Food stamp program under fire – Boston Herald

Food stamp program under fireBoston HeraldBy Pamela M. Prah / Stateline.org WASHINGTON — The odds of winning one of Michigan's high-stakes lottery games are 1 in 10000, but the probability of two people hitting million-dollar jackpots and still be collecting food stamps has to be even more …and more » More: …

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Con-Dems mulling Royal Mail share sell-off

Postal workers repeated their demand to keep the post public on Monday after reports suggested Royal Mail might be sold off next year. A share offering, or IPO, for the vital 500-year-old service would be the biggest privatisation since Britain's railways were handed to privateers in the '90s. More: continued …

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Buyers snap up half-price cars in eBay promotion – CBS News

CBS News Buyers snap up half-price cars in eBay promotionCBS News(MoneyWatch) Some buyers with fast fingers are scoring new cars at half price as part of a joint promotion of auction site eBay Motors and online seller AutoNation. AutoNation, the largest group of US car dealerships, is promoting the launch …

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EBay blocks sale of sorbitol after death in Italy – Reuters

Times LIVE EBay blocks sale of sorbitol after death in ItalyReutersROME, March 26 (Reuters) – Online auction company EBay Inc said on Monday it had blocked global sales of sorbitol following the death of a medical patient in Italy who consumed a sample of the sugar substitute which had been …

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