Food stamp soda ban can save 141K kids from obesityWSBT-TV… Text; Large Text. Print; Email. Tweet. Pepsi. Ferre' Dollar/CNN. WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) -. Banning soda and other sugary drinks from food stamps would lead to significant drops in obesity and diabetes rates among the poor, according to a new study. More: …

Camden Grocer Sentenced for Role in Food Stamps SchemeNew Jersey 101.5 FM RadioCAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man who managed a grocery store is going to prison for 37 months for stealing more than $2.5 million through a food stamps scheme. Groceries Scott Olson, Getty Images. Thirty-five-year-old Alexander …

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Thomas Sowell: The Ambassador and the Post OfficeContra Costa TimesAt one time, people in India had to get on a waiting list to buy Hindustan Motors' Ambassador automobile, even though it was an obvious copy of Britain's Morris Oxford of some decades earlier. The reason was simple: the Indian government …

The Real Deal Magazine (blog) Pratt Post Office bags space at Bed-Stuy condo buildingThe Real Deal Magazine (blog)The Pratt Post Office is relocating from Clinton Hill to Bedford-Stuyvesant, having signed a lease for the ground floor of an NAM Realty Associates-owned five-story condominium building. Silverstone Development Group acquired the post …

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MATTOON (JG-TC) — The postal lobby and post office box section of the U.S. Post Office will be closed at noon Saturday for maintenance, according to a press release from Postmaster Ken Steury. More: continued here

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New post office found in Kentucky vapor shopWBIR-TV"You can come here and get all your first class postage stamps, or you can come here to drop off priority packages," Adron Wilson said, who is running the new post office in Fourmile. It sits inside a small, brown shack off Highway …

ThinkProgress USDA To Georgia: You Can't Drug-Test Food Stamp RecipientsThinkProgressIn the latest expansion of government drug tests, Georgia passed a law in March requiring the testing of some food stamp applicants and recipients. But this week, a USDA official told Georgia they can't implement the law. “[Food and Nutrition Service …