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Food Stamps Reduce Poverty, USDA Study FindsThe Epoch TimesBy Jack Phillips Food stamps reduced the US poverty rate by a significant margin during the recent economic downturn, says a study released on Tuesday by the Department of the Agriculture (USDA). In 2009, the USDA said that the official poverty rate …

The Sun Stamps a sell-out as 40% price rise loomsThe SunBy DANIEL JONES Consumer Editor HARD-hit families and small businesses are forking out thousands of pounds on STAMPS to beat hefty price rises. From April 30 the cost of sending a letter will rocket nearly 40 per cent. That means …

Increasing Food Stamp Benefits Could Decrease Family Homelessness in New YorkMarketWatch (press release)Thirty percent of New York City families with children received food-stamp benefits in 2010, but the assistance covered only half the cost of the average food bill. If the benefits were raised to take into account the higher …

Food Stamp Program Crucial to Alleviating PovertyFiredoglakeThat would be the food stamp program, also know as the SNAP, which unlike today's welfare, is allowed to expand based on need. A new study by the Agriculture Department has found that food stamps, one of the country's largest social safety net programs …

CBS Local Roy cracks wise, Siegfried speaks of an unbreakable bond at Mirage eventLas Vegas Sun (blog)Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn introduce the “Save Vanishing Species” US postage stamp at Siegfried & Roy's Secret Garden & Dolphin Habitat at the Mirage on Monday, April 9, 2012. Proceeds from the stamp …

Food stamp fraudster charged in $6K schemeNew York PostBY JOSE MARTINEZ A serial food stamps fraudster was charged Tuesday with posing as a social services employee so he could rip off $6000 in benefits from his victims. Kenley Stanislas allegedly forced at least 26 food-stamp recipients – including an …and …

CBS Local Las Vegas Entertainers Introduce Postage StampCBS Local(Las Vegas, NV) – A new postage stamp will help save animals facing extinction. Las Vegas illusionists Siegfried and Roy helped announce the new “Save Vanishing Species” stamp yesterday. Proceeds from the 55-cent stamps will go to the Multinational …Siegfried and Roy …

Metro First class: AZ postal portrait of Britain in stamps is completeMirror.co.ukThe first 12 stamps in the series, featuring places beginning with letters A to L, were issued last year and the final 14 (MZ) came out today. The new collection includes the Roman Baths in Bath, the White Cliffs …

When a British athlete wins a gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics a bouquet of flowers and their medal will be just the start of their recognition. Of course there will be television interviews but for British athletes, there will also be postal stamps. More: continued here

Rep. West: Food Stamp Use Wasteful Under ObamaNewsMax.comAllen West says President Barack Obama's economic policies have turned the food stamp program into big business, with benefits rising to $64 billion a year as more Americans have been dumped into poverty. The Florida congressman, who has been touted as …and more » …