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Food Stamp CrackdownWJTVThe federal government plans to impose tougher penalties on stores and businesses that violate food stamp rules. The move comes as Congress struggles to pass a five-year Farm and Nutrition Bill, which provides almost 80-billion dollars a year for the … More: continued here

WIVB Ag Dept unveils new steps to prevent food stamp fraudMail TribuneWASHINGTON — The Agriculture Department says it is going to impose tougher penalties on stores that violate food stamp rules and give states new tools to root out applicants who are ineligible for the benefit program that now covers …

Ag Dept unveils new steps to stop food stamp fraudBusinessweekWASHINGTON (AP) — The Agriculture Department says it is going to impose tougher penalties on stores that violate food stamp rules and give states new tools to root out applicants who are ineligible for the benefit program that now covers about …

The Republic Mo. Sen. McCaskill touts farm subsidies; challenger Akin concerned about food …The RepublicOut of each other's earshot, however, McCaskill criticized Akin's positions as outside of the mainstream while Akin claimed McCaskill was a rubber stamp for President Barack Obama. The Missouri Farm Bureau's political committee has traditionally served …

WIVB USDA unveils new steps to stop food stamp fraudBoston GlobeWASHINGTON — The Agriculture Department says it is going to impose tougher penalties on stores that violate food stamp rules and give states new tools to root out applicants who are ineligible for the benefit program that now covers about …

Friday Jolt: Food Stamps and the ArenaPubliColaThe state's Department of Social and Human Services has announced that under a new contract with banking giant JP Morgan Chase, it will no longer charge low-income Washington State residents who use their Electronic Benefits Transfer food-stamp cards …and more » More: continued here

State flag on new postage stampThe RangerTthe new stamp will go on sale Aug. 17. It will be sold in 50-stamp rolls that will also include stamps displaying the flags of other states and territories. It's the final set of "Flags of our Nation" stamps being produced by the U.S. …

Nik Lewis is staying put. The veteran slotback signed a contract extension with the Calgary Stampeders on Friday. Lewis, 30, was in the option year of his current deal and was slated to become a free agent in the off-season. More: continued here

The number of Floridians on food stamps barely grew 0.1 percent in July with more than half the counties reporting declines in the program. More: continued here

Ag Dept unveils new steps to stop food stamp fraudAtlanta Journal ConstitutionThe move to shore up integrity in the program comes as Congress struggles to pass a $100 billion-a-year bill that will fund food stamps and determine farm policy for the next five years. Some 80 percent of the money …