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Postal Service Delivers a Greener AmericaPR Newswire (press release)The sheet of Forever stamps features 16 actions anyone can take to make a positive impact on the environment. The stamps and philatelic products can be ordered online at usps.com/green. The first-day-of-issue dedication ceremony for the Go Green stamps…and more » More: continued …

Royal wedding: 3000 stamps used to make portraitBBC NewsA Staffordshire artist has used thousands of postage stamps to create a picture of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Pete Mason used more than 3000 recycled stamps to depict the couple in front of the Rose Window at Westminster Abbey. …and more » …

2 couples accused of scamming food stamp benefitsUtica Observer DispatchBy Anonymous Two couples have been accused of scamming thousands of dollars worth of food stamps from Oneida County Department of Social Services, New York Mills police said. * New York Mills couple Stanislaw Zielinski, 34, and his wife, …and more » …

Keepin' it localChico News & ReviewThe national winner's work will be featured on the 2011-12 Federal Junior Duck Stamp. “The Jr. Duck Stamps are $5 and are mostly collector's items,” Haller explained in an e-mail. “Revenue from it goes to promoting conservation education in the form of …and more » More: …

Legislators consider reviving cigarette tax stampWinston-Salem JournalAnother attempt at reinstating the state's cigarette tax stamp has been introduced in the General Assembly. "My guess is that the bill will receive more of a hearing this time, but whether it will pass, I don't know," McGee said. … More: continued here

24 Hours Vancouver Victoria getting a royal jump on wedding stampsVictoria Times ColonistBy KATHERINE DEDYNA, Timescolonist.com April 13, 2011 8:02 PM Victoria's royal wedding watchers can thank the city's reputation as a bit of olde England for giving them the jump on Canada Post's 16 million stamps commemorating the April …

Raleigh police: Man tried to kidnap woman from parking lotNews & ObserverPolice have charged Thomas Joseph Stamps of Wake Forest with one count each of second-degree kidnapping and assault on a female, said Raleigh police spokesman Jim Sughrue. Police are not making public the name of the woman, Sughrue said. …

Lawmaker: ID photos on cards could limit food stamp fraudnwitimes.comIf the same method is put in place for food stamp debit cards, could it give Illinois a sense of protection from fraudulent users? State Rep. Chapin Rose, R-Charleston, said it might. People across the state are a step closer to …

US Postal Service Makes Purple Heart Stamp“Forever”NewsLIAn effort to honor military heroes that began in the New York State Senate 11 years ago has now resulted in the US Postal Service announcing that the Purple Heart postage stamp has been classified as a “Forever” stamp, ensuring that it will continue …

Globe and Mail Federal budget details emerge Cuts target food stamps, climate change research …The Register-GuardDemocrats had staved off even tougher cuts, but the final package carried a decided Republican policy stamp. The details were released Tuesday as part of the legislation that will go before lawmakers this week to …