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Sushi, Surfing, and Food StampsActon Institute (blog)It's no secret that the number of people receiving food stamps in the U.S. has exploded in the past few years. Not only is it easier than ever to get food stamps, the government actively recruits people to sign up. Is there waste? Are …

U.S. News & World Report The GOP Ignores Real Spending Problems While Trying to Cut Food StampsU.S. News & World ReportAfter Congress' August recess, House Majority leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., and Agriculture Committee Chair Frank Lucas, R-Okla., plan to introduce a 10-year, $40 billion cut to the food stamps program. …

Raw Story O'Reilly: Food stamps are 'encouraging parasites' to 'take as much as they want'Raw StoryFox News host Bill O'Reilly on Monday declared that President Barack Obama had encouraged “parasites” to take advantage of the food stamp program and other “entitlements.” For the past week, the Fox News Channel has …

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A wrongful death lawsuit the family of Eurie Stamps Sr. filed last year against Officer Paul Duncan and the Town of Framingham is moving toward trial. More: continued here

Post Office has limited duck hunting stampsAndalusia Star-NewsAttention duck hunters – now is the time to get federal duck stamps before the post office runs out, said Andalusia Postmaster Mike Kolmetz Monday. “This is not a stamp that you use to mail a letter,” Kolmetz said. “This is the stamp …

PolicyMic Laura Ingraham Bashes Impovershed Immigrants On Food StampsPolicyMicConservative talk show host Laura Ingraham, on her radio program The Laura Ingraham Show, talked recently about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (commonly known as food stamps), explicitly mentioning a Fox News special by Bret …No snap to learn how food stamps …

PolicyMic Fox News' Food Stamp FraudNews HoundsStarting Friday night and continuing over the weekend, Fox News aired what purported to be a documentary about food stamps or SNAP, as the program is now called. In reality, the "investigation" was closer to one of those discredited ACORN videos Fox …Fox News Blatantly …

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New Mexico Watchdog Oh, SNAP! NM has mixed numbers on food stamp efficiencyNew Mexico WatchdogSANTA FE – New Mexico has one of the highest rates in the country for people receiving food stamps, but how accurately those benefits are distributed is decidedly mixed. A look by New Mexico Watchdog at …