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Lottery winners welfare , more than 3,500 lottery winners in Michigan received public assistance last year or lived with people on welfare, food stamps or other aid, a state agency reported Monday. The count stems from a 2012 state law that required the state to match a list of lottery winners of $1,000 or more with recipients of public assistance. Republican Gov. Rick Snyder signed the measure after legislators learned of two cases in which people used food stamps despite winning $700,000 and $850,000 lump sum prizes. Though the law included a requirement for asset-based means testing to help determine eligibility for public assistance, the head of the state Department of Human Services said more than 2,000 lottery winners are continuing to receive public aid because certain benefits are not covered by the tests or because of other issues. Just 565 cases were closed as a result of the law, according to the report, which discussed a man who won $33,000 in the lottery but continue

Madonna's daughter , some teenagers turn on the TV when they need a little study break, but when you own a clothing company like Madonna's daughter Lourdes Leon, you use your downtime to blog about spring trends. That's right, the fashionable teen, who owns Material Girl along with mama Madge, took a break from studying for the SATs to share her thoughts on her fave styles for the upcoming warm weather season on the label's blog. "I feel like finally this sense of body con dresses and tube skirts has left us (praise the lord)," the 15-year-old shared. Amen, Lourdes! There's nothing like a roomy tee or shift dress to help a gal as she transitions into bikini season. And while the svelte Lourdes definitely doesn't look like she needs to spend any time at the gym, she can still commiserate. "I mean okay they look nice but really no one is comfortable lets be frank among friends (oooh peep my alliteration)," she went on to say about th

“I did feel better after killing him": Murder accused 'confessed he had best sleep of his life after shooting rival' Cregan has admitted the murder of Pcs Nicola Hughes and Fiona Bone in September last year, but denies the murders of David and Mark Short On trial: Dale Cregan PA A one-eyed drug dealer admitted to a psychiatrist that he killed a father and son before going on to murder two police officers, a court was told today.Dale Cregan, 29, allegedly said he had “the best sleep of my life” after shooting David Short, 46, and then throwing a hand grenade which blew his body apart.He has already admitted the murder of PCs Nicola Hughes and Fiona Bone in Hattersley, Greater Manchester, last September but is on trial for murdering David and his son Mark, 23.Consultant forensic psychiatrist Dr James Collins said Cregan, who claimed to earn up to £20,000 a week from drugs, admitted all four killings during a jail interview. Gunned down: PCs Fiona Bone and Nicol

Boston Marathon bombings: Doctors mistook victim for her friend and wrongly told father she was alive William Campbell thought daughter Krystle, 29, was alive until he walked into the hospital room and found her friend in the bed instead Victim: Krystle Campbell was killed The father of a tragic victim of the Boston Marathon bombings has told of his heartbreak after doctors mistook her for her friend and wrongly told him his girl was alive. Krystle Campbell, 29, was last night named as the second victim of the blast, which killed three people and injured more than 170 others. Heartbroken father William Campbell has told how his family believed she was alive for 12 hours until they discovered the devastating truth. The 56-year-old said: “I nearly passed out on the floor. She was the best person you could ever meet.” Krystle, from Arlington, Massachusetts, who was watching her boyfriend run the marathon with a friend. Mr Campbell described his daughter, who worked for a restaurant

She was always so particular about detail, passionate about getting things right. So in the semi-darkness of pre-dawn London yesterday, through virtually deserted streets, they counted the exact number of steps it will take to carry Baroness Thatcher to her funeral service, and timed her journey to the second. In a full and detailed rehearsal, each man, woman and horse involved in the last stage of the procession enacted the role they will play tomorrow. Step by step: The weighted coffin is borne up the entrance to St Paul's during the early morning dress rehearsal It created the bizarre but often stirring spectacle of military marching bands playing to no one, bearskin guardsmen with no crowds to flank – even a minister saying a prayer over an empty coffin. This was the last chance any of them had to practise for the real thing – the largest funeral in Britain since that of the Queen Mother in 2002. Beneath grey skies, and then into the sunrise, a ten-strong bearer party carr

Dale Cregan trial: Armed police surround double cop killer's convoy after it's held up by bus crash Officers dressed all in black and carrying guns jumped out of police cars after the prison van, containing Cregan, came to a halt The police convoy transporting Dale Cregan to his trial in Preston Crown Court was delayed this morning following a collision between two buses in Salford. Armed police took to the street and surrounded the prison van until the road closure could be cleared. Armed police this morning surrounded a convoy taking double cop killer Dale Cregan to court after it was held up in heavy traffic following a bus crash. Officers dressed all in black and carrying guns jumped out of police cars after the prison van, containing Cregan, came to a halt. One-eyed Cregan is on trial at Preston Crown Court for the murder of father and son David and Mark Short. Bus crash: 21 children and four adults were injured in the smash He has already admitted murdering PC Fi

Is this the second Boston Marathon bomb? Photo shows bag where blast detonated A bag can be seen next to a mail box against a barricade as onlookers watch the marathon runners pass by Scene: Bag left near mail box is highlighted These two pictures being studied by the FBI could hold vital clues to the Boston Marathon bombing.In the first photo, a bag can be seen next to a mail box against a barricade as onlookers watch the marathon runners pass by.A second picture, taken an hour later on Boylston Street outside the Forum Bar, shows victims of the blast lying where the bag had been.The photo has been purposefully blurred by US TV channel 7News to mask out bodies of the dead and the maimed.FBI forensic experts were last night studying also nylon fibres discovered at the scene of one of the blasts. Horror: Maimed victims near where the bag had been The bombs were lethal devices consisting of metal, nails and ball bearings crammed into pressure cookers, it emerged yesterday.Both