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Contemporary Australian writers including Peter Carey and Thomas Keneally are being honoured with a collection of commemorative postage stamps Australian literary legends including Peter Carey, Thomas Keneally and The Thorn Birds author Colleen McCullough are to be featured on a series of stamps. Carey, the Booker prize-winning author of titles …

The debate in Congress about cutting the food stamp program has sparked predictable clashes between those who want to help the poor and those who want to cut government spending. But strangely missing from the arguments is a shocking fact: The public, including Congress, knows almost nothing about how the …

The tragedy of America's great food stamp bingeFox NewsLet me put it this way, my jaw hit the floor. Earlier this week I was able to screen a portion of this Friday's Fox News documentary “The Great Food Stamp Binge,” hosted by Bret Baier. It airs Friday at 10 p.m. …

Fox News (blog) Fox News Reporting: The Great Food Stamp BingeFox News (blog)With one in seven Americans now receiving food stamps, a Fox News investigative team traveled the country to expose the government's startling attempts to get even more people to sign up for the “Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program”. More: …

Cut in food stamps loomsThe Tribune-DemocratFive of nine rural counties surveyed had food stamp participation rates equal to or higher than the statewide average, government data show. In Lawrence and Mercer counties, more than 1 in 6 people get food stamps. In Cambria County, more than 22,000 … More: continued here

Media Matters for America (blog) Record number of Americans now on food stampsFox NewsNow new polling numbers showing that voters — — what what seems to be an ever growing nation on the dole. As of April of this year 47 and a half million Americans are getting food stamps …

Milwaukee Hosts Stamp Collecting Convention This WeekendWisconsin Public Radio NewsThe U.S. Postal Service is putting out a greater variety of stamps, and today in Milwaukee unveiled “A Flag for All Seasons” — a set of four stamps showing the U.S. flag with different seasonal backgrounds. USPS Stamp Services Director Susan …

Alton Daily News Cuts for Food Stamps, More Welfare for FarmersBloombergThe House now is considering legislation that cuts $40 billion from food stamps during the next decade. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities estimates that as many as 4 million people would be dropped from the program, which now …

Fannie, Freddie payouts in first half alone could pay for food-stamp programMarketWatch (blog)How big is that? Well, per Congressional Budget Office numbers, it's enough to cover the entire cost of the food stamp program that has splintered Congress. A farm bill only passed the House after food-stamp appropriations were left …

Media Matters for America (blog) Stuart Varney Ramps Up Fox's Campaign Against Food StampsMedia Matters for America (blog)Fox News's Stuart Varney renewed his attacks on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), more commonly known as food stamps, to hype an upcoming special on that government assistance program and to promote …