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Food Stamps' Big Growth: Fact CheckVoice of San DiegoAnalysis: Roberts appeared on KPBS last week to preview his State of the County address and provide an update on efforts to expand the county's food stamps program. County leaders have come under intense scrutiny in recent years because advocates for … …

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Stamp exhibit honors African-AmericansSCNowHARTSVILLE, SC _ In celebration of Black History Month, the Hartsville Museum is showcasing its Black Heritage Series US postage stamp collection during February. The museum was aided by the late W. Reaves McCall in securing many of the stamps in the … More: continued here

Florida House panel rejects food stamp sweets banMiamiHerald.comA Florida House panel has rejected a proposal to ban using food stamps to purchase sweets, potato chips and other junk food. An appropriations subcommittee on Monday stripped the provision from a bill (HB 1401) that also would ban welfare recipients …and more » …

Food-Stamp Spending Seen Dropping in 2013 on Jobs OutlookBusinessWeek13 (Bloomberg) — Spending on food-stamp benefits would fall 0.6 percent to $69.9 billion in the year starting 2013 as employment improves, according to projections contained in the budget President Barack Obama submitted to Congress.Food-Stamp Spending Seen Dropping in 2013 on Outlook …

Sportsnet.ca Stamps sign Conn to extensionSportsnet.ca"Justin Conn did an admirable job in 2011 on special teams," said Stamps head coach and general manager John Hufnagel. "Justin will have a great chance to develop his skills at the linebacker position by being at our training camp in June.and more » More: continued …

Weather vanes featured at LINPEX 2012 stamp showLincoln Journal StarThe US Postal Service issued the 45-cent weather vanes first-class mail stamps in five designs. Each of the five designs features a photograph of eye-catching 19th century weather vanes made in the United States. All the weather vanes featured are part …

Since the Great Depression of the 1930s, Americans have had access to a basic safety net to see them through hard times, from food stamps to unemployment insurance. California has always played its part in helping with that safety net for those who need i More: continued here

Vijayawada: The children who visited the exhibition on stamps, coins and currency get to know many intersting facts. More: continued here

Foxborough Charter School Stamp Project Honors Holocaust VictimsPatch.comBy Michael Gelbwasser Foxborough Regional Charter School English/language arts teacher Charlotte Sheer seeks parents to count stamps — which have filled gallon-sized Ziploc containers. At this school, a postage stamp symbolizes one of the 11 million … More: continued here