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New York Magazine (blog) Mayor Bloomberg And Governor Cuomo Differ On Fingerprinting Food Stamp RecipientsHuffington PostGovernor Andrew Cuomo vowed in his State of the State address Wednesday to end the electronic fingerprinting of food stamp recipients in New York City. The practice, eliminated in the rest of New York state by Governor Spitzer in 2007,…

What Newt said about food stampsPolitico (blog)By DYLAN BYERS | Newt Gingrich's comments about African Americans and food stamps, made at a Town Hall meeting in New Hampshire yesterday, have made the expected media rounds — from Slate to the Daily Beast to the Associated Press to MSNBC — but the … More: continued here

ABC News (blog) China's Scary-Looking Dragon Stamp Sparks DebateABC News (blog)5 every year in China, a commemorative stamp of the corresponding year's Chinese Zodiac character is released to celebrate the coming lunar New Year. It is an event not unlike the unveiling of new pair of Air Jordans. “People started lining up outside …Chinese dragon…

Cincinnati.com (blog) Gingrich calls Obama “food stamp president”Cincinnati.com (blog)Gingrich called Obama “the best food stamp president” and promised that he would be “the best paycheck president.” I found his remark, “I am prepared to go into every ethnic neighborhood and say that you are better off with a paycheck than with food …Rick Santorum and…

Fox News Gingrich slams media for distorting his comments on food stampsCBS NewsFormer House Speaker Newt Gingrich slammed the "elite" national media for distorting what he said about blacks and food stamps. "You guys have distorted what I said," Newt said on CBS' "The Early Show" Friday, denying that he said blacks should be …Food…

American Press Number of state residents on food stamps continues to riseAmerican PressThough by all accounts the slump in Louisiana's economy hasn't been nearly as severe as in some regions of the country, the number of state residents on food stamps continues to rise. Nearly 20 percent of Louisiana's 4.5 million residents receive … More:…

Shanti Bhushan guilty of evading Rs 1.3 crore stamp dutyTehelkaFormer Union Law Minister and prominent Team Anna member Shanti Bhushan has been found guilty of evading Rs 1.3 crore of stamp duty in the purchase of a bungalow in the posh Civil Lines area of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, in October 2010. …and more » More: continued…

New York Magazine (blog) Bloomberg Doubles Down on Fingerprints for Food StampsNew York Magazine (blog)By Joe Coscarelli New York City is the only area in the state, and one of only two in the nation, that continues to require fingerprints for access to food stamps. Governor Cuomo this week announced plans to nix the rule,…

Chinese dragon stamp"too fierce"Channel News AsiaBEIJING: A Chinese postage stamp depicting a dragon with its fangs and claws bared has drawn sharp criticism on the nation's microblogs, with many saying it puts too frightening a face on their rising country. The commemorative stamp went on sale … More: continued here