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Politics Counts: Who Benefits From Farm Subsidies, Food StampsWall Street Journal (blog)That is, it's not just Republican states and areas that benefit from farm subsidies or just big Democratic states that benefit from food stamps— the money for both items is spread pretty widely across the spectrum. If you consider …

U.S. Postal Service officials will join with veterans groups to co-host a gathering Dec. 6 in Troy where the nation's new Medal of Honor World War II stamps will be sold in commemorative sets. At the same events, people can donate to the World War II memorial that is planned …

Vets to gather for new WWII postage stampsDetroit Free PressThe event is for veterans, stamp collectors, history buffs and anyone else interested in the two new Medal of Honor World War II Forever stamps, U.S. Postal Service spokesman Ed Moore said. One stamp portrays the Army's Congressional Medal of Honor …

Passport Picks: Christmas Stamps With a Hometown FlavorLitchfield County TimesThis year her ephemeral gingerbread houses have achieved a certain immortality as they were chosen to appear as one of the U.S. Postal Service's holiday stamp series. She made four variations on her gingerbread houses, using different colors. All were … More: …

PhilPost's 150,000 Bonifacio stamps come in a denomination of P10 for one year and in four designs by Roderick Macutay, Julius Satparam, John Troncales and Marrion Dabalos. More: continued here

Stamp Club to begin youth group Dec. 12Cape GazetteThe first meeting of the Sussex County Youth Stamp Club will be from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 12, at the Milton Public Library. The club, open to children from middle school and up, will introduce children to education in history, …

DAWN.com A bird's eye view of Germany through stampsDAWN.comSimilarly, the series about German musicians has stamps issued to honour Beethoven, George Frideric Handel, Louis Spohr, Joseph Haydn and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. The other little groups framed together also carry noteworthy information about the … More: continued here

Harry Potter Is Not Casting A Spell on Stamp CollectorsPeople MagazineThe United States Post Office recently began offering Forever Stamps emblazoned with the faces of Harry, Hermione, Ron and the rest of the cast of the Harry Potter films. There are twenty different stamps in the new collection, meaning that …

TheBlaze.com White House Using Thanksgiving to Push More Food Stamp Spending – The BlazeTheBlaze.comOn Tuesday, the White House released a report that said that while Obama's budget protects the food stamp program, “legislation passed by House Republicans would make deep, harmful cuts that would make it harder for millions of …

NBCNews.com Thanksgiving: Food stamp cuts leave pantries struggling to meet rising needNBCNews.comBy Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News. Food pantries and food banks struggled to meet demand this Thanksgiving, just weeks after food stamp cuts for millions of Americans took effect. On Nov. 1, the 47 million people who rely on food …