COLUMBUS (AP) – Amid a sluggish economy, a record 1.1 million Ohioans are getting food stamps, the state’s welfare agency said. That’s about 10 percent of the state’s population. More: continued here
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Read More »Record number of food stamps used – Zanesville Times Recorder
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Read More »An unenviable post (Deccan Herald)
Sarojini Nayak reviews a short film The Last Post that tells the poignant story of Nila, who has been transporting mail bags from the post office to the bus stand at Jeypore, Orissa on a rickety horse drawn cart for more than four decades. More: continued here
Read More »SIIA Files Lawsuits against 8 eBay Sellers – TMCnet
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Read More »FedEx beats 3Q estimate, warns of slowdown (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Shipping giant FedEx Corp. beat analysts’ estimates for its third quarter performance but said a slowdown in the economy and high fuel prices could mean a weaker fourth quarter performance than Wall Street was expecting. More: continued here
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