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The outcome will determine how many people remain eligible for assistance, and how much they will receive in monthly benefits. The exact numbers are not known. More: continued here

Food stamp programs worsening child obesityU-T San DiegoThe Obama administration is aggressively expanding the largest federal food program, bankrolling food-stamp recruiting drives and swaying states to waive asset and income limits for applicants. The result is a boost in enrollment to nearly 48 million.Food stamp benefit cuts take their tollStockton RecordBroad coalition opposes food-stamp restrictionsColumbia…

The Columbian The Morning Press: Fatal accident, $700 tip, food stamps, Camas footballThe ColumbianIn an achingly sad unfolding of events, a Vancouver woman unwittingly live-tweeted the fatal crash that killed her husband Wednesday afternoon on Interstate 205. After the collision was reported at 1:41 p.m., The Columbian started reporting the crash …and more » More: continued…

OTHER OPINION: POSTAL SERVICE'S SORCERY 'Harry Potter' stamps no …Wilkes Barre Times-LeaderThe stamps, depicting scenes from the movies based on J.K. Rowling's books, went on sale in late November despite vehement opposition from some serious stamp collectors, who objected that they were both un-American and crassly commercial. Michael …and more » More: continued here

Deed stamps: Forgotten fee of home salesThe SunQuestion: I am closing on the sale of my home tomorrow. I just found out that I need to pay $1,500.00 at closing toward something called deed stamps. To add insult to injury, only the seller pays. Is this one-sided fee proper? Answer: Deed stamps are a ……

By James Haroutunian Question: I am closing on the sale of my home tomorrow. I just found out that I need to pay $1,500. More: continued here

Chicago Reader Show us your . . . United States map of stampsChicago ReaderSo it was a relatively safe bet that a map carefully crafted by his great-aunt in the 1950s, depicting the United States carved out of stamps, was going to head home with him. When Aunt Vivian, whom Orkin describes as a "craft…

Food stamps the wrong program to target for cuts — Donald L. Chambers77Square.comOn The PBS Newshour in July, Brooks said "the people who deserve to get (food stamps) are getting (them). That was the basic conclusion I came to. So I think it has expanded. That's true. But that's because the structure of poverty has…

NewsNet5.com Families need hygiene and paper products that food stamps don't coverNewsNet5.comButler gets a monthly food stamp allotment, but it can only be used to purchase food. For soap and other hygiene items, paper products, and laundry detergent, she has to dip into the $35 a week she has in cash after her rent and…

Potter fails to get stamp of approvalAlbany Times UnionThe stamps portraying characters and scenes from the best-selling Harry Potter books and movies are a measure of the resolve of the deficit-ridden Postal Service to appeal to consumers' cultural preferences to generate revenue. But in a plot … More: continued here