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08 Dec 2011 23:14

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U.S.: Texas food stamp tragedy: Awful in more ways than one

  • tragic On Monday, a mother in Texas shot her two children before killing herself. She died at the scene of the shooting. The children later died in the hospital — the daughter on Wednesday, the son Thursday. Just two hours before the shooting, daughter Ramie Grimmer updated her Facebook status to say: “may die 2day.”
  • more tragic Rachelle Grimmer killed her children in a food stamp office, after being denied food stamps on multiple occasions. She had been trying to apply since July but had been unable to do so, due to paperwork issues. The family was extremely poor and had been visited by Child Protective Services twice over neglect issues. source

26 Jan 2010 20:48

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Biz: In Laredo, Texas, the literacy rate is about to severely drop

  • 250,000 number of people who live in the decently-sized Laredo, Texas
  • zero number of bookstores the city now has; thanks Barnes & Noble source