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World Magazine Opinion: Food stamp legislationJefferson City News TribuneToo many Americans are still out of work to justify cuts to the food stamp program. Democrats and Republicans banded together in the Senate to defeat an …Advocates Worry Food Aid Cuts Could Hurt Texas FamiliesMyHighPlainsMain components of Senate farm billMSN Moneyall …

Farmers markets getting money to take food stampsEmporia GazetteCurrently, fewer than a quarter of the nation's roughly 7100 farmers markets are set up to use the Electronic Benefit Transfer system, or food stamps.and more » More: continued here

TECUMSEH War of 1812 heroes were honoured Thursday for helping to establish 200 years of peace with the United States. More: continued here

Stamps' Washington really cooking nowCanada.comTony Washington departed Calgary last winter for his home in Dallas, Texas, topping the scales at 299.and more » More: continued here

The Atlantic The food stamp program needs to get in shapeLexington Herald LeaderThe food stamp program needs to go on a healthy diet. The government currently provides massive subsidies to companies that produce unhealthy foods, and …With Nation Starving, Republicans Try to Slash Food StampsAtlanta Black StarFood stamp funds may …

The Atlantic Food Stamps: The Latest Casualty in Interest-Group PoliticsThe AtlanticWhy the Senate voted down an amendment to protect SNAP, the federal food assistance program. More: continued here

The Associated Press With Nation Starving, Republicans Try to Slash Food StampsAtlanta Black StarConservatives are waging a strange, scary, immoral war on the federal food stamp program at a time when it is needed most, argues writer Jordan Weissma.FLASHBACK: Dems Promised to Restore Food Stamp Cuts from 2010FiredoglakeSenate Passes Farm …

The Grand Rapids Press – MLive.com Big talkers: Mitt Romney, food stamps and justifiable homicideThe Grand Rapids Press – MLive.comMitt Romney told a crowd in Holland that this is a "defining time" for America.Fulton Street Farmers Market goes wireless to accept food stamps…MLive.comall 4 news articles » More: continued here

World Magazine Main components of Senate farm billHuffington PostAbout 80 percent of the spending goes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as food stamps. The bill would cut $23 billion from …VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Farm bill that sacrifices food stamps…Kennebec JournalAdvocates worry food aid cuts could hurt Texas …

1812 stamps unveiled in TecumsehWindsor StarTECUMSEH War of 1812 heroes were honoured Thursday for helping to establish 200 years of peace with.and more » More: continued here