Amanda Clayton made headlines for acknowledging that she still received $200 in monthly food assistance after winning $1 million in Michigan lottery money. Legislation could now pass. More: continued here
WGRZ-TV Post Office to hold Passport Day in the USANDSU The SpectrumOn Saturday, March 10, the Fargo Main Post Office will be holding an event called Passport Day in the USA. This event is being held across the nation at passport agencies to help people without passports obtain one easily. "We try to do one…
Pasadena Sun Schiff speaks against postal movePasadena SunBy Adolfo Flores, adolfo.flores@latimes.com The US Postal Service is planning to transfer more than 260 jobs from the Mack Robinson post office on Lincoln Avenue to Los Angeles in an attempt to save money. But Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) and others …Closure of US post offices threatens smalltown…
Michigan's legislators are working on a bill to cut lottery winners off from public welfare payments, including food stamps and cash assistance. The bill got renewed impetus after food stamps recipient Amanda Clayton won $1 million and failed to report it or to stop collecting on her state Bridge Card, says the Detroit News. Clayton…
DatacenterDynamics eBay– a growth rate for a cutting-edge data centerDatacenterDynamicsAn aisle inside eBay's Project Mercury data center in Phoenix, Arizona. Image courtesy of eBay. This is Part 2 of our two-part online series on eBay's Project Mercury. Read Part 1 of the series which talks about how eBay set up infrastructure for its … More:…
ABC15.com (KNXV-TV) Food-stamps chief defends program in face of charges of 'scandal' | The RepublicThe RepublicBy ISAAC WOLF – Scripps Howard News Service WASHINGTON – The head of the federal food-stamp program on Thursday forcefully defended his agency's record of weeding out — and keeping out — store owners busted for engaging in fraud.House Committee…
Capitol Hill's state liquor stores getting the eBay treatment but nobody is …CHS Capitol Hill SeattleBy jseattle Wildcards in our recent look at where on Capitol Hill retailers are planning to sell booze in the new 1183 world are the two state-run liquor stores in the neighborhood on 12th Ave and Broadway. The auction to…
FedEx Corp. (FDX) and United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) said U.S. regulators failed to persuade the two cargo airlines to adopt pilot-fatigue rules imposed on passenger carriers. More: continued here
EBay CEO Received Compensation Increase Last YearWall Street JournalBy John Letzing Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones)–EBay Inc. (EBAY) Chief Executive John Donahoe received a significant increase in compensation for 2011, a year in which the online marketplace continued to show improvement.and more » More: continued here
Washington Times Food stamp fraud goes to Capital HillABC2 NewsBALTIMORE (WMAR) – An ABC 2 News investigation into food stamp fraud is getting attention on Capitol Hill. Today, members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing to question officials who oversee the nation's food stamp…Food-stamps chief defends program in face…