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NorthJersey.com NJ inmates collecting unemployment, food stamps, pension checks, report findsThe RepublicTRENTON, New Jersey — Inmates in New Jersey have been collecting millions of dollars in unemployment, health care and retirement benefits they shouldn't have received, according to a report released Wednesday by the state comptroller's office.State cash for inmates: $23M error included unemployment, welfareNorthJersey.comNew…

The Stampeders have finalized their training-camp roster by signing non-import offensive lineman Brett Jones, import receiver Brandon Kinnie, import defensive lineman Swanson Miller and import defensive back Jalil Johnson. As per club policy, terms of the agreements were not disclosed. More: continued here

Food stamps should be used as neededNorth Country NowTo the person who objects to people buying chips and soda on food stamps. I'm sure they didn't spend all their stamps on treats alone. Did you ever think they pay every cent they have on rent, lights, clothing, toiletries, gas to get to work, soap to…

Royal Mail release a set of stamps, featuring six portraits of the Queen, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of her coronation. More: continued here

For students juggling classes and a job and are still finding themselves hungry all too often, food stamps could be a source of relief. On Wednesday, May 29, from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Mee Room (third floor of the MU), UC Davis student Roxana Topete will lead a workshop aimed at educating students…

Should Murderers and Rapists Get Food Stamps?Cato Institute (blog)Last week, the Senate accepted by unanimous consent an amendment to the pending farm bill that would ban convicted murderers, rapists, and pedophiles from receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (a.k.a. food stamps). Introduced by …and more » More: continued here

Food Stamp Ban for Pedophiles, Rapists, and Murderers Criticized as RacistPolitixPhoto via San Jacinto County Outlaw • sanjacintocountyoutlaw.wordpress.com. The Senate voted last Wednesday in favor of a bill that would ban ex-convicts who'd served time for homicide or a sex crime from collecting food stamps, reports Opposing Views. More: continued here

Proposal would reduce food stamps program by $20BMonitorU.S. Rep. Filemon Vela was in Brownsville Tuesday at the Ministerio De Restauracion y Poder to discuss developments in Washington, D.C., which could lead to direct impacts on the nation's Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program. Vela sits on the U …and more » More: continued here

Kathryn Durden-trained Wells stakes his claim at Bendigo to be one of the next generation of hurdlers to challenge established stars such as Black And Bent.         More: continued here

New stamps feature Dalton Co.'s seed packetsThe Livingston County NewsA U.S. Postal Service April 5 issue of Forever stamps in sheets of 20 features floral images of vintage seed packets. Seven of the 10 illustrated flowers are based upon packets sold by the W.D. Burt Seed Company of Dalton, in use between 1915 and 1925….