What's Up: eBay seller turns hobby into businessWausau Daily HeraldSteven Votava packs up a vintage item he sold on eBay in his new Marshfield store, Amazing Stuff, on Tuesday. / (Laura Schmitt/Central Wisconsin Sunday) MARSHFIELD — Steven Votava sells more than 20 items on eBay each day, mailing so many …
Read More »McFeatters: Crooked retailers encourage food stamp fraud – Times Record News
McFeatters: Crooked retailers encourage food stamp fraudTimes Record News17, 2012 — Electronic Benefit Transfer cards have replaced paper food stamps in all 50 states. They are used like debit cards to pay for groceries through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Food stamp recipients swipe their cards and enter … More: …
Read More »Why collecting stamps is a good hobby – Korea Times
Korea Times Why collecting stamps is a good hobbyKorea TimesBy William Roger Jones Recently, picking up my little over half-century old stamp album, a few hundred in a neglected collection from around the world, neglected in the sense that there have been no additions to it, brought to mind the …
Read More »Thousands of people could be living with cancer after review finds up to 7000 … – Daily Mail
Daily Mail Thousands of people could be living with cancer after review finds up to 7000 …Daily MailBy Daily Mail Reporter Thousands of patients suffering with cancer may have been misdiagnosed at a hospital in Bristol, according to whistleblowers. An investigation at the Bristol Royal Infirmary (BRI) has revealed nearly …
Read More »Food stamps should cover basic necessities only – Las Vegas Sun
Food stamps should cover basic necessities onlyLas Vegas SunThis letter is regarding J. Patrick Coolican's column "Experiencing hunger in Las Vegas: $3.39 a day buys little food, lots of lessons," regarding the difficulty of living on food stamps. Some of the stories were geared to tug at our heart strings …
Read More »County’s food stamp participation among lowest in state – Napa Valley Register
County's food stamp participation among lowest in stateNapa Valley RegisterNapa continues to be one of the lowest-ranking counties in the state for the number of low-income residents participating in CalFresh, formerly known as the Food Stamp Program. In a recent report by the group California Food Policy Advocates, …Food For …
Read More »Four local retailers banned from accepting food stamps
Four Ventura County retailers have been permanently disqualified from accepting food stamps because of fraud, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture , which runs the $75 billion-a-year program. More: continued here
Read More »Mystery postcard from 1957 turns up in Newton post office – New Jersey Herald
Mystery postcard from 1957 turns up in Newton post officeNew Jersey HeraldPhoto by Amy Herzog/ New Jersey Herald Postal worker Claudia Burdge talks about a postcard from 1957 found at the Newton post office. The card's intended recipient has been located, and it will be mailed to her. By STEVEN …
Read More »Food stamp fraud cases on rise in Florida, and in Collier, Lee counties – Marconews
Food stamp fraud cases on rise in Florida, and in Collier, Lee countiesMarconewsBy JENNA BUZZACCO-FOERSTER Retailers sometimes get booted from participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — SNAP, better known as food stamps — because of trafficking. (SHNS graphic courtesy of John Bruce/Scripps Newspapers) Who's …43700 using food stamps: …
Read More »Four local retailers banned from accepting food stamps – Ventura County Star
Four local retailers banned from accepting food stampsVentura County StarBy Mike Harris Four Ventura County retailers have been permanently disqualified from accepting food stamps because of fraud, according to the US Department of Agriculture, which runs the $75 billion-a-year program that assists 46.2 million Americans. More: continued here
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