Day Shipping Service Called eBay Now – Centralia Chronicle
eBay Is Launching A Same-Day Shipping Service Called eBay NowCentralia ChronicleeBay today invited some San Francisco users to a new same-day shipping service called eBay Now. An iOS app, eBay Now's beta will let SF residents get $5 same-day shipping on products from local stores. It's now signing up users …
Read More »Farmers’ Market Boom Not Reaching Many Food Stamp Users – U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report Farmers' Market Boom Not Reaching Many Food Stamp UsersU.S. News & World ReportFarmers' markets have grown more than fourfold in less than two decades. According to new data from the USDA, there are 7864 farmers' markets in the U.S., up from 1755 in 1994. However, …
Read More »Maryland Today — Carbon monoxide leak at Baltimore post office
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Read More »Nielsen On U.S. Mobile Shopping: eBay’s App Attracts The Most Users, Shopkick … – TechCrunch
Nielsen On U.S. Mobile Shopping: eBay's App Attracts The Most Users, Shopkick …TechCrunchIn terms of what apps are “selling” the best, the strongest players on mobile are those that are strongest online, with eBay, Amazon and Groupon the top three mobile shopping sites at 13.2 million, 12.1 million and 12 …
Read More »Carbon monoxide leak at Baltimore post office
BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore fire officials say there's been a carbon monoxide leak at the city's main post office. More: continued here
Read More »Town painted gold for Olympic hero – This is Gloucestershire
BBC News Town painted gold for Olympic heroThis is GloucestershireRoyal Mail honoured double Olympic champion Peter Reed's gold medal achievement with gold paint this morning. After painting the box the mens four member posted his letters from as a child, Royal Mail gave the two post boxes in Old Market, …
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