knox.VillageSoup.com Travel: Spellman Museum of Stamps displays mini works of art, historyHenrietta PostInside the Spellman Museum, the world's first stamp is on display, an 1840 1-cent stamp with the image of Queen Victoria. In 2012, the US Postal Service commemorates the centennial of the gift of more 3000 cherry blossom …
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Could Taxes Or Food Stamp Restrictions Tame America's Sweet Tooth?WBURThe ABA also opposes a bill proposed in the Florida Legislature that would restrict the use of food stamps— now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — to buy soda, sugary treats or other unhealthy foods. "Should we give hungry kids …
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Yahoo! News Blogs (blog) American kids denied food stamps in Alabama under immigration lawYahoo! News Blogs (blog)(AP/Dave Martin)Some US-born children with parents who are illegal immigrants have been denied food stamps under Alabama's new immigration law, Southern Poverty Law Center President Richard Cohen told Yahoo News on Monday. Five people …
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Some U.S.-born children with parents who are illegal immigrants have been denied food stamps under Alabama's new immigration law, Southern Poverty Law Center President Richard Cohen told Yahoo News on Monday. Five people have called into the group's Alabama hotline to say they were denied food stamps because they couldn't …
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Today’s THV Government assistance expandsCNNMoneyBy Tami Luhby @CNNMoney February 7, 2012: 7:50 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — More than one in three Americans lived in households that received Medicaid, food stamps or other means-based government assistance, according to a new report.Honest dialogue on government programs is neededSpringfield News-LeaderWeb Exclusive: …
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Could Taxes Or Food Stamp Restrictions Tame America's Sweet Tooth?NPR (blog)The ABA also opposes a bill proposed in the Florida legislature that would restrict the use of food stamps— now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — to buy soda, sugary treats or other unhealthy foods. "Should we give hungry …
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Telegraph.co.uk Charles Dicken's stamps revealed on author's bicentenaryBexley TimesThe Pickwick Papers and Nicholas Nickleby stamps revealed ahead of official issue. Full set of ten stamps to be issued in June. Also available in June will be a Miniature Sheet featuring four stamps. Oliver Twist and David Copperfield also featured in …
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Omaha Time Capsule: Cigarette tax stamps hereOmaha World-Herald7, 1946: Four million cigarette tax stamps arrived at the City Hall. Finance Commissioner Carl Jensen and Comptroller Charles Stenicka announced, "Cigarette tax stamps are now on sale." The 2-cent-per-package question, however, was: Would the stamps… More: continued here
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BBC News India personalised stamps'big hit' in MumbaiBBC NewsA scheme launched by India's postal authorities that allows people to pay for their photos to be printed on stamps has become a hit in the western city of Mumbai, officials say. More than 650 people have registered to take part since …
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