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Paul Ryan Defends Cutting Food Stamps For The Poor: 'You Have To Get Savings …ThinkProgressPaul Ryan (R-WI) defended his budget's major cuts to food stamps outside a town hall on Friday, telling ThinkProgress that “we think you have to get savings in some of these areas where you've had a …

BBC News Stamps mark Prince William and Charles Dickens' birthdaysBBC NewsBailiwick of Guernsey stamps have been released to mark the 30th birthday of Prince William and 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens. The six stamps remembering the acclaimed author depict some of George Cruikshank's original illustrations … More: …

Maine man sentenced for stealing food stampsNECNAUBURN, Maine (AP) — A Lewiston man is going to jail for 60 days after pleading guilty to stealing food stamps and other public assistance benefits worth $11000. Forty-six-year-old David Stain pleaded guilty to two counts of theft Monday in …Lewiston man sentenced to …

AUBURN, Maine  (AP) – A Lewiston man is going to jail for 60 days after pleading guilty to stealing food stamps and other public assistance benefits worth $11,000. More: continued here

A collection of Buddhist stamps from Vietnam and around Asia is on display at Vinh Nghiem Pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City. More: continued here

EcommWire (press release) Full sheet of 80 Chinese Year of the Monkey stamps brings $135600 at auctionEcommWire (press release)(OCEANSIDE, NY) – A full sheet of 80 post office-fresh Chinese Year of the Monkey stamps, purchased in 1980 by the consignor at a post office inside the People's Republic of China, …

Sydney Morning Herald Black Caviar gets bookies' stamp of approvalSydney Morning HeraldBLACK 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 …

Philatelist's collection gets the Guinness stampBangalore MirrorA philatelist and naturalist Daniel Monteiro (50) from Bramhavar in Udupi district, who specialises in bird philately, has entered the Guinness Book of World Records for his unique collection of 4911 stamps on birds from 263 countries. More: continued here

Food stamp numbers surprise commissionersWECT-TV6County numbers showed a drastic spike in food stamp distribution. PENDER COUNTY, NC (WECT) – Pender County department heads explained the big line items in their budgets to commissioners Monday at the annual budget retreat. @ One area that surprised … More: continued here

1812 warriors reunited on stampsOttawa CitizenThe stamps are the first in a series of souvenir issues to be unveiled by the postal agency over the next three years to mark the bicentennial of the 1812-1814 war. The Brock and Tecumseh stamps go on sale at post offices across the country …