Adding postal stamps could unravel a mathematical mystery (New Scientist)

During the recession, about 250,000 more New Yorkers would have slipped into poverty without government programs to bolster family income, city officials calculated. More: continued here

Author From Bucks County to be Featured on StampsWFMZ-TV Online, PA –2 hours agoHe recognized because he served on the stamp commission that the folks whose faces go on our stamps are our American heroes. >> Michener wrote more than 40 …Michener honored with postage stampphillyBurbs.comall 3 news articles More: continued here

A stamp sheetlet commemorating the 15th anniversary of the handover will go on sale from Sunday. More: continued here

Food stamp deadline for flood victims FridayPioneer Press OnlineFriday will be the final day for people affected by the storms to apply for emergency food stamps. The Illinois Department of Human Services is offering …and more » More: continued here

On Tuesday, 91-year-old Morris Wilkinson’s supervisors and co-workers celebrated his 70 years of federal service: six as a U.S. Marine and 64 as a mail carrier in Birmingham. More: continued here

Farm Futures House Dems fall short in blocking food stamp cutsAtlanta Journal ConstitutionWASHINGTON — Democrats fell short in efforts Wednesday to block cuts to the food stamp program as the House Agriculture Committee moved ahead on a half-trillion-dollar bill to fund farm and nutrition programs over the next five years.Food stamps big issue as House…