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$16 a Muffin: IG Report Finds Justice Dept. Over Spent at Conferences on Food and Beverages
By PETE YOST Associated Press WASHINGTON — Muffins: $16 apiece. Coffee: more than a dollar an ounce. Snacks: $32 per person. A report issued Tuesday by the Justice Department’s inspector general found excessive spending on food and beverages in an audit of 10 department conferences. Justice spent about $490,000 on food and beverages at the…