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Caregiver sentenced for food stamp fraudMarietta TimesA Belpre woman will be spending 30 days in the Washington County Jail, despite concerns voiced by her attorney that her numerous health issues would complicate a jail stay. Mary Ann Rexroad, 59, of 614 Elm St., Belpre, was sentenced Thursday on a …and …

Five Brockton stores cited for making illegal food stamp transactionsEnterprise NewsInvestigators didn't have to look far for evidence of illegal activity when they got to the JP Communications store with search and arrest warrants on Thursday. Store clerk Marie Pierre, cash in one hand and a customer's electronic “food stamps” …

CBC.ca Edmonton Eskimos slotback Fred Stamps is becoming a West all-star stapleEdmonton SunStamps has already earned all the accolades, including leading the league in receiving yards in 2009, recording 1,000 receiving yards for the past four seasons and three-straight CFL and CFLPA all-star nods. But winning a Grey Cup remains …

Canada.com Stamps feel Smith got robbed of an all-star nodCalgary HeraldBut it was the guy who didn't make the squad — soft-spoken defensive back Brandon Smith — that raised the most eyebrows in the Stamps locker-room on Thursday. “He's been our most consistent player since I've been in the league, …

Sandy victims to get extra food stamp moneyDanbury News TimesHARTFORD — More than 130,000 state residents who receive food stamps will find extra money in their accounts this month to cover the cost of food lost after Hurricane Sandy turned out the lights. "For many families, the replacement of these …

Welfare recipients forced to wait hours for food stampsKTNV Las VegasThe state gets a total of 15,000 food stamp and Medicaid applications every month only about 76 percent of them get processed in a timely manner. A big set back is the mandated furlough. They lose 5,000 man hours a …

SNYDER: Buy a duck stamp, help conservationYorkdispatch.comTake the long-term success of the national duck stamp program. To the outsider, it doesn't sound like much — just a $15 license that lets hunters bag migratory birds. But anybody who has followed the program through the decades knows duck stamps play …and …

Stamps getting closer to lineup decisions; Brandon Smith once again overlooked …Calgary Herald (blog)Spencer Wilson and Edwin Harrison were sharing reps on Thursday, but Stamps coach and GM John Hufnagel confirmed afterwards that it's not simply a matter of which of them performs better in practice this week that will …

Do You Know Someone on Food Stamps? Is the Program Abused?Millionaire CornerAbout one in seven Americans now receives food subsidies through SNAP, a Department of Agriculture program popularly known as food stamps. A record 46,434,141million Americans participated in SNAP in July 2012, the most recent month reported by the … …

Belgium is planning to issue Willy Wonka-style postage stamps that taste and smell of chocolate to celebrate the country's national delicacy next year. More: continued here