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It’s a heartbreaking decision that thousands of devoted pet owners are forced to make every year: pay the bills or feed the dog or cat? The choice between paying for heat, water, or groceries and buying a bag of pet food is all too real for many families and as …

US Postal Service employee accused of stealing $5700 in money orders, stamps…Pittsburgh Post GazetteAccording to the indictment, she took Postal Service money orders, stamps and cash worth $5,729, and also removed a $10 Wal-Mart gift card from an envelope that had been placed in the mail. Ms. Soltis has been …

Michele Bachmann, Shockingly, Gets Food Stamps All WrongDaily Beast“Here's the truth that the president won't tell you. Of every dollar that you hold in your hands, 70 cents of that dollar that's supposed to go to the poor doesn't. It actually goes to benefit the bureaucrats in Washington, D.C. — …

Bill would let voters with disabilities sign with stampsLansing State JournalAs I wrote in October 2012, Abramson had his general election absentee ballot rejected because he signed the envelope with the signature stamp he uses for personal papers and finances. He voted a second time to conform with the law …

Bill Gross, who heads the world’s largest mutual fund, will offer some items from his rare U.S. stamp collection for the first time in a public auction conservatively estimated to bring $1.5 million to … More: continued here

PIMCO's Gross to auction off some of his historic US stampsReuters"This is the first time Mr. Gross has ever offered stamps from his famous U.S. collection which is the finest, most valuable collection of U.S. stamps and postal history owned by a private individual," said professional philatelist Charles Shreve, who …

Map It: Food Insecurity And Food Stamps In IdahoBoise State Public RadioIn January, 231,647 people in Idaho were on food stamps. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, helps low-income families. But in Idaho, 17 percent of people are food insecure. The hunger relief charity Feeding America says they don't …

Dems vote to continue promoting US food stamps in MexicoBizPac ReviewDuring a markup of the Senate budget resolution, Alabama Republican Jeff Sessions proposed that funding of the “partnership” with the Mexican government to “raise awareness” about food stamps among immigrants from that country be discontinued. More: continued here

Kudos to The Post’s Eli Saslow for a vivid story in Sunday’s paper about the burgeoning federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and its impact on struggling Woonsocket, R.I. Because of the 2008-09 recession and new eligibility rules, SNAP enrollment has expanded to 47 million people, including a third of …

YNN, Your News Now Pet Pointers: Food stamps for petsYNN, Your News NowA new donation-based program called Pet Food Stamps aims to provide food for pets of low-income families and for food stamp recipients who otherwise could not afford to feed their pets. This program works out of New York …