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Military pays $998,798 to ship 19-cent washers

The owners of C&D Distributors in Lexington, S.C. -- twin sisters -- exploited a flaw in an automated Defense Department purchasing system: bills for shipping to combat areas or U.S. bases labeled priority usually were paid automatically,... Full Article at Detroit Free Press

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