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Fred Stamps catches two TD passes in Edmonton’s 25-7 victory over Winnipeg More: continued here

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NewsBusters (blog) DC NPR Host Fights Caller About Buying Lobsters with Food Stamps, Then …NewsBusters (blog)On Washington's NPR station WAMU on September 11, afternoon talk-show host Kojo Nnamdi organized a typically one-sided hour on food-stamp policy, with three liberal advocates trashing Republicans for proposing some kind of limit on skyrocketing … …

The Calgary Stampeders have added import receiver Jeff Fuller and import running back Clifton Smith to the club's practice roster. More: continued here

Raleigh police make arrest in alleged food stamps for tattoos fraudDaily CallerPolice say a Raleigh, North Carolina tattoo parlor accepted food stamps as payment for tattoo work, according to the Carolina's WNCN. Raleigh police arrested Clifford Craig Tittle, the owner of Ink Addiction Tattooz, this week and charged him with …

Letter to the person who shamed a mother using food stamps to buy groceriesBoing Boing"This is an apology to the lady behind me in line at Cub Foods in Edina on a recent Sunday night. This is also a reminder to me and to others who have ever slipped into …

Las Vegas Review-Journal Applying for welfare benefits, food stamps in Nevada will be more challenging …Las Vegas SunThe state Division of Welfare and Supportive Services said today that those applying for welfare payments, food stamps and Medicaid will not be able to file their claims on the electronic system from …

Washington Post No Food Stamps for SodaNational Review OnlineIf one Republican congressman has his way, the days of buying soda or Twinkies with food stamps will be over. Representative Phil Roe (R., Tenn.) introduced on Tuesday a bill that would require food stamps to be spent only on nutritious food. …

EDITORIAL: Food stamps are a lifelineCincinnati.comThe governor should reconsider that decision. He showed compassion for the less fortunate in supporting an expansion of Medicaid. This program is no less fundamental. Food stamps are not meant to provide all the nutrition one needs, but are supplemental. More: continued here

For decades now, the Republican Party has been honing its reputation for hostility toward the downtrodden, the poor, the disadvantaged. While a few of its leaders have tried to either shed that image or to dress it up with a more appealing facade — think George W. Bush's "compassionate conservatism" …