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National Catholic Reporter Food Stamps Too Skimpy to Improve Food Security or Diet, Study FindsDailyFinanceFood Stamps Illinois AP/M. Spencer GreenVolunteers at St. Ignatius Food Pantry bag items as individuals and families in need visit the facility in Chicago. Million of low-income Americans who receive food stamps just saw their benefits …

US 'Holiday Stamps' Include Menorah Made by Vermont BlacksmithThe Jewish PressThe U.S. Postal Service has created a new Hanukkah stamp this year featuring an iron menorah made by a Vermont blacksmith, but the omission of a stamp for Christmas has left a lot of people burning angry. Pouring salt on …

Spending on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as food stamps, fell by… Olivia Solis asks herself the same two questions every morning: “How’s rent going to be paid? What meal are we going to make with what food we do have?” More: continued here

USPS responds to national outrage over new holiday stampsBizPac ReviewYou would certainly think America now celebrates some kind of holy gingerbread bread house holiday if you saw the United States Postal Service mailer recently sent out featuring the new 2013 holiday stamps available for purchase. A Twitter user saw the … …

Letter: Myths About Food StampsValley NewsI was incensed when I read the opinion article you reprinted from the Heritage Foundation on Nov. 10 headlined, “The Farm Bill Not About Farms And Costs Billions.” The authors perpetuate a very distorted myth that the food stamp program is primarily … More: continued here

Celebrating the fun of stamp collectingStatesman JournalThe 5-cent stamp, featuring a portrait of Benjamin Franklin, is from 1847, and was one of the first stamps ever issued by the United States. The value on the stamp meant that it could only be mailed within 100 miles. “You needed a 10-cent …

Dr. David Katz: Fixing food stamps for all? Could be a SNAPNew Haven RegisterThe Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps, has been in the news a lot lately. Competing views of SNAP figure prominently in the Farm Bill quagmire; the harsh economy over recent years has landed …

'Obama announces unlimited spend limit on food stamps for Thanksgiving' rumor …BizPac ReviewAn account with the user name “TMZ Breaking News” set the world of Twitter abuzz last week when it posted a tweet saying President Obama announced there would be no limits on food stamp EBT cards Thanksgiving week. …

Stamped into historyAlbany Democrat HeraldGeorge Larson flipped through a book and pulled out a piece of history, attached to an envelope with an ornate scrawl, addressed to Tennessee. The 5-cent stamp, featuring a portrait of Benjamin Franklin, is from 1847, and was one of the first stamps… More: continued here

Families supplement food stamps cuts with supplies from food banks, soup …Imperial Valley PressPatterson, like hundreds of other families, is trying to supplement for the recent 5.5 percent cut to the food stamps program. Oct. 31 marked the end of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which granted …