US Postal Service uses wrong Liberty statue on stampSpinPort NewsThe US Postal Service recently released a 44 cent stamp featuring a picture of the Statue of Liberty. This statue, however, was the replica in Las Vegas, and not the original. … More: continued here
More low-income Minnesotans will be able to get fresh fruits and vegetables because of a big jump in farmers markets that will accept food stamps this year. More: continued here
Food Stamp"Reform" Latest In GOP War on WomenCare2.com (blog)Even in the GOP proposal to "reform" food stamps. Judy Molland reported earlier in April about the Ryan budget plan's plank to turn food stamps into a block grant that would be handed to the states, opening them up to the possibility of reallocating … More: continued…
AllGov Should Food Stamps be Used for Soft Drinks?AllGovArguing the move would stigmatize poor people at the checkout stand, the soft drink industry is opposing a plan by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to ban the use of food stamps to buy “sugar-sweetened beverages.” Bloomberg says the restriction …Soft Drink Industry Fights Proposed Food…
Police investigation details the night Eurie Stamps Sr. diedMetroWest Daily NewsA .223-caliber round from Duncan's M4 rifle pierced the face, clavicle, chest, heart, left lung, aorta and pulmonary artery of 68-year-old Eurie Stamps Sr., according to the Middlesex district attorney's office. The DA's investigation into the Jan. … More: continued here
Medics found little life left in Eurie Stamps moments after shootingMetroWest Daily NewsThe inside of the apartment where Eurie Stamps was killed at 26 Fountain St. in Framingham. By Richard Lodge/Daily News staf When Fire Capt. Joseph Hicks and AMR paramedic David Kaye rushed to Eurie Stamps' side, they saw the life draining from his…
When Fire Capt. Joseph Hicks and AMR paramedic David Kaye rushed to Eurie Stamps’ side, they saw the life draining from his body. More: continued here
Kansas City Star Jazz stamp unveiled at museumKansas City StarDozens of people lined up to buy new Jazz Forever commemorative stamps Saturday during a special unveiling at Kansas City's Jazz Museum. The US Postal Service sold the stamps and other collectibles through a wooden teller window …and more » More: continued here
Some Minnesota farmers markets take food stampsSt. Cloud TimesAP MINNEAPOLIS — More low-income Minnesotans will be able to get fresh fruits and vegetables because of a big jump in farmers markets that will accept food stamps this year. The Star-Tribune reports that eight new markets will allow customers with … More: continued here
“Jesus, was that my rifle?” was among Framingham SWAT team Officer Paul Duncan’s first thoughts after he shot and killed an elderly man who was lying face-down in the hallway of his Fountain Street house. A .223-caliber round from Duncan’s M4 rifle pierced the face, clavicle, chest, heart, left lung, aorta and pulmonary artery of…