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Hongkong Post will issue a set of special stamps and other philatelic products for Christmas on November 4. The third issue of Christmas stamps, following issues in 2002 and 2007, the collection creatively blends scenes of local life into well-known Christmas settings to share festive sentiments. The four distinctive stamps …

Letter: Cutting food stamps has consequencesOlean Times HeraldYet he and his Republican colleagues refused to pass such a bill until the Democrats agreed to major cuts to the federal SNAP program (formerly called “food stamps”). Eventually the Democrats caved in to Republican demands in order to help our farmers, … More: …

USA TODAY Russian lawmaker wants to ban gay-themed Finnish stampsUSA TODAYA Russian lawmaker wants the Russian postal service to ban a popular series of Finnish gay-themed stamps as "homoesexual propaganda," the TASS news agency reports. The commemorative stamps, issued by the Finnish Postal Service, Itella in …Russian Lawmaker Demands Ban On …

With millions of Americans struggling to put food on the table, a new opportunity to streamline food stamps enrollment is being announced by PointCare. Starting with California, the company will add each state’s supplemental nutrition assistance program to its web-based screening software, PointCarePA. More: continued here

Indianapolis Star Indiana reinstates time limits for some food stamp recipientsIndianapolis StarWASHINGTON – Indiana will begin cutting off food stamp benefits next year to tens of thousands of people who fail to get a job or train for work. Beginning in the spring, the state will limit benefits to no …

Longview News-Journal Stamp Collectors Upset by New Batman StampsIGNWhile the limited-edition Forever stamps featuring Batman are selling well, traditional stamp collectors believe the Caped Crusader represents everything ruining the stamp program. The controversy arises from Batman's 75th anniversary stamps, which …5 reasons your kid should collect stampsJournal TimesRetro hobby teaches kids …

Devious duo steals homeless clients' info and food stampsNew York PostA city social worker sold the personal information of her poor and homeless clients to an accomplice who used it to empty their food-stamp accounts, prosecutors say. Human Resources Administration caseworker Tara Tisdale, 41, sold the names and phone … More: …

Mervin Santiago showed he’s more prepared this time as he retained his title in the 7th Anvaya Cove Invitational Triathlon with nary a trouble yesterday at the Anvaya Cove Beach & Nature Club in Morong, Bataan. Training long and hard for the event, Santiago, 22, conquered the steep climbs in …

Anti-Gay Russian Lawmaker Milonov Protests Homoerotic Finnish StampsThe Moscow TimesMilonov has demanded that all letters and parcels featuring the stamps— a series of six released in September by Finland's postal service to commemorate the artist Touko Laaksonen — be returned to sender and not allowed to enter Russia. Laaksonen …Popular Finnish …

St. Petersburg lawmaker Vitaly Milonov has appealed to Russian Post to prevent an influx of postage stamps depicting homoerotic scenes by a Finnish artist that the outspoken deputy says violate Russia's anti-gay-propaganda law. More: continued here