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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey is looking to crack down on counterfeit cigarettes. A bill released Thursday by Assembly and Senate committees requires distributors to affix encrypted stamps on cigarette packs before they’re sold. More: continued here

US Postal Service honors its own and others with Negro Leagues Baseball stampsWashington PostBut Thursday the agency will honor one of its own — and thousands of others — as it unveils two stamps commemorating Negro Leagues Baseball. … More: continued here

KNWA Food Stamps to be Accepted OnlineKNWAThis summer, Amazon and six other companies will start accepting the benefits. It's part of a pilot program by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, since the U.S. government is working to expand the reach of its supplemental nutrition assistance program.and more » More: continued here

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — As years go, Oregon’s 2009 was bleak. An Associated Press year-end survey found the news focused on the economy — an unemployment rate among the highest in the nation, foreclosures, bankruptcies and the misery that followed. That includes homelessness and great demand for relief such as food stamps. The year also…

Reuters One in five US children now rely on food stamps: Census dataReutersThe roughly one in five children who received food stamps in 2014 surpassed pre-recession levels, when one in eight or 9 million children were on food stamps, according to the U.S. Census survey of American families released on Wednesday. Republicans …More children receive food…

Yahoo! News Blogs (blog) Alabama's immigration law: Denying children food stampsLos Angeles TimesOn Wednesday, ThinkProgress' Amanda Peterson Beadle shed light on how HB 56's taint had extended to the food stamp program. Because a portion of Alabama's harmful immigration law makes it a felony for undocumented immigrants to enter into a "business …American kids denied…