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Former Rep. Barbara Jordan has her own forever stampDallas Morning News (subscription) (blog)I was glad to read over the weekend that Barbara Jordan now has her own postage stamp. I used to be quite the stamp collector – I've still a family collection begun by my grandfather at about the …

Stamps.com Becomes An Unlikely Winner (STMP, UPS, FDX)24/7 Wall St. (blog)Stamps.com Inc. (NASDAQ: STMP) is not just up in the double-digit percentage gains today. The company hit a 52-week high. Actually, this is a high going back to 2006. The company is an obvious winner of the Post Office woes …

Vermont households that receive food stamps and then lost food during Tropical Storm Irene because of flooding or power outages are getting more time to request extra benefits. More: continued here

Stamps.com Reaches New 52-Week High (STMP)TheStreet.comBy TheStreet Wire 09/19/11 – 12:55 PM EDT NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Stamps.com (Nasdaq:STMP) hit a new 52-week high Monday as it is currently trading at $24.34, above its previous 52-week high of $24.10 with 267216 shares traded as of 12:30 pm ET. …Shares of …

Deadline extended for Vt. food stamps replacementsHouston ChronicleWATERBURY, Vt. (AP) — Vermont households that receive food stamps and then lost food during Tropical Storm Irene because of flooding or power outages are getting more time to request extra benefits. Officials with the 3SquaresVT program say the …and more » More: continued …

At last, Paris Jackson got to make a playMontreal GazetteBC beat the first-place Stamps 32-19 Saturday. There is only one thing that is probably more humiliating to a player than what Paris Jackson has gone through this year with the BC Lions. It's not being a member of the Lions …

Anthony Parker's play bright spot in Stamps' dismal effortMontreal GazetteParker, the youngest player on the Calgary roster at 21, was one of the few bright spots on an otherwise dismal evening for the Stamps, who were drubbed 32-19 by the Lions for their fourth home-field loss in six attempts. In …

Say no to food stamp proposalSouth Bend TribuneThat's the driving force behind the federal food stamp program, which provides those who otherwise might not be able to afford an adequate diet the wherewithal to get the food they need. The Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, through which … More: continued here

This is a sampling from Bay Area News Group’s Political Blotter blog. Read more and post comments at IBAbuzz.com/politics.Sept. 12Amid the avalanche of bills now awaiting Gov. More: continued here

Political Blotter: Food stamps, 'open carry' bills await Brown's actionSan Jose Mercury NewsAssembly Bill 402 by Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, would let families seeking free and reduced-price school lunches also apply for the CalFresh food-stamp program at the same time, on one application. CalFresh is funded through the US …and …