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Outdoors Almanac: Duck stamp sales breed optimismMinneapolis Star TribuneAn eight-year string of declining state duck stamp sales was broken this year — offering hope that perhaps Minnesota duck hunter numbers have stabilized. With the Canada goose season ongoing, the Department of Natural Resources already has sold more …and more » More: …

Fox News Food stamps for Starbucks? Outrage ensuesSeattle Post Intelligencer (blog)Food stamps are for boring, inexpensive things — like bread and milk and apples. The subsidized tokens certainly aren't for buying expensive coffee beverages that come in cheerful holiday cups. That's the consensus reached by many of those following a …

Food stamps are for boring, inexpensive things — like bread and milk and apples. The subsidized tickets certainly aren’t for buying expensive coffee beverages that come in cheerful holiday cups. That’s the indignant consensus reached by many following a story out of Salem, Oregon about how Starbucks stands in Safeway …

The FOX 12 Investigators discovered you can use an Oregon Trail Card, which is part of the food stamp program, to purchase Frappuccinos and desserts at some Starbucks locations. POLL: Should food stamps be allowed at Starbucks counters? More: continued here

Global Animal PETA Puts Vegetarians On StampsGlobal Animal(VEGETARIAN CELEBRITIES) PETA has launched a new animal rights campaign — vegan and vegetarian celebrity postage stamps. The stamps which were released Tuesday feature celebs such as Pam Anderson and Ellen Degeneres, and historical figures like Gandhi … More: continued here

Newt's Hawaiian Lie: As Stupid As It Is CruelHuffington PostGood news for Hawaii, Newt Gingrich says that people receiving food stamps — or as they say in the government that Newt so desperately hopes to lead, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — are using their electronic benefit transfer (EBT) …Fact …

Baltimore Sun (blog) Who Deserves To Be Immortalized on a Stamp: Steve Jobs, Oprah or Billy Graham?Death and TaxesBack in September, the United States Postal Service changed its stamp rules. No longer would its official stamps feature only the dearly departed and fictional characters like Snoopy. …Billy Graham, Steve Jobs, …

Maine woman convicted of theft in food stamp, child care funding caseThe RepublicAP PORTLAND, Maine — A 40-year-old Brunswick woman faces sentencing for receiving food stamps and child care development funds from the state to which she wasn't entitled. Attorney General William Schneider says Fairbanks falsely reported to the Maine …

Who Should Be The Next Celebrity Stamp?NPR12:00 pm ET The US Postal Service has waived its rule banning someone from being honored on a stamp until he or she has been dead for at least five years. Host Scott Simon reports the Postal Service has received thousands of nominations from …

How to buy state and federal duck stampsCorning ObserverQuestion: I have contacted three sporting goods stores in my area asking about the purchase of state and federal duck stamps and how they relate to the Automated License Data System (ALDS). They don't know and do not have individual state stamps …