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Food Stamp Challenge participants asked to eat on only $4.50 per dayIssaquah PressThe cause is the Food Stamp Challenge, a campaign to encourage households to meet all food needs for a period of time on the equivalent amount to food stamps. The catch: Participants can spend only $1.50 per person …

Funeral services for Nicole Evans Stamps, 37, of Rosenberg are scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday, May 5, 2012 at Nazareth Baptist Church, 500 Elm Street in Rosenberg, with the Rev. Clinton Wallace as eulogist. More: continued here

State limits distribution of cigarette tax stamps during tax hike debateAledo Times RecordBy TIM LANDIS SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Department of Revenue is limiting distributors of cigarette tax stamps to their usual supplies while the legislature and Gov. Pat Quinn debate whether to add an additional dollar to the state …

Food stamp fraud arrest sweep underway in ManateeSarasota Herald-TribunePeople who apply for benefits like food stamps are evaluated and receive an EBT card. The dollar amount that is put on the card every month is based on their need. Card holders establish a personal identification number and can use the …

Brisbane Times Black Caviar gets bookies' stamp of approvalBrisbane TimesBLACK CAVIAR'S rise from racehorse to national darling continues as the unbeaten superstar was featured in a set of stamps released yesterday by Australia Post to celebrate her 20 straight wins. The next chapter in Black Caviar's remarkable story will …and …

Stamp wisdom: 1930s had great industrial designersThe Patriot Ledger (blog)By Sue Scheible If you know someone in their 80s or 90s, it might be fun to ask them if they remember the consumer goods shown in the recent series of commemorative stamps from the US Postal Service. Pioneers of American …

The owner of a St. Paul store will spend 41 months in prison for trafficking food stamps, the Department of Justice said. More: continued here

KSTP.com Prison sentence for storekeeper who trafficked in food stampsMinnesota Public RadioA federal judge has sentenced a Twin Cities man to nearly three and a half years in prison for food stamp fraud. Khaffak Sahib Ansari of Arden Hills pleaded guilty last year to trafficking food stamps. He operated a …

Globe and Mail Stamps lose Brandon Isaac; two-year veteran signs free-agent deal with ArgosCalgary Herald (blog)Brandon Isaac, who played the strong-side linebacker position (in essence, a sixth defensive back) for the Stamps last season, and did a nice job at it, has signed a free-agent deal with the Toronto Argonauts. …

Today I stopped at the post office to buy some new stamps and discovered last summer's commemorative series, Pioneers of American Industrial Design Stamps.They feature very cool household objects from the 1930’s to the 1960s.   More: continued here