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Keyword: welfare

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The Word: Celeb parenting: Star mag grades celeb moms and Octomom commits welfare fraud

If, on the other hand, we were in the business of grading women on their parenting skills, we’d probably stamp Nadya Suleman a/k/a Octomom’s report card with a big red F for ‘oh, for F—ck’s sake.’

Posted in Entertainment, Gossip, The Word
Tagged Octomom, Star magazine, welfare, welfare fraud | Reply
Massachusetts State House. PHOTO CREDIT: Peter Eimon/Flickr

Audit: State gave millions in welfare aid to dead people

The state Department of Transitional Assistance sent more than $2 million in welfare aid to more than 1,100 people who had died, according to an audit.

Posted in Local, News
Tagged audit, Boston, department transitional assistance, dta, Massachusetts, welfare | Reply
Kyshima Montgomery is accused of running a welfare fraud scheme.
Credit: Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office

AG: 16 Philadelphia residents charged in $340K welfare scheme

Sixteen Philadelphia residents have been charged in a welfare fraud scheme that raked in more than $235,000.

Posted in Local, News
Tagged attorney general, fraud, kathleen kane, Kyshima Montgomery, Philadelphia, welfare | Reply
Tamerlan Tsarnaev (L) and his brother Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. (Credit: Reuters)

Bombing suspects’ welfare funds subject of investigation

How and why the Boston Marathon bombers received tax-payer funded welfare funds will be the subject of an invesigation by state lawmakers.

Posted in Local, News
Tagged Boston, house audit, house oversight, marathon bombings, Tsarnaev, welfare | Reply
Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, is pictured in 2010. Credit: FBI

Tamerlan Tsarnaev lived on Massachusetts welfare before Boston bombings

Boston Marathon Bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his family was reportedly living off the Massachusetts welfare system before the attack.

Posted in National, News
Tagged Boston, boston marathon, Boston Marathon Bombings, Massachusetts, Morgan Rousseau, tamerlan tsarnaev, terror, welfare | Reply
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