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U.S. Food-Stamp Use Reaches Record 45.8 Million, USDA SaysBloombergThe number of Americans receiving food stamps reached a record 45.8 million in August, the government said. The figure was 1.1 percent higher than the previous month and 8.1 percent more than a year earlier …and more » More: continued here

US Food-Stamp Use Reaches Record 45.8 Million, USDA SaysBusinessWeek1 (Bloomberg) — The number of Americans receiving food stamps reached a record 45.8 million in August, the government said. The number was 1.1 percent higher than the previous month and 8.1 percent more than a year earlier, the US Department of …

MLive.com State rethinking car limit for food stamp clientsWNEM SaginawRick Snyder says a state agency is reassessing whether cars and trucks should be counted as assets for people receiving food stamps. The state Department of Human Services last month began telling applicants with assets of more than $5000 in bank …

The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines (blog) The Quickest Slant — Go collect stampsThe Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines (blog)Go collect stamps. It's true after every game, whether you win or lose, it's how you respond to what you did the week before and how you …

The Philatelic Bureau of the Postal Department issued four new black and white stamps for the first time in the history of the postal service to mark World Post day. More: continued here

Uniform stamp duty on share trades soonBusiness StandardThe government's plans to have a uniform duty structure for stock market transactions may fructify soon, with the finance ministry planning to table the Indian Stamps Act (Amendment) Bill), 2011, in the coming session of Parliament. …and more » More: continued here

Globe and Mail Stamps must focus on beating BombersMontreal GazetteAnd the Stamps are firmly in that mix thanks to, arguably, their most impressive win of the season on a lovely fall afternoon in Montreal – a win that few outside of the Stampeders locker-room would have seen coming. But here …

Stamps to see increase in 2012Rochelle News LeaderROCHELLE — Beginning early next year, it will cost a penny more to mail letters to any location in the United States, the first price change for first-class mail stamps (“Forever” stamps) in more than two and a half years. The new 45-cent …

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Welcome to the final week of the Canadian Football League’s regular season – a time that, typically, we have a fairly good idea of what to look for in the playoffs to come. More: continued here