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WASHINGTON: The US Postal Service (USPS) released 20 postage stamps honoring Harry Potter on Tuesday, and officials at the cash-strapped agency hope the images, drawn straight from the Warner Brothers movies, will be the biggest blockbuster since the Elvis Presley stamp 20 years ago. More: continued here

Press Herald Postal Service hoping for magic with Harry Potter stampsPress HeraldWASHINGTON — For more than half a century, a committee of cultural heavyweights has met behind closed doors, its deliberations kept secret, weighing the faces and images of Americana worthy of gracing U.S. postage stamps. While its rulings have …

Washington Post Pop-culture postage stampsWashington PostA close up look of a new stamp being released Tuesday by the Postal Service featuring the popular literary and movie character Harry Potter. The series of stamps were the brainchild of the Postal Service's new marketing staff, which bypassed the … More: continued here

Harry Potter on new US stampsABQ JournalThe U.S. Postal Service is offering a series of 20 “Harry Potter” stamps that will be unveiled today at Universal's Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Each of the 20 stamps features an image from the films based on J.K. Rowling's books. “There's been a …

UPI.com Stamp advisory committee in row with USPS over Harry Potter stampUPI.comThe image of the British boy wizard on U.S. stamps has riled the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee, which was bypassed in its traditional role of recommending subjects for new stamps, The Washington Post reported Monday. The committee, which includes … …

The loss-making US Postal Service (USPS) introduced Harry Potter stamps Tuesday, delighting fans of the fictional boy wizard but angering some philatelists who complain he's not American. The limited edition of 20 stamps feature images of Scottish author J.K. Rowling's best-selling character "with the friends, heroes, villains and creatures that …

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) — The release of a series of Harry Potter stamps by the U.S. Postal Service has created some bad magic with its advisory board and collectors, officials say. More: continued here

Extra Money in Food Stamp Accounts is No MistakeRochester YNN"I had an increase of a lot of customers coming in buying groceries wanting to check their balances because they believed they had a tremendous amount of money on their food stamp cards that they weren't aware of," said store manager …

Tens of thousands of Marylanders could lose benefits Tens of thousands of Marylanders could be cut off from food stamps next year as Congress races against a deadline to renew the $80 billion program.         More: continued here

Tens of thousands of Marylanders could lose benefits Tens of thousands of Marylanders could be cut off from food stamps next year as Congress races against a deadline to renew the $80 billion program that helps to feed one in seven Americans.         More: continued here