OregonLive.com Portland women charged in federal court with food stamp wire fraudOregonLive.comBy Lynne Terry, The Oregonian A former temporary employee and volunteer at the Department of Human Services faces federal charges in a food stamp fraud case involving two other Portland women. A federal indictment accuses Stephanie A. Campbell, …DHS …
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Bloomberg Says He Will Fight for Fingerprinting RuleNew York Times (blog)In his State of the State address on Wednesday, Mr. Cuomo argued that fingerprinting discouraged people who are eligible for food stamps from seeking them. He said the practice “makes the stigma actually worse, and creates a barrier for families …
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Boston.com Gingrich singles out blacks in food stamp remarkCBS News5, 2012, in Plymouth, NH Just days after Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum took heat for singling out blacks on entitlement reform, Newt Gingrich called out the African-American community for being dependent on food stamps — despite the …Gingrich wants to …
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Daily Mail Daughter, 15, on a family Christmas cruise 'lured from a teen dance and raped …Daily MailBy Daily Mail Reporter A 15-year-old girl vacationing aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise liner for Christmas has accused two fellow passengers of raping her on the ship. Luiz Scavone, 20, and a 15-year-old …
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Five city post offices to book railway tickets soonTimes of IndiaNAGPUR: The department of posts and Central Railway, Nagpur, are planning to come together to set up reservation counters at five post offices in the city soon. However, even before that happens, the railways have shut down five reservation counters …
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The Week Magazine PayPal Left to Fend for ItselfWall Street JournalBy STU WOO Scott Thompson's jump to become Yahoo Inc.'s new chief executive leaves eBay Inc.'s PayPal without its longtime leader, just as the online-payments unit grapples with new challenges from rivals such as Visa Inc. and Google Inc. Mr. …
Read More »Gingrich To Blacks: Seek Paychecks Not Food Stamps – NPR
The Associated Press Gingrich To Blacks: Seek Paychecks Not Food StampsNPRby AP Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said Thursday he is willing to go before the NAACP and urge blacks to demand paychecks, not food stamps. Gingrich told a town hall meeting at a senior center in Plymouth, NH, that …
Read More »USPS plan to close post offices hits roadbumps – FederalNewsRadio.com
New York Times USPS plan to close post offices hits roadbumpsFederalNewsRadio.comBy Emily Kopp The Postal Service's recent decision to delay the closing of hundreds of mail processing centers and thousands of local post offices until May has given critics plenty of time to question the agency's strategy to climb out …
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