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Franson's comments comparing food stamp recipients to animals draw complaints …Pioneer PressMary Franson made that seemingly compares food stamp recipients to animals continued to rage Thursday, with advocates for the poor calling for her resignation and fellow Republicans denouncing hate mail and attention she has received.and more » More: continued here

Apple, Stamps.com, Humana, DuPont: Intellectual PropertyBloombergStamps.com, PSI Systems Settle Dispute Through Cross-Licenses Newell Rubbermaid Inc. (NWL)'s PSI Systems and Stamps.com Inc. resolved their four-year-old patent infringement suit, according to a March 6 court filing. PSI, based in Palo Alto, …and more » More: continued here

The Guardian Postal Service considers raising stamp pricesKFOX El PasoBy David Natividad According to a 5-year business plan sent to congress on Thursday and obtained by the KFOX-14 Washington Bureau, raising the price of stamps to 50 cents would save one billion dollars. The Postal Service said the plan is …

A Lincoln Park woman won $1M.  Why then did she continue to collect $200 amonth in food stamps?  Fox 2's Robin Schwartz has the story. More: continued here

LINCOLN PARK, Mich. – A Michigan woman won a $1 million lottery and continued to collect $200 a month in food stamps — until she boasted about her situation to a local TV station and officials swooped in. More: continued here

Lawmaker won't resign over comments comparing food stamp recipients to wild …KARE"This little funny clip we got from a friend," Franson said on camera, and then went on to share an observation that the US Dept. of Agriculture announced record numbers of persons are receiving food support, formerly known as …

Amanda Clayton made headlines for acknowledging that she still received $200 in monthly food assistance after winning $1 million in Michigan lottery money. Legislation could now pass. More: continued here

Michigan's legislators are working on a bill to cut lottery winners off from public welfare payments, including food stamps and cash assistance. The bill got renewed impetus after food stamps recipient Amanda Clayton won $1 million and failed to report it or to stop collecting on her state Bridge Card, …

ABC15.com (KNXV-TV) Food-stamps chief defends program in face of charges of 'scandal' | The RepublicThe RepublicBy ISAAC WOLF – Scripps Howard News Service WASHINGTON – The head of the federal food-stamp program on Thursday forcefully defended his agency's record of weeding out — and keeping out — store owners busted …

Washington Times Food stamp fraud goes to Capital HillABC2 NewsBALTIMORE (WMAR) – An ABC 2 News investigation into food stamp fraud is getting attention on Capitol Hill. Today, members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing to question officials who oversee the nation's food stamp…Food-stamps …