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		<title>Pork Report November 20, 2009: B-I-N-G-O Edition</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Justice funds spent on “Bingo Nights” in Ohio
Who wants $1.5 million in stimulus funds? Apparently, no one.
$25,000 stimulus grant will provide a week of “free” concerts in Sacramento
Less than one percent of Columbus commuters ride bikes, but more than a half-a-million dollars of federal stimulus funds to add downtown bike facilities
Hollywood’s Elegance [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>U.S. Department of Justice <a href="http://www.vindy.com/news/2009/nov/05/safe-citizens-bingo-free-to-area-seniors/?newswatch">funds spent on “Bingo Nights”</a> in Ohio</p>
<p>Who wants $1.5 million in stimulus funds? <a href="http://www.loudountimes.com/news/2009/nov/17/no-takers-apply-15-million-stimulus-funds/">Apparently, no one</a>.</p>
<p>$25,000 stimulus grant will provide a <a href="http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/2331940.html">week of “free” concerts</a> in Sacramento</p>
<p>Less than one percent of Columbus commuters ride bikes, but more than a <a href="http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/business/stories/2009/11/19/downtown_bikes.ART_ART_11-19-09_A13_E3FNM39.html?sid=101">half-a-million dollars of federal stimulus funds to add downtown bike facilities</a></p>
<p>Hollywood’s Elegance International <a href="http://www.laweekly.com/2009-11-19/news/hollywood-s-catered-stimulus-why-23-million-creates-just-21-jobs/">makeup school getting a $80,000 stimulus grant</a> and Wild Boar Media, which “writes and dreams up new animation, stories, comics and toys” receives $50,000 in stimulus assistance</p>
<p>Congress long ago earmarked $87 million for a commuter rail line in Georgia, <a href="http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/grand-central-terminal-for-205638.html?cxtype=rss_news_128746">but the state has spent little of the money</a></p>
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<p>Federal program intended to help disabled veterans awarded at least $100 million in contracts to firms that were either <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/19/us/19fraud.html?_r=1">ineligible or committed fraud to obtain the funds</a></p>
<p>Non-profit’s <a href="http://www.riograndesun.com/articles/2009/11/19/news/doc4b043e7a0b00d144657490.txt">salaries consume much of federal grant</a> intended to reward teachers</p>
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