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The New York State Health Department is in big trouble with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to the amount of $54.3 million. According to a report from the HHS Office of the Inspector General, the Health Department did not follow procedure when filing traumatic brain injury program claims.

The Health Department failed to follow proper procedure 127 of the 138 months they were audited.

The OIG recommends the Health Department pay back the money from the improper claims, however, the Health Department does not agree.

Since the invention of the steam engine in the early 1800s, the United States Postal Service has been using the railways to transport mail. More recently, the USPS has switched to moving ground mail by truck. Their private-sector competitors have increasing been moving back to trains as a distribution tool.

The USPS Inspector General Office plans to look into whether trains can save the agency money while still meeting their standard five to seven-day delivery standard.

Most lobbyists in Washington, D.C. provided the proper paperwork allowing a disclosure of financial records and helping to keep the lobbying process as transparent as possible, said a report by the Government Accountability Office, Congress' watchdog arm.

97 percent of lobbyists produced documentation of their income and expenses, while 74 percent properly rounded those reports to the nearest $10,000 investigators said. 85 percent also filed federal political campaign reports as required.

The U.S. Army is training military cats, hoping they will be a cheaper alternative to dogs that conduct drug-sniffing operations.

Or so that's the claim in a news post celebrating April Fools' Day.