Terry Pratchett: 'Fantasy is uni-age'. Despite his Alzheimer's diagnosis, Terry Pratchett is still marvelling at the world and still writing. Terry Pratchett's entourage has taken over a corner of the White Hart hotel in Salisbury, a long-standing haunt of the writer, who has a house just outside the town.
BJ's Wholesale Club to accept food stamps. NATICK, Mass. - BJ's Wholesale Club says it will begin accepting electronic food stamp payments at all of its 180 stores. The Natick, Mass.-based chain said today that effective immediately, members can purchase food with government-issued food stamps through Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) payments.
Applicants for food stamps in New Orleans and West Jefferson are being enrolled through phone interviews and are no longer expected to show up at a social services office to sign up for the low-income household assistance program, marking a shift in policy that soon will be implemented statewide.