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NPR (blog) Food stamp's heat-and-eat scam: Our viewUSA TODAYLike attorneys who comb through the tax code looking for loopholes to exploit for wealthy clients, clever state officials browsing through food-stamp rules have figured out a way to game the program for their poorest citizens. The trick — called "heat …Small …

Reason (blog) When Postage Stamps Are Bad Role ModelsReason (blog)At the beginning of 2013, the postal service unveiled a series of stamps inspired in part by First Lady Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" anti-obesity campaign. Titled "Just Move," the 15-stamp collection, originally scheduled for release in 2014, featured …Postage rates increase …

Rock Valley man stamps, seals and calls it a careerSioux City JournalRock Valley man stamps, seals and calls it a career. Saved. Save Article; My Saved Items · Print Email. « SkodaJoeRockValley. » 2014-02-02T01:00:00Z Rock Valley man stamps, seals and calls it a careerTIM GALLAGHER tgallagher@siouxcityjournal.com … More: continued here

Dr. Robin Dickinson never expected to be on food stamps. After graduating from the University of Colorado School of Medicine, she landed her dream job in a family medicine group in Conifer. More: continued here

San Francisco Chronicle Food stamps could get farmers market benefitHeraldNet… $8 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program budget, advocates said. They see it as a program that will help tens of thousands of SNAP users eat more nutritious foods, perhaps avoiding a paradox of the poor: getting fat on …

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Bipartisan Farm Bill deal to cut over $8 billion in food stampsMSNBCOn Wednesday morning, the House of Representatives passed the final version of the 2014 Farm Bill, which includes a cut of roughly $8.7 billion to food stamps, affecting 850,000 households across the country. Members of the House and Senate …

Wal-Mart lowered its fourth-quarter outlook on Friday, as severe winter weather and government cutbacks to food stamps created headwinds during the holiday period. More: continued here

Forever stamps: An investmentCNNStamp investing, as usually defined, involves buying collector-quality issues, holding them for awhile, then seeing if you can sell them for more than you paid. There's big money to be made there — but it's a game for the knowledgeable, not for amateurs. More: continued here

Farm bill: Food stamp cuts would affect 141000 OregoniansThe OregonianAbout 792,000 Oregonians received food stamps in December, according to the Department of Human Services, down slightly from about 794,000 in November. Those who aren't in the Heat and Eat program won't see a change under the farm bill.and more » More: …