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NOLA.com Republicans blast rise in food stamp rolls, but House leaders stop short of …NOLA.comRepublican conservatives, including Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Jefferson, and Gov. Bobby Jindal, have criticized the Obama administration for steadily rising food stamp rolls during the past couple of years. But GOP congressional leaders put the kibosh this …

The Express Tribune Documentation drama: Buyers take a licking as stamp vendors fleece allThe Express TribuneThe paper is a requirement for a plethora of official documents and an artificial shortage has allegedly been created by those aiming to profit off black marketing the document. Instead of selling it for the …

Stores Accused In Food Stamp Fraud Valued At Hundreds of Thousands of DollarsHartford CourantFederal authorities have charged the owner and employees of two small Meriden groceries with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the food stamp program by illegally trading cash for government food benefits at a sharply discounted …

Maine Antique Digest 2 pm. | Stamps, Coins, and PostcardsMaine Antique Digest… and Accumulations from Many Estates, including Several Large US Accumulations loaded with Mint Sheets and Plate Blocks, a Number of Lots from the Original FDR Sale, Better Sets and Singles from US and Europe, Collection of Russian Stamps, …

A shortage of Royal Mail stamps marking the gold medal won by Olympian Helen Glover upsets people in her home town of Penzance. More: continued here

Daily Caller GAO: $460 million food stamp benefits went to households ineligible under …Daily CallerThe Government Accountability Office has identified $460 million dollars in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamp, benefits that went to households with incomes over the federal SNAP eligibility limits. The recently released report … More: …

BBC News Helen Glover gold medal stamp shortage upsets Penzance localsBBC NewsPeople living in the home town of Olympic champion Helen Glover have been unable to buy special stamps issued in her honour due to a shortage. Glover, who grew up in Penzance, Cornwall and her rowing partner Heather Stanning …

Food Stamps Go Further at Seattle Farmers MarketsSeattle Weekly (blog)Seattle farmers markets have accepted food stamps since 1995, but benefit transactions still account for a microscopically small portion of market purchases: While the figure varies by market and from week-to-week, the Neighborhood Farmers Market …and more » More: continued here

A likely reprieve for food stamp programCoeur d’Alene PressInaction on Capitol Hill has been blamed recently for everything from near-shutdowns of the federal government to a historic downgrade in the U.S. credit rating. But this week, congressional stalemate over a sweeping farm bill has set back the clock on … …

It's the last dance with Mary Jane for states that had been illegally allowing food stamp recipients to claim deductions for medical marijuana.  More: continued here