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More farmers markets taking food stampsBradenton HeraldLast year, nearly 15,000 St. Louis County families used food stamps at farmers markets, more than anywhere else except the New York and Detroit areas, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which oversees the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance …and more » More: continued here

FitzGerald criticizes Gov. Kasich's food-stamps work ruleColumbus DispatchJohn Kasich's new requirement that about 140,000 “able-bodied” food-stamp recipients work or lose their benefits, a sentiment echoed by a top official at the Mid-Ohio Foodbank. “That decision … was devastating to those individual families …and more » More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk Egypt issues stamps to mark new Suez Canal – but uses pictures of Panama CanalTelegraph.co.ukWhen the Egyptian government proudly announced plans to build a new Suez Canal last month, officials were so puffed up with pride that they took the time-honoured step of commissioning a series of stamps to …

Man arrested, accused of trying to sell food stamps on FacebookWLWT CincinnatiMIDDLETOWN, Ohio —A Middletown man is under arrest, accused of trying to sell his girlfriend's food stamps on Facebook. Related. Downtown hosting Cincy Beerfest,… Cincinnati woman sues food… Mahogany's attorney serving up… Police: Indiana couple … More: continued here

50 years after food stamps, why is SC hungry?Greenville NewsWhen President Lyndon Johnson signed the Food Stamp Act into law 50 years ago, he saw it as a key weapon in the War on Poverty he had declared in January 1964. The Food Stamp program built upon the New Deal-era …

Cluster has won the Theo Marks Stakes at Roseihll to confirm a Group One start in the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes at Caulfield. More: continued here

Mail call: awesome postage stamps from around the worldThe Next WebOn Wednesday, September 10, contestants at the event went head-to-head to create original designs on the spot — and part of the challenge was to make inventive postage-stamp art. To help provide inspiration, we rounded up some our favorite stamps. …

Pyongyang, September 12 (KCNA) — A DPRK-Russia stamp show is going on at the Korean Stamp Museum here. On display at the show are a large number of stamps, presented by philatelists of the DPRK and Russia, which give a glimpse of the history, culture and present-day development of both …

Stamp of history comes to fore at philately exhibitionTimes of IndiaFrom stamps and coins to old transistors and gramaphones, from Chola-ear piggy banks and binoculars to Queen Victoria's letters, all sorts of knick-knacks and bric-a-brac are on display under one roof for the next two days. More than 60 numismatists …

More farmers markets taking food stampsWashington TimesLast year, nearly 15,000 St. Louis County families used food stamps at farmers markets, more than anywhere else except the New York and Detroit areas, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which oversees the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance …and more » More: continued here