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Beginning Wednesday, New Yorkers living in 12 designated zip codes hit by Sandy may be eligible for food stamps even if their incomes exceed the regular set limits. According to officials, storm victims earning up to 250 percent of poverty may qualify for a one month allotment of disaster related food stamps. For a family…

We recently bumped into Jeff Green, CEO of Los Angeles-based NanoH2O, an advanced materials startup focused on using nanotechnology for water desalinization, the use of filtering technology to remove salt from the oceans to supply clean drinking water. NanoH2O was venture funded by Khosla Ventures. Jeff was one of the founders of both Stamps.com and…

Coin, stamps to mark 100 years of AnneCBC Prince Edward Island, Canada –1 hour agoTwo new stamps and a collectors' edition quarter bearing Anne's image will be released later this year. Alex Reeves of the Royal Canadian Mint told CBC News … More: continued here

Las Vegas Review-Journal 6 defendants take plea deals in polygamous food stamp caseThe Capital JournalThe six who took the deals worked in different roles managing the two convenience stores where prosecutors say the fraudulent transactions occurred or the community storehouse where food bought by food stamps was brought, with leaders deciding how to …More plea deals…

Project doubles food stamps at farmers marketJoplin GlobeAdvocates for fresh, locally grown foods are promoting a pilot project in Columbia that allows people using food stamps to double the amount of food they …Pilot project would double food people could buy at farmers market with food …KSPRall 10 news articles » More: continued here

KMOV.com Cuts on Food Stamps Said to Be 20% of What Republicans Sought in Farm-Bill …BusinessweekFree groceries at the Food Bank For New York City on Dec. 11, 2013. Need increased in November when 47 million low-income people nationwide saw their food stamps cut as the federal SNAP program expired. Photographer: John Moore/Getty Images.Deep Cuts…