Lansing— Angry legislators responded quickly Wednesday to close a loophole allowing some Michigan Lottery jackpot winners to collect food stamps. More: continued here
Read More »Jackpot Winner Uses Food Stamps Equivalent
Leroy Fick won $2 million in Michgan’s “Make Me Rich” lottery, and bought a home and used car with his winnings. But to buy groceries, this lottery winner is still using his Bridge Card, Michigan’s version of food stamps. Some legislators are upset and aim to rewrite the laws to …
Read More »Waco: Convicted Post Office Burglar Headed Back To Prison – KWTX
Waco: Convicted Post Office Burglar Headed Back To PrisonKWTXWACO (May 18, 2011)–A US district judge Wednesday sent a Bellmead man who was placed on federal parole after serving time for burglarizing a US Post Office back to federal prison. Trence Kevin Hilliard was sentenced to serve nine months in federal …
Read More »Post office to close May 28
PARKER–The Parker post office at 5310 East Highway 98 will close on May 28, U.S. Postal Service officials said.Retail and post office box services will be available at the nearby post office at 1336 Sherman Ave. The Postal Service announced a plan to study the feasibility of this… More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail workers’ vote raises prospect of strike – The Independent
Royal Mail workers' vote raises prospect of strikeThe IndependentRoyal Mail workers will vote next week on an emergency resolution that raises the prospect of the third national postal strike in five years. The resolution, to be discussed behind closed doors at the Communication Workers Union annual …CWU conference: Support joint …
Read More »Woman: Toddler eBay posting was a joke – UPI.com
Daily Mail Woman: Toddler eBay posting was a jokeUPI.comOTTAWA, Mich., May 18 (UPI) — A Michigan woman said she was shocked to learn authorities were investigating her joke eBay posting for the sale of her 2-year-old cousin. Autumn Braden, 19, of Ottawa said she created the eBay listing for her …
Read More »Post Office could be ‘co-op’ owned by staff
OWNERSHIP of the Post Office could be transferred from the government to a mutual, owned by employees, sub-postmasters, customers and consumer groups, a government report has More: continued here
Read More »Waterville post office to close
The lease is up and everything must go… to Maumee More: continued here
Read More »Post Office could be ‘co-op’ owned by staff – Scotsman
The Guardian Post Office could be 'co-op' owned by staffScotsmanOWNERSHIP of the Post Office could be transferred from the government to a mutual, owned by employees, sub-postmasters, customers and consumer groups, a government report has recommended. The Post Office would be run by a board of …Mutual Post Office moves …
Read More »City kindergartner found with 18 heroin stamps at school – Pittsburgh Post Gazette
City kindergartner found with 18 heroin stamps at schoolPittsburgh Post GazetteInside, he found more razors and 18 stamp bags of the drug, police spokeswoman Diane Richard said. "The kids are calling it 'the magic ticket,' because it is a white pack with a stamp of a bunny coming out of …
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