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At China's Rubber-Stamp Parliament, Real Stamps Are All the Rage
Wall Street Journal (blog) On one side of the room, saleswomen hastily doled out stacks of commemorative envelopes affixed with postal stamps as attendees handed over their cash. Staff struggled to keep order as the crowd surged. “There are two lines! Please, form two lines!”. |
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MSNBC Minimum Wage Boost Would Cut Food Stamp Tab by $4.6 BillionWall Street Journal (blog)The estimate published by the Center for American Progress, a left-leaning think tank, is among the first to assess the effect of increasing the minimum wage on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (better known as food stamps). The study …A letter…
Kan. grocers sentenced in food stamp schemeCBS NewsA Kansas grocery store owner and his wife were sentenced Wednesday to federal prison for a food stamp scam that profited by targeting people at homeless shelters who were willing to sell their government benefits for cash. US District Judge J. Thomas …Grocers face sentencing in food stamp…
Stamps Surfboards and Future Fins Beach Demo Presented by Foam EZ, This …Surfline.com Surf NewsWe've been trying to put one of these together for a while and with the help of Stamps Surfboards (surfboardsbystamps.com) and Future Fins (futuresfins.com) …and more » More: continued here
Iranian human rights victims on Dutch stampsRadio NetherlandsA series of special postage stamps portraying victims of human rights abuses in Iran has been launched in the Netherlands. In the latest addition to the series, five thousand copies of the stamp showing Iranian Baha'i leader Mahvash Sabet have just …and more » More: continued here
Video: Obama Ag Secretary says rise in food stamps is putting people to workHot AirSecretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack told MSNBC's Morning Joe that the Obama administration has a jobs program already in place — and it's food stamps. When asked about new numbers that show one in every seven Americans now receiving food stamps…
Celebrate Valentine's Day at Spellman Museum in WestonWayland Town Crier11 from 5 to 8:30 pm, children and adults will have a chance to prepare for Valentine's Day by making Valentine cards and small gifts using postage stamps…and more » More: continued here