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SC Asks Feds to Require Healty Food for Food StampsWLTX.comColumbia, SC (WLTX) – State leaders have sent the U.S. Department of Agriculture a letter asking for permission to require food stamp recipients to use the federally funded benefits to buy only healthy food. Right now the only items prohibited on …

Postal Service unveils 5 muscle-car stampsMSN Autos (blog)It's been 15 years, and I still won't forgive the U.S. Postal Service for destroying my 50th anniversary issue of Road & Track magazine. That thick, limited-edition copy arrived torn, taped and battered with a little yellow note on the cover stamped… More: …

Car stamps pay tribute to classic Detroit ironHonolulu Star-AdvertiserCar nuts will love the new, limited-edition series of "Forever" stamps titled "America on the Move: Muscle Cars," though sadly the stamps lack the throaty, thunderous growl of the depicted high-horsepower attention-getters. The stamps honor five iconic …Muscle Cars stamps to feature …

Vibe Black History Month: 23 Civil Rights Activists Honored On U.S. StampsVibeYet when it comes to commemorative postal stamps, snail mail is still a big deal. Civil rights icon Rosa Parks rang in her posthumous 100th birthday earlier this month with her own sticky forever stamp. But she's not the …

Today.com (blog) British stamps commemorate 200th anniversary of 'Pride and Prejudice'Today.com (blog)The British postal service is releasing a new set of stamps commemorating the 200th anniversary of the publication of Jane Austen's classic novel "Pride And Prejudice." By Eun Kyung Kim, TODAY contributor. A new set of stamps featuring illustrated …

Daily Mail Jane Austen stamps to go on saleBelfast TelegraphTwo first-class stamps will have illustrations from Pride And Prejudice and Sense And Sensibility, with images from Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion making up the six-stamp set. Royal Mail commissioned the artwork from illustrator …Post and Prejudice: Royal Mail …

Daily Mail Jane Austen stamps– in picturesThe Guardian"There certainly are not so many men of large fortune in the world as there are pretty women to deserve them." Photograph: Royal Mail/PA. Jane Austen stamps: Jane Austen Mansfield Park 77p stamp· Jane Austen stamps: Jane Austen Northanger Abbey …Jane Austen stamps …

Yahoo! News (blog) Desperate Postal Service tries to find its "cool" factorYahoo! News (blog)In 2011, the agency waived a rule that required people of note featured on stamps to be dead at least five years. The Postal Service has invited the public to submit suggestions of celebrities to be honored, …

Making easy, simple stampsSealy NewsLooking at a wall about 4-feet high and 6-feet wide filled with wooden blocks printed with images and adages for every occasion, I couldn't imagine why I would need all of these stamps– but I still really wanted them. I could use them to decorate … …

In Saratoga County, need for food stamps reaches record levelThe SaratogianSARATOGA SPRINGS — Just a few weeks ago, a local husband and father of three was working and feeding his family without a hitch. Then he was laid-off, and suddenly the family didn't have enough food. While waiting for their …