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UPI.com More than 40 million people now receive food stamps, a jump of nearly 50 percent since the recession began, the report said. The unemployment rate in the … Record number in government anti-poverty programs Anti-Poverty Assistance Soars The Corner |
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New 10¢ Red Pears coilLinn’s Stamp NewsA 10¢ Red Pears self-adhesive coil stamp was issued Jan. 17 in Washington, D.C., with no first-day ceremony. Collectors will be able to send for Jan. 17 first-day cancels from Washington using information in the technical details box shown below. The … More: continued here
To Get Medicaid and Education Aid to States, An Unprecedented Cut to Food StampsThe Washington IndependentAfter spending the afternoon applying for food stamps, Lizvette Perez buys milk and butter. (St. Petersburg Times/ZUMA Press) …and more » More: continued here
Globe and Mail Stamp controversy licked: Photo will be flipped againCanada.com, Canada –4 hours agoJim Phillips, director of stamp services for Canada Post, said the Crown corporation will correct the error when the package of 10 stamps is reprinted later …'Flipped' lighthouse sends stamp for second printingGlobe and MailHistoric beacon reversed on stampCanada.comStamp with faulty lighthouse image…
A widow whose husband was killed in Iraq is fighting to get the faces of dead soldiers placed on stamps. More: continued here
MISSOULA – Nineteen Montana high schools have received stamps of approval from a national magazine. More: continued here
The new face of food stamps: working-age AmericansPioneer PressMaggie Barcellano plays with her three-year-old daughter, Zoe, at Lakeway City Park in Lakeway, Texas on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014. Barcellano enrolled in the food stamps program to help save up for paramedic training while she works as a home health …and more » More: continued here