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CBS Local Newark Mayor Booker To Live On Food Stamps For A WeekCBS LocalNEWARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — Following a debate about the role of government on Twitter, Newark, N.J., Mayor Corey Booker has accepted a challenge to live on food stamps for a week after Thanksgiving. Booker confirmed on his …

RT Americans to pay for Thanksgiving dinner with food stamps in record numbersRTPeople fill out state forms for food stamps. (AFP Photo / Spencer Platt). While some will spend Thanksgiving and days after it feasting on turkeys, 13 percent of Americans will rely on food stamps to avoid going to …

Passports: China Is Using Them to Stamp Its Territorial ClaimsCNBC.com“When Chinese people visit Vietnam we have to accept it and place a stamp on their passports . . . Everyone in the world must raise their voices now, not just the Vietnamese people.” Shi Yinhong, a professor of international affairs …

Examiner.com Food Stamps Used By Record 42.2 Million Americans This ThanksgivingHuffington PostA record number of Americans will be using food stamps to get by this Thanksgiving. About 42.2 million Americans are using food stamps this Thanksgiving, according to the Economic Policy Institute. That's more than in any prior year, the …

NEWARK, N.J. — Newark Mayor Cory Booker said he and a Twitter follower will try living on food stamps for at least a week. The idea stemmed from a back-and-forth conversation between Mr. Booker and a woman who goes by the name TwitWit and uses the handle (at)MWadeNC. They began …

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Media Matters for America (blog) Fox's Tantaros Treats Food Stamps As A Diet Plan: "Do You Know How …Media Matters for America (blog)On the eve of Thanksgiving, Fox News pundit Andrea Tantaros mockingly dismissed the plight of hungry Americans, claiming that she would "look fabulous" if she were forced to …

Baltimore Sun Howard County Stamp Club members put own stamp on hobbyBaltimore SunThe stamps run the gamut, from beavers on a Canadian stamp and a World Cup soccer stamp to stamps from Austria, France, Germany, Japan, Indonesia, Latvia, Ireland and many other countries. Members of the 40-year-old club do not …

MORE ON THE STORYRTThe number of Americans relying on food stamps to stay fed has been steadily on the rise, hitting an all-time record this year, with more than 47.1 million Americans using government assistance to obtain food. Reuters / Eduardo Munoz 09.08, 19:38 76 … More: continued here

Examiner.com Thanksgiving in America: The land of food stamps and soup kitchensExaminer.comAccording to a report released Wednesday by The Sunlight Foundation — a nonprofit government watchdog group — more Americans will use Food Stamps to purchase their Thanksgiving meals this year than ever before. According to the U.S. Department of …