27 State Employees Fired In Food Stamp FraudHartford CourantBy CHRISTOPHER KEATING, ckeating@courant.com The Hartford Courant The food stamp fraud scandal has led to the firings of 27 state employees and the retirements of 10 others, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced Monday. In addition, five state employees have … More: continued here
Sleepy Hollow Post Office Has Been SparedPatch.comThe Sleepy Hollow Post Office branch that was under consideration for closure will remain open. The letter postmarked March 9 came from Richard Ferarri, of Post Office Operations in White Plains, stated, "Your participation through questionares, … More: continued here
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com Fort Mill Post Office customers deliver complaintsThe Herald | HeraldOnline.comMichael Harrison – mharrison@fortmilltimes.com – USPS employee James Witherspoon collects mail from the boxes from the Fort Mill Post Office drive through area. Eventually, Fisher did register her complaint with the USPS regional office in North … More: continued here
An executive at eBay's PayPal business who had served as finance chief at the company's former Internet calling unit Skype was struck and killed by a train in Silicon Valley on Friday. More: continued here
The Moral Liberal LINCOLN PARK: Woman nets $500000 in lottery, cut off food stampsSouthgate News HeraldBy Alan Burdziak LINCOLN PARK — After a story broke about a 24-year-old woman who won $1 million in a televised state lottery game last year and was still accepting food stamps, national headlines and criticism from legislators followed. US…
How to Fix the Postal Service: Besides cutting offices and employees, it could …Chicago TribuneClosures and cutbacks generate a lot of outrage, but there are other ways to bolster the post office's finances in the long term. [Read about the different ways the job market is improving.] Ask Congress for Money To achieve long-term survival,…
ABC News eBay resellers cash in on iPad shortagesComputerworldBy Gregg Keizer Computerworld – eBay resellers are asking an average price of $591 for the base model of Apple's new iPad, or nearly $100 above list, the online auction site said today. Although Apple charges $499 for a 16GB Wi-Fi new iPad, …New iPads pop up…
MediaPost Communications Mobile Shoppers Prefer Websites to AppsPCWorldFor instance, it revealed that, during the holiday season, the top five retailers –Amazon, Best Buy, eBay, Target and Walmart — through a combination of mobile websites and apps reached nearly 60 percent of smartphone owners. “Retailers need to think …Retail Mobile Sites Still Win Over Retail Apps…
Computerworld – eBay resellers are asking an average price of $591 for the base model of Apple's new iPad, or nearly $100 above list, the online auction site said today. More: continued here
Yahoo! News Blogs (blog) Never-Released Apple WALT Sells for $8000 on eBayPC MagazineOne unknown buyer can, after shelling out a cool $8000 on Sunday to win an eBay auction for a rare prototype of the vintage Apple device. Why so much? Apple introduced the WALT, or Wizzy Active Lifestyle Telephone, at MacWorld Boston in 1993,…