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Big Hollywood Two Texas Men Charged with $1.9 Million Food Stamp FraudBig HollywoodThe scheme, laid out in an indictment unsealed on Friday, alleges that Ogunleye and Gordon bought food stamps by paying welfare recipients 50% of the cash value of their benefits before depositing the redeemed full value in Ogunleye's …

247Sports (subscription) Coach Talk on Chris Stamps247Sports (subscription)Warren Central High School head coach Josh Morgan spent four years playing in the Mississippi State secondary. Now one of his pupils will also get that opportunity after Warren Central rising senior Chris Stamps committed to Mississippi State last week. More: continued here

More Active-Military Families Need Food StampsBoise WeeklyIn a story that reveals volumes about the nation's economy, how we treat our military, and the increasing need for assistance, CNNMoney reports this morning that more military families than ever before need food stamps in order to put meals on their … More: …

Those on unemployment, food stamps aren't livin' the life of Riley: PennLive …Patriot-NewsAnd Mr. Obama better not even dare sign a new farm bill that cuts food stamp funding. Data shows that over half of all food stamp recipients are of working age and using the Federal nutrition program to …

Service members and their spouses redeemed almost $104 million worth of food stamps at base commissaries in fiscal year 2013. The use of food stamps by military families has been on the upswing since 2008. (See graph from the Defense Commissary Agency above.) More: continued here

More soldiers used food stamps to buy milk, cheese, meat and bread at military grocers last year. More: continued here

More soldiers used food stamps to buy milk, cheese, meat and bread at military grocers last year. Food stamp redemption at military grocers has been rising steadily since the beginning of the recession … More: continued here

More military families used food stamps to buy milk, cheese, meat and bread at military grocers last year. More: continued here

Food stamp use among military rises againCNNMoneySome of the growth in soldiers' redemption of food stamps reflects the weak economic recovery, especially for spouses looking for jobs. In 2012, there was a 30% unemployment rate among spouses off active-duty military who were 18 to 24 years old, …and more » More: continued …

LETTER: Let the lobster-eaters try to survive on food stampsThe Express-TimesShe was getting $349 for her and her two children monthly in food stamps. She got a letter in the mail stating that as of Feb. 12 she will only receive $169 monthly. That's like $5.63 a day to feed …