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STIMULUS WATCH: Salary raise counted as saved job (AP)

 
AP - President Barack Obama's economic recovery program saved 935 jobs at the Southwest Georgia Community Action Council, an impressive success story for the stimulus plan. Trouble is, only 508 people work there. (link)

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