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Chisholm: Food stamps and prisons
Chippewa Herald A few days later he announced again that those on food stamps and the unemployed must prove their eligibility by drawing their blood for drugs. That seems to be his intended Christmas present for the poor. Not exactly a Christmas Carol — more like Mr. |
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Critics pan planned Pa. food-stamp asset testWausau Daily Herald(WTW) — A Corbett administration plan to require an asset test for food-stamp recipients drew sharp criticism Thursday as advocates for the poor, the elderly and food merchants warned it would harm thousands of Pennsylvanians at the margins of society … More: continued here
The Calgary Stampeders have brought back Canadian quarterback Brad Sinopoli, according to Sportsnet's Arash Madani. More: continued here
A.V. Club (Photo: CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images)A.V. ClubThe first episode of Star Trek: The Original Series aired this day in 1966, and in honor of the milestone, the U.S. Postal Service debuted a series of snazzy Trek-themed stamps. Appropriately, they've got a retro, pop art vibe that nods to the age in …Riverside rolls out…
DALLAS – The U.S. Postal Service will be issuing 10 colorful Songbirds Forever Stamps on Saturday – and Montana's state bird has made the grade. More: continued here
Area welfare rolls dropNews-Herald.com, OH –5 minutes agoMost of Geauga and Lake counties' families remain off food stamps, cash stipends and adoption pleas after the federal Welfare Reform Act went into full … More: continued here
Supermarkets object as feds allow online use of food stamps in NYCrain’s New York Business (blog)The Obama administration announced Thursday that New York would be included in a program that lets food-stamp recipients use their benefits to buy groceries online. FreshDirect and Amazon were the only two downstate internet grocers tapped by the U.S. … More:…