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Boston.com Food stamps, federal pensions face GOP cutsBoston.comRepublicans want to chop food stamp benefits for a family of four by $60 a month beginning next year and tighten eligibility standards to force 3 million people off the program as an alternative to already-passed cuts in defense spending.House panel okays $33 …

NorthJersey.com Rutherford's William Carlos Williams among 10 poets honored with new postage …NorthJersey.comBY JOHN A. GAVIN RUTHERFORD — The new postage stamp honoring William Carlos Williams was unveiled Saturday in a ceremony at his hometown post office that recognized him both as one of the most influential poets of the …

Festival of Books: American poets make their debut on forever stampsLos Angeles Times (blog)The US Postal Service made a special delivery Saturday at the LA Times Festival of Books' Poetry Stage: It rolled out the first-day issue of commemorative stamps dedicated to 20th century poets. The midday first-day issue ceremony …

The U.S. Postal Service made a special delivery Saturday at the L.A. Times Festival of Books' Poetry Stage: It rolled out the first-day issue of commemorative stamps dedicated to 20th century poets. The midday first-day issue ceremony drew an audience… More: continued here

Food stamp debate could doom farm billWEAU-TV 13Reporter: AP 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 – by $13 …and more » More: …

Postal Service Immortalizes Literary GiantsMarketWatch (press release)Joining Williams to dedicate the stamps at the First-Day-of-Issue ceremony were Elizabeth Garrett, provost and senior vice president for Academic Affairs, USC; Dana Gioia, Judge Widney Professor of Poetry and Public Culture, USC and member of the …and more » More: continued here

India stamps could fetch £8k at auctionThe Bolton NewsThe sheet of paper features three India stamps— an 1856- 1864 two anna yellow, an 1856- 1864 eight anna carmine and an 1860 eight pies mauve — which it is believed make it the only “cover” from Malacca with this combination of …

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. More: continued here

New York Daily News $1Million jackpot winner charged for collecting food stamps, public health …New York Daily NewsClayton, who continued to get food stamps after winning a $1 million lottery jackpot, has been charged with welfare fraud. LINCOLN PARK, Mich. — A Michigan lottery winner was charged with fraud Tuesday …

GOP plan to cut food stamps by $13 billion may doom farm billDenver PostBy Jim Abrams AP 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 — …