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Former boxer Vitali Klitschko withdraws bid for Ukraine presidency, supports billionaire’s bid – News item. How does that affect Congressman Manny Pacquiao’s political plans? You know, MVP instead? BIR Commissioner Kim Henares placed under tax audit Senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Ramon “Bong” Revilla, and Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada, and others implicated …

Bradenton Herald Stamp collecting transcends time for Lakewood Ranch familyBradenton HeraldLAKEWOOD RANCH — Sy Bricker remembers sitting with his dad, watching him organize stamps at the kitchen table. All the careful ways he would touch them, cherish them. Julius Bricker was a construction engineer in the Bronx, and at the …

Wash. state bird among 10 featured on new stampsKING5.com“Songbirds have been singing and delighting humans for thousands of years, so it's only fitting that today they receive their own postage stamps,” said U.S. Postal Service Southern Area Vice President Jo Ann Feindt, who will dedicate the stamps on … More: …

Beyond the state's food stamps backlogBurlington Times NewsShawn Rogers is one of the thousands of needy North Carolinians caught up in what was a massive backlog of food stamps cases. He, his wife and 4-year-old son have been waiting since December for help, when their food stamps were up for …

NBC Montana Nebraska's state bird — western meadowlark — among songbirds on new …Omaha World-HeraldThe western meadowlark — Nebraska's state bird — is featured along with nine other songbirds starting today in a special collection of first-class stamps being issued by the U.S. Postal Service. Along with the meadowlark, the …

A package of ten Canada Post stamps. (KELLY PEDRO / QMI AGENCY) Canada Post's new tiered pricing system for stamps went into effect Monday. Buying stamps individually now costs more than buying them in a booklet or coil, according to a statement from Canada Post earlier this month. More: continued …

PetProductNews.com Postal Service Ushers in Spring With Songbird StampsPetProductNews.comThe birds perched on the stamps are the western meadowlark, mountain bluebird, western tanager, painted bunting, Baltimore oriole, evening grosbeak, scarlet tanager, rose-breasted grosbeak, American goldfinch and white-throated sparrow. "Songbirds … More: continued here

The other currency, Food StampsAmerican Thinker (blog)Food stamps are nothing more than currency intended to purchase a small spectrum of necessary food stuffs. In theory, and Lord knows the District of Columbia is full of theory, this money goes to necessary staples. Real world machinations dictate that … More: continued …

A Look at the USPS Songbirds Forever StampsCBS LocalThe new stamps will each feature a colorful songbird, as depicted in a new painting by Bridgewater, CT illustrator Robert Giusti. Each bird is rendered perched on a fence post or branch, on a plain white background, accentuating the colors of their …

It's not the size, it's the stampsWashington PostThe characterization of the Netherlands as a “postage-stamp nation” in the March 28 news article “In Amsterdam, U.S. scandal creates barely a ripple” was way off the mark and trivialized the country. The term describes nations that derive a major … More: continued …