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May 4 (Bloomberg) — Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty pushes a button at the Royal Canadian Mint in Winnipeg, Manitoba, stamping the last one-cent coin. Canada minted its final penny today as Flaherty said the coin was too expensive to produce and no longer needed for business. More: continued here

FARRER Memorial Agricultural High School highlighted its dominance in local open schoolboy football yet again yesterday with a 74-4 hiding of Glen Innes High School in the first round of the University Shield. More: continued here

Heating Oil Saving Stamp Sales Reach £500kOilFiredUpThe sale of Bewarm heating oil savings stamps, which help people pay their fuel bills has reached £500000 in the Belfast area. The Bewarm scheme was introduced originally in January, 2009 by Belfast City Council as a pilot project to help seniors save …and …

TN's new Bill to control evasion of stamp duty …Business Standard (blog)The Tamil Nadu government on Friday introduced a new Bill aimed at controlling the evasion of stamp duty and making the registration of power of attorney documents relating to immovable properties compulsory. The Indian Stamp (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act …

Putting her stamp on itOttawa CitizenBy Rosemary Knes, The Ottawa Citizen May 4, 2012 2:38 PM Eliza von Baeyer uses images from magazines, old stamps and maps in her glass pendants, necklaces, earrings and pins. The past whispers through Eliza von Baeyer's one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces, …and more » More: continued here

A team that produced the fewest quarterback sacks in the Canadian Football League last season drafted a player on Thursday who is among the all-time leaders in quarterback sacks at his school. More: continued here

Test: Food-stamp budget not fillingColumbus DispatchThe co-workers at a Dublin software-development firm were hungry and a bit sluggish yesterday when they ended a weeklong challenge — eating on $4.60 a day — the average budget of an Ohio food-stamp recipient. “It was exhausting managing around that …and more » More: continued …

Free Speech Radio News Food-stamp test a kick to the stomachPhiladelphia InquirerIt's hard enough to feed a family on food stamps, but this week Pennsylvania made it harder when it imposed an unreasonable asset test. Flunking the asset test means going without food stamps, even if an individual or family …

Fewer needy mothers using federal child nutrition programPlain DealerBy McClatchy-Tribune News Service WASHINGTON — More Americans are collecting food stamps than ever before, but fewer needy mothers are using another federal government program that offers free baby formula and food for young children.and more » More: continued here

A team that produced the fewest quarterback sacks in the Canadian Football League last season drafted a player on Thursday who is among the all-time leaders in quarterback sacks at his school. More: continued here