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Poverty In America: Defining The New PoorKPBSWelfare reform in the 1990s helped slash cash benefit rolls, yet the use of food stamps is soaring today. About 15 percent of Americans use food stamps. They've become what some call the new welfare. A big reason why is a deal struck between …

MLive.com Saginaw celebrates release of stamp for Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Theodore …MLive.comBy Sue White | For MLive.com SAGINAW, MI — Historian Tom Trombley, deputy director at the Castle Museum of Saginaw County History, can't remember the last time the United States Postal Service honored a Saginaw native on a postal …

In food-stamp challenge, participants will try to eat on $35 a weekPhiladelphia InquirerBy Alfred Lubrano As families face cuts and other changes to the federal food-stamp program, Philadelphia-area residents are learning what it's like to live for a week on $5 a day, the average benefit for an individual. On …

County demand for food stamps continues on its four-year climbAspen Daily NewsThe SNAP program — which no longer uses actual stamps, but debit cards instead — allows participants to purchase bread, vegetables, meat and other food products. It blocks purchases of non-food items like vitamins, tobacco and liquor. More: continued …

PanARMENIAN.Net Stamp Dedicated to the “500th Anniversary of the Armenian Book Printing …Times.amStamp Dedicated to the “500th Anniversary of the Armenian Book Printing. Yerevan – World Book Capital” Cancelled On April 22, during the official ceremony of the declaration of Yerevan as the World Book Capital the cancellation ceremony of …

Coin, stamp dealers hold sale and showRegina Leader-PostTourand was one of several coin dealers to have their merchandise on display at the Regina Coin Club's biannual coin and stamp show on Saturday and Sunday. The event was held at the Orr Centre on the corner of 4th Avenue and Lewvan …

The Hindu Get stamped!The HinduDespite living in an age of emails, there still are people who are fascinated by the world of stamps. Philatelists often collect stamps featuring famous people. With the introduction of a new scheme by India Post, people can now be featured on a stamp. More: continued …

Stamp commemorates cherry trees from JapanSacramento BeeBy ELLEN CREAGER The panorama of two stamps in one scene shows the Tidal Basin, the Jefferson Memorial, the Washington Monument and the cherry trees in full bloom. On sale since March 24, the US Postal Service stamp is selling at a clip of …

Handcuffs, food stamps, flea marketBluefield Daily TelegraphTracy T. • No, don't cut food stamps. I have been blessed and never had to have them but they help out so many people — Della S. • With the prices of groceries going up so much how could this possibly help the …

Farm bill prospects become tangled in debate over cuts to food stampsSioux Falls Argus LeaderAP WASHINGTON — The Senate has begun laying the groundwork for a half-trillion-dollar farm and food bill that would end unconditional subsidies to farmers, but House Republicans' resolve to cut its biggest component — food stamps— …