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Bloomberg End-of-Month Hunger Hurts Students on Food StampsBrainerd Daily DispatchNew research suggests that's especially true for students from families on food stamps, perhaps because life at home gets more stressful as benefits run out. Modifying the food-stamp program so that benefits are paid out twice, rather than once, …Collecting food …

Reduce Fighting With Biweekly Food StampsChicagoNow (blog)… especially kids on Food Stamps (ie, SNAP): "Among students from SNAP families, disciplinary problems such as fighting, vandalism or weapons possession increased by almost 50 percent in the final week of the month compared with the first week, …and more » More: continued here

First State Trooper Fired In Food Stamp Fraud CaseHartford CourantBy CHRISTOPHER KEATING, ckeating@courant.com The Hartford Courant A state police trooper has been fired following an internal affairs investigation into how he received emergency food stamp benefits following Tropical Storm Irene, a state police source … More: continued here

New York Daily News Stamps mark Titanic anniversaryBourne LocalA collection of stamps has been launched to mark the 100th anniversary of the Titanic disaster. The commemorative sheet of stamps will be sold from April 10 – a century after the doomed ship set sail from Southampton on its maiden voyage.Titanic …

New York Times Stamps mark Titanic anniversaryGrantham JournalA collection of stamps has been launched to mark the 100th anniversary of the Titanic disaster. The commemorative sheet of stamps will be sold from April 10 – a century after the doomed ship set sail from Southampton on its maiden voyage.Titanic stamps …

What Do Stamps, The United Nations and Autism Have in Common?Examiner.comOn April 2nd the United Nations will release a series of postage stamps that were created by artists around the world that have Autism. It is a global effort and includes artists from the United States, Philippines, Ireland and Canada.and …

Suspected food-stamp fraudster arrested in Oswego CountyNewsChannel 9 WSYROswego (WSYR-TV) – An Oswego man is facing felony charges after Sheriff's Investigators accused him of receiving thousands of dollars worth of food stamps he wasn't eligible for. Investigators charged Howard Fellows, 31, of 735 Dutch Ridge Rd., Oswego, … More: continued …

CTV.ca Stamps mark Titanic anniversaryLittlehampton GazetteA collection of stamps has been launched to mark the 100th anniversary of the Titanic disaster. The commemorative sheet of stamps will be sold from April 10 – a century after the doomed ship set sail from Southampton on its maiden voyage.Titanic stamps launched to …

WGMD Radio Milford artist wins 2013 Delaware Duck Stamp competitionWGMD RadioRichard Clifton of Milford is no stranger to the duck stamp competition, but his painting of a wigeon will be the picture that is on every 2013 Delaware Duck Stamp. His painting – along with a brown trout by Illinois …

Five Aussie medics to get postal honor; designs highly appealingExaminer.comThe five stamps, to be issued on April 10, are intended for domestic letters, and are each valued at 60-cents Australian. “Dr. Jane (Jean) Stocks Greig (1872–1939) was one of five extraordinary sisters and a public health specialist. More: continued here