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SNAP / Food Stamp Challenge, Day 2: The ShelfPatheos (blog)Because it was my idea to do this for a week (living on the equivalent budget of food stamps for seven days), everyone ends up coming to me to “check on the rules.” basically, this means they ask me about ways …

The service could save $2 million annually by ending overproduction of stamps that, like the Simpsons run, end up being destroyed when they don’t sell, the Postal Service's inspector general said More: continued here

Two of Otago's pioneering ships will appear on postage stamps next month, to pay tribute to the significant role they played in shaping New Zealand. read more More: continued here

Bloomberg D'oh! USPS Stuck With 682 Million Unsold Simpsons StampsBloombergThe money-losing U.S. Postal Service guessed that TV cartoon character Homer Simpson and his family were twice as popular as Elvis Presley when it came to sales of commemorative stamps. As Homer would say, “D'oh!” In a move that wasted $1.2 …

Bloomberg D'oh! USPS Stuck With 682M Unsold Simpsons StampsBloombergThe money-losing U.S. Postal Service guessed that TV cartoon character Homer Simpson and his family were twice as popular as Elvis Presley when it came to sales of commemorative stamps. As Homer would say, “D'oh!” In a move that wasted $1.2 million …

Independent Voter Network California Food Stamps, Welfare Usage Up in Inland EmpireIndependent Voter NetworkRiverside and San Bernardino counties in California, an area known as the Inland Empire, have a higher rate of people on food stamps and welfare than elsewhere in southern California. But the numbers for other counties in …

Postal service stuck with 682M unsold 'Simpsons' stampsUSA TODAYThe 44-cent "Simpsons" stamps, which sold in 2009 and 2010, came in five designs, featuring Homer, wife Marge, and children Bart, Lisa and baby Maggie. One problem, the IG notes, is that the stamps are tied to their 44-cent price, and became …

Bloomberg D'oh! USPS Stuck With 682M Unsold Simpsons StampsBusinessweek“If the Postal Service can't address a simple matter such as determining how many commemorative stamps to produce, it shows they can't address the larger problems,” Tom Schatz, president of Citizens Against Government Waste, said. “Unfortunately, even …D'oh! Postal Service Stuck With …

24 Hours Vancouver Lack of discipline needs some contextCalgary HeraldA little context, though – while the Stamps have taken some bad penalties this season, they are not alone on an island in this department. Entering Saturday's game, only two teams had taken fewer penalties than the Stamps, and they were …

A set of four stamps is being issued to mark the start of the Paralympics, as travel bosses said there will be 'huge' transport challenges for the Games. More: continued here