Homefront: Vintage seed packets will be featured on new stampsLincoln Journal StarThe stamps feature 10 images of antique seed packets originally printed between 1910 and 1920. Each depicts blossoms of one variety of flower — a trio of cosmos; stalks of digitalis; bright primrose flowers; a vibrant calendula; aster blooms; two …and more » More: continued…
NC bill would require crime checks for welfare, food stampsWXII The Triad… of Interstate 77 crashes. Text Size: ASmall Text; AMedium Text; ALarge Text. Some North Carolina legislators want social service workers to perform criminal checks on welfare and food stamp requests to ensure law-abiding people get federal benefits … More: continued here
Lee County’s top cop is marshaling new evidence, to counter a claim that some deputies receive food stamps . More: continued here
Sheriff responds to claim that deputies need food stampsWink NewsA union, representing 400 Lee deputies, is running billboards and a website claiming deputies are paid so poorly, that 120 qualify for food stamps, and 40 actually receive those benefits. Today, Sheriff Mike Scott sent out an e-mail claiming deputies … More: continued here
Store owner arrested for using food stamps to stock shelvesWashington ExaminerBassam Abu Diab and his son Matthew were buying food stamp cards for 20 to 40 cents on the dollar and using them to shop at Walmart and Save-A-Lot stores for items they sold in their convenience store, police said, according the Daytona Beach ……
Pittsburgh Post Gazette (blog) Cool vintage seed packet stamps from USPSPittsburgh Post Gazette (blog)From the USPS-The beauty of American garden flowers is captured on 10 colorful new stamps featuring intricate illustrations from vintage seed packets. Art director Antonio Alcalá used photographs of actual seed packets, cropping them to highlight the …and more » More: continued here
KCET The Reason a Record Number Are On Food StampsKCETFood stamps, as our basic understanding of them goes, should only be used by people who can't find jobs. And if the economy is recovering, if jobs are becoming plentiful, if high-rollers are once again throwing around their money, then fewer people … More: continued here
Store owner arrested for using food stamps to stock shelvesNewsOK.comBassam Abu Diab and his son Matthew were buying food stamp cards for 20 to 40 cents on the dollar and using them to shop at Walmart and Save-A-Lot stores for items they sold in their convenience store, police said, according the Daytona Beach … More:…
AME Info (press release) Emirates Post issues stamps on '50 Years of Postal Services in Abu Dhabi'AME Info (press release)Emirates Post has issued a set of commemorative stamps to mark the 50th Anniversary of postal services in Abu Dhabi, in coordination with Emirates Philatelic Association. The stamps come in four denominations and a distinctive souvenir…
Press TV Record high of nearly 50 million Americans on food stampsPress TVThe number of people receiving food stamps tends to correspond to the number of citizens living in poverty, with nearly one in six Americans living in poverty, according to the US Census Bureau. Related Interviews: 'US poor bear burden of depression' … More:…