UPDATE ON FRAUDULENT BP CLAIMS | NECESSITY AND THE MOTHERS' DAY INVENTION

UPDATE ON FRAUDULENT BP CLAIMS

By TONI ELLINGTON

A Grand Island, Louisiana man was sentenced this week to 41 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release for filing a fraudulent claim for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.  Ronnie P. Vedros filed a claim for $30,173 after the oil spill, claiming that he...

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NECESSITY AND THE MOTHERS' DAY INVENTION

By PEPPER BOWEN

Ann Jarvis is credited with the creation of Mothers’ Day. She had the idea of setting aside a day to celebrate and educate mothers. The education of women was to be in the art of caring for their children as a way to reduce disease, decrease the infant mortality rate, and in general... 

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