City Journal The Food Stamp PirouetteCity JournalSome might say spending $80 billion to expand food stamp enrollment and leave the official poverty rate untouched was the whole idea: if the program dramatically reduced measured poverty and food insecurity, people might think that these problems are … More: continued here
Read More »Potholes prompted W.Va. post office to quit mail service – seattlepi.com
Potholes prompted W.Va. post office to quit mail serviceseattlepi.comFALLING WATERS, W.Va. (AP) — Poor road conditions have prompted mail service to be suspended along a Berkeley County development. Media outlets report a local postmaster wrote to about three dozen property owners in Falling Waters that mail …and more » More: continued here
Read More »What Gwyneth Paltrow’s Food Stamps Failure Taught Us – Shape Magazine
Shape Magazine What Gwyneth Paltrow's Food Stamps Failure Taught UsShape MagazineThe social media challenge tasks participants to live off $29 a week to experience what it's like for a family to be entirely reliant on the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (better known as food stamps). Paltrow, along with Mario …
Read More »Produce shares made available to people who use food stamps – The Columbian
The Columbian Produce shares made available to people who use food stampsThe ColumbianPlenty of farmers markets accept food stamps through the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and they have for years. But it's less common for farms to offer the same option for CSA shares, which allow customers to buy …
Read More »Stolen CentCom computers were found on eBay – Tampabay.com
Stolen CentCom computers were found on eBayTampabay.comTAMPA — The internal theft of five laptop computers from U.S. Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base went undetected until a supplier noticed four of them advertised on eBay, according to federal court records.and more » More: continued here
Read More »Post office custodian admits to stealing vets’ medicine – The Virginian-Pilot
Post office custodian admits to stealing vets' medicineThe Virginian-PilotA post office custodian pleaded guilty last week to stealing boxes of pain medication destined for veterans. Carles Burton, 39, is to be sentenced July 22 in U.S. District Court in Newport News. The packages stolen from the Patrick Henry Station post… …
Read More »Johnny Marr criticises Record Store Day ‘eBay tossers’ – NME.com
Johnny Marr criticises Record Store Day 'eBay tossers'NME.com"I'll try to do an extra run of I Feel You 7" singles so those who wanted it but didn't get it don't get ripped by the EBay tossers. J," he wrote earlier today (April 21). On Record Store Day he also posted …
Read More »Britain’s last surviving mobile cinema is up for sale on eBay – Daily Mail
Daily Mail Britain's last surviving mobile cinema is up for sale on eBayDaily MailBritain's only surviving mobile cinema has gone on sale for £120,000 as the owners who spent years of their life restoring it and touring the country now want to enjoy parenthood. Emma Giffard, 36, and Ollie Halls, …
Read More »Man gets seven years for robbery of post office – KRCG
Man gets seven years for robbery of post officeKRCGA Kingdom City man was sentenced on Tuesday for robbing the Kingdom City post office. Lucas Wayne Branstetter, 39, of Kingdom City, received a seven year sentence in federal prison without parole. Branstetter pleaded guilty in September of 2014 to the …Man gets …
Read More »Post office rename gives Chadron a ‘Morale Check’ – Rapid City Journal
Rapid City Journal Post office rename gives Chadron a 'Morale Check'Rapid City JournalAround 200 people filled the gym at the National Guard Armory in Chadron Friday for a ceremony to rename the local post office in honor of fallen soldier Sgt. Cory Mracek. Officially the mail stop is now known …
Read More »