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Food Stamp Fraud Costing Taxpayers BillionsHeritage.org (blog)The Washington Examiner recently reported that the two states bordering the nation's capital are two of the five worst states for food stamp fraud. The above table shows the inverse relationship between the number of food stamp recipients and the … More: continued here

ABC News Mom's rampage in food stamp office leaves both children deadRTTwo days after an enraged mother opened fire in a food stamp office after being denied assistance, both of her children wounded in the incident have died. Rachelle Grimmer, 38, pulled a gun in a Laredo, Texas food stamp …

The week’s releases show food stamps on the way higher, China inflation on the way down, and export growth to Europe slowing. More: continued here

Food stamps help families with kidsBaltimore SunAs an organization working to end childhood hunger in Maryland, Share Our Strength appreciates your editorial about the merits of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ("Food stamp recipients are the new welfare queens," Dec. 4). …USDA Announces Tactics to Combat Fraud and Enhance SNAP …

Charting food stamps, China inflation and moreMarketWatchFood stamp use has reached record levels, data through September show, with some 46 million using the program, representing nearly 15% of the US population. Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has called President Barack Obama the “food … More: continued here

Boing Boing Stamp collectors may have outed first Chinese woman in spaceBoing BoingBut a philatelic cover—postmarked envelope, to those of us who don't collect stamps—may have given away the names of the seven military pilots who are being trained go to space, including the woman who could be China's first …

ABC News Second child shot by mother dies after food stamp office standoffNational Post (blog)By Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO — A 10-year-old boy shot by his mother in a standoff at the state food stamp office in Laredo, Texas, earlier this week died after his estranged father chose to take …

ABC News Second child dies after Laredo food stamp office shootingReutersBy Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – A 10-year-old boy shot by his mother in a standoff at the state food stamp office in Laredo, Texas, earlier this week died after his estranged father chose to take him off life …

Brooklyn Daily Blast off! Space stamp creator sends PS 261 kids into orbitBrooklyn DailyCommercial illustrator Donato Giancola (left) and Cadman Plaza Post Office Manager Frank Adams show off Giancola's postage stamps, celebrating 50 years of US space exploration, to students at PS 261 in Boerum Hill. Recipients' email addresses (Up …

Report: Food Stamps Boost EconomyVillage Voice (blog)9 2011 at 9:34 AM ​About one third of the people who can get food stamps do not, meaning many US states have lost out on a steady source of cash, Bloomberg reports. According to the news service, people on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance …