CNNMoney 1 million expected to lose food stamps as economy improvesCNNMoneyUnder the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, most adults without children can receive food stamps for only three months unless they are working or attending a job training program at least 20 hours a week. The three-month period was …Food …
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A nonprofit organization that promised free pet food to economically-challenged Americans has closed down. Pet Food Stamps, Inc. was featured on hundreds of television stations, including national broadcasts on Fox News, CNN, CBS and ABC, when it was created in spring 2013. News 3 reported toward the end of that …
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Parking at post office rankles customerHerald & Review (blog)I went to the downtown Decatur Post Office recently. There were no parking spaces because someone got the bright idea to remove half of the already sparse spaces. Then I drove west on Main Street down an expensive brick street that is …
Read More »Still waiting for justice after SWAT team member kills innocent grandfather – Washington Post
Still waiting for justice after SWAT team member kills innocent grandfatherWashington PostOver the holidays, a federal district judge in Massachusetts issued a ruling in the lawsuit brought by the family of Eurie Stamps, a 68-year-old man shot and killed by a Framingham, Mass., SWAT team during a drug raid in …
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A side effect of the improving economy: About 1 million needy people will lose food stamp benefits starting this fall. More: continued here
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FedEx and UPS rate hikes are in effect as fuel prices, a key cost for shippers, are at record lows. So what's driving the changes in shipping costs? More: continued here
Read More »Police: Man arrested for burglarizing post office charged in armed robbery – Thehour.com
Thehour.com Police: Man arrested for burglarizing post office charged in armed robberyThehour.comNORWALK — An 18-year-old Norwalker, arrested two weeks ago for burglarizing the South Norwalk Post Office, was charged Tuesday with the November 2014 armed robbery of a Main Street convenience store. A warrant for the arrest of Hector Diaz …
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A side effect of the improving economy: About 1 million needy people will lose food stamp benefits starting this fall. That's a new estimate by a left-leaning think tank, the Center on Budget and Policy … More: continued here
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A Crown Court judge has hit out at those who target post offices in robberies, saying such premises “provide an invaluable service … often to those who are most in need”. More: continued here
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