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Return of the 'Welfare Queen'CNNShe has 12 Social Security cards, mooches on benefits from four fake dead husbands, and collects food stamps while driving a Cadillac. She rakes in about $150000 a year in welfare benefits and, of course, people assume she must be African-American.and more » More: continued here

Politico Allen West: Food stamp president a 'fact'Politicoon Monday defended Newt Gingrich for referring to President Barack Obama as the “food stamp president,” disputing critics who have blasted the former speaker's comments as racially charged. “There is no race code. It's a fact. Since President Obama has …Bush and Obama, …

Gingrich, GOP Makes Food Stamps Hot Button Campaign IssueChicagoistTribune columnist Dawn Turner Trice has an article in today's paper that takes aim at the Republican party, and specifically presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich, for making food stamps and welfare a campaign issue. "While the Republican presidential … More: continued here

First class stamp rises to 45 centsGant DailyThe increase, announced in October, is the first change for first class mail stamps in more than two and a half years. Prices also rise for other mail. The cost of sending a postcard rises 3 cents to 32 cents; a 5-cent increase …

KRMG Report: Stamp prices go up as postal labor talks failMiddletown PressAs of Sunday, first-class stamps are now 45 cents, an increase of a penny, as the US Postal Service tries to generate more revenue, according to the Washington Post. The following are comments from the readers. In no way …

Media Research Center The “Food Stamp Speaker” is Actually Newt GingrichFiredoglakeWith Newt Gingrich throwing around the phrase “food stamp President” like he's about to drop a new track featuring Kanye with that title, attention is starting to be paid to his claims. Gingrich never tires of calling Barack Obama a …

Media Research Center For the Record: George W. Bush is the Real 'Food Stamp President'ColorLines magazineby Jorge Rivas, Monday, January 23 2012, 10:53 AM EST At a Republican debate last Monday, former speaker Newt Gingrich claimed that “more people have been put on food stamps by Barack Obama than any …

Get started 'On' Jan. 23: Start-ups shift the online college landscape, stamp…Washington Post (blog)The US Postal Service raised the price of stamps on Sunday for the first time in more than two years. (Andrew Harrer – BLOOMBERG) Renewed GOP race takes twists in Florida: Mitt Romney unleashed his harshest personal …

Troubled USPS Raises Stamp Rates To 45 CentsWISC MadisonOn Sunday, the US Postal Service's latest rate hike on first-class postage stamps, this time of one cent, went into effect. This increase, albeit minimal, comes at a time when fewer people are using the US Postal Service. The rate increase is …

Stamp prices increaseNews 10NBCThe price of a first-class postal stamp is now 45-cents. The Postal Service raised the price by a penny — the first increase in more than two years. Postage for postcards increased to 32-cents and letters to Canada or Mexico now cost 85-cents. …Postal Service to raise …