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Forever Stamps Evoke 1862 Battles in New Orleans and Antietam More: continued here

Michigan poets Roethke, Hayden featured on new U.S. stampMichigan RadioBy Jennifer Guerra The US Postal Service is paying homage to the world of poetry with ten new commemorative stamps. Two Michigan poets will be featured on the new Forever stamps: Theodore Roethke, a Saginaw native and Pulitzer Prize winning poet; … More: continued here

New Stamps Commemorate Local SymbolsAllAfrica.comOn Friday 20 April 2012, the South African Post Office released a new set of stamps that celebrate South Africa's national symbols reflected in its fauna and flora, cultures and people. Illustrated by Lize Marié Dreyer, a third-year student at the Open … More: continued here

DiGirolamo to eat on $5 a day, the average state food-stamp benefitphillyBurbs.comDiGirolamo, R-18, has joined the Jewish Federation and the Coalition Against Hunger in taking this week's Greater Philadelphia Food Stamp Challenge in which participants pledge to live on the average food stamp benefit of $5 a day.and more » More: continued here

NOLA.com New postage stamp to commemorate capture of New Orleans in 1862NOLA.comBy The Times-Picayune The US Postal Service today will unveil the design of a stamp commemorating the Union's capture of New Orleans 150 years ago during the Civil War. The stamp is one of two being issued to mark major events in the war…

Mother Nature Network Pa. lawmakers to live a week on $35 worth of foodCBS NewsThe promises made at a supermarket news conference come as a planned asset test for food stamps is set to take effect May 1 in Pennsylvania. The lawmakers each shopped for a week of groceries using strict budgets of $5 per…

MyFox Philadelphia Pa. lawmakers to live a week on $35 worth of foodBusinessWeekThe promises made at a supermarket news conference come as a planned asset test for food stamps is set to take effect May 1 in Pennsylvania. The lawmakers each shopped for a week of groceries using strict budgets of $5 per day —…

Digital passport gets stamp of approvalDetroit Free PressFret no more about missing stamps because Visastamper.com has created a way to keep track of your travels with a digital passport. Users have a virtual representation of their home nation's passport with images of the actual passport stamps for each … More: continued here

The Fiscal Times Food Stamps: Desperate Need or Double Dealing?The Fiscal TimesBy ERIC PIANIN, The Fiscal Times A Quincy, Mass., grocery store owner was arrested last week on criminal charges of engaging in a scheme with customers to trade federal food stamp benefits for cash. This incident, one of many, adds more fuel to Paul…

Local woman sentenced in food stamps scamKXXV News Channel 25By Caty Hirst WACO – Another person has been convicted of scamming the food stamp system after admitting her part in the scam. Jocelyn Dobbins, 39, was convicted today of unlawful use of food stamp benefits. She, along with others who were arrested, … More: continued…