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Governor ends fingerprinting rule for food stampsAlbany Times UnionBy Jimmy Vielkind Lieutenant Governor Robert Duffy, left, talks with Marie Farrell, center, and Josh Wachs of Share Our Strength, right, after announcing that the state will end finger imaging requirements for food stamp recipients, in the Red Room at … More: …

North Country Public Radio State drops fingerprinting requirement for food stamp recipientsNorth Country Public Radio(05/17/12) Governor Cuomo announced Thursday that he's rescinding a state regulation that requires food stamp recipients be fingerprinted. As Karen DeWitt reports, the governor is saying the poor and hungry are not criminals, and shouldn't be …

Mario Batali a hungry chef on food stamp challengeFox NewsThe chef, his wife and their two teenage sons are eating for a week on the equivalent of a food stamp budget in protest of potential cuts pending in Congress to the benefit program used by more than 46 million Americans. …

New York Daily News Mario Batali takes 'Food Stamp challenge'? What challenge?Examiner.comTo prove he cares—that he is down with the 1% (the bottom 1% that is)—Batali has carefully lowered himself into the gutter (actually, for him I believe the gutter is “up”) with the 1 in 7 American families on …

Fortney: Stampede stamp the 'thrill of a lifetime'Calgary HeraldHe inherited a love of stamp collecting from his grandfather and like many longtime Calgarians, has a fondness for cowboy boots, Stetsons and the lure of the open range. So it's no wonder that these days, Xerxes Irani is one of the …

DeLauro facing tough fight over food stampsThe Connecticut MirrorBy Ana Radelat Washington — When Jody Rodiger of Manchester volunteered to help Connecticut's needy buy food, she never thought she would one day also depend on food stamps. "I advocated for it for years, I knew the program inside and out. …

Canada Post is getting into the act, celebrating the 100th centennial of the Stampede by issuing two commemorative stamps.  The stamps by a local graphic artist feature a powerful standing rodeo horse and a US rate stamp showcases the anniversary belt buckle celebrating the Stampede's centennial.  Artist Xerxes Irani says …

Food Stamps and the $41 CakeWall Street JournalAssociated Press Items purchased using food stamps at a Philadelphia grocery store. The vast majority of Americans—Democrat, Republican or independent—will readily help someone who cannot make ends meet in a bad economy. Americans want a hungry child …and more » More: continued here

GOP measure freezes lawmakers' office budgetsBellingham HeraldBy ANDREW TAYLOR — AP Even as they press cuts to food stamps and a host of other domestic programs, Republicans running the House of Representatives are shielding their own office expense accounts from further cuts. In draft legislation supported by …and more » More: …

New York Times Cuomo Orders City to End Food-Stamp FingerprintingNew York TimesALBANY — New York City would have to stop requiring the electronic fingerprinting of food stamp applicants under regulations proposed on Thursday by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who has sided with advocates for the hungry who say it discourages …