NEW YORK ( MainStreet ) — The price of a stamp will go up on Sunday again. Effective January 26, the United States Postal Service will raise the price of its first class stamps by three cents, from 46 to 49 cents apiece.
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Nearly half of all U.S. children and 90 percent of black youngsters will be on food stamps at some point during childhood, and fallout from the current recession could push those numbers even higher, researchers say. More: continued here
Why So Many Ph.Ds Are On Food StampsNPRIt's no secret more Americans are relying on food stamps, but host Michel Martin looks at why those applying for government aid with master's and Ph.D degrees have more than doubled in recent years. Martin speaks with Stacey Patton, a reporter with The …and more » More: continued here
Linn’s Stamp News Revisiting leaked U.S. stamp subject list | Linns.comLinn’s Stamp NewsThe list leaked to the Washington Post in 2014 proved to be a fairly accurate look into the USPS's crystal ball for future stamp programs.and more » More: continued here
Local Illinois Junior Duck Stamp winners on display at Dickson Mounds Museum …Canton Daily LedgerBy Anonymous The US Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced the winners of the 2012 Illinois Junior Duck Stamp Contest. More than 300 entries were received for this year's contest. The Best of Show artwork was created by Justas Varpucanskis, 14,…
Chicagomag.com The Benefits of Food Stamps Go Far Beyond NutritionChicagomag.comHoynes and Schanzenbach cleverly used a natural experiment to investigate the effects of food stamps: the slow, decade-plus-long rollout of the food-stamp program in the 1960s and 1970s, the main variable being “the share of time between conception and … More: continued here
Rare Stamps StolenWOWTA Heartland man is angry with a former friend because, he believes, the former friend is the person who stole his rare stamp collection. … More: continued here