STIMULUS WATCH: Obama announced job-counting rules, warns cheaters will be caught

WASHINGTON — Attention workers: If you’re getting federal stimulus money, stand up and prepare to be counted. And no cheating.

SPIN METER: Politicians announcing stimulus jobs faster than stimulus can (maybe) create them

SILVER SPRING, Md. — When Ed Pegler was laid off from his highway construction job four months ago, the 47-year-old father of two didn’t know when he’d be back to work. Then the phone rang. There was a job, paid for by the federal stimulus law.

SPIN METER: White House announcing stimulus jobs faster than stimulus can (maybe) create them

SILVER SPRING, Md. — When Ed Pegler was laid off from his highway construction job four months ago, the 47-year-old father of two didn’t know when he’d be back to work. Then the phone rang. There was a job, paid for by the federal stimulus law.