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New York Times (blog) Postal Service Begins Civil War Stamp SeriesPR Newswire (press release)CHARLESTON, SC, April 12, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The US Postal Service today issued the first of an annual series of Forever Stamps that recognize key events of the Civil War — America's bloodiest conflict, which began 150 …

msnbc.com Rubber stamps? Permits OK'd fast in state's energy boommsnbc.comMatt Rourke / AP Pennsylvania's natural gas boom has come with protests like this one last Jan. 18 outside the state capitol as Tom Corbett was being sworn in as governor. By MICHAEL RUBINKAM The Associated Press ALLENTOWN, Pa. …and more » …

Autochannel (press release) EPA Administrator Jackson to Join USPS to Unveil Go Green Commemorative StampsAutochannel (press release)As Earth Day approaches, April 22, the new stamps demonstrate easy steps everyone can take to improve and protect our environment.* WHO:* EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson Ronald Stroman, Deputy Postmaster General, USPS Emil …

Pennsylvania environmental regulators say they spend as little as 35 minutes reviewing each of the thousands of applications for natural gas well permits they get each year. More: continued here

When veteran architect Ron Sang drives around the outer fringes of Auckland near Albany or Botany, he can always spot a house built for a Chinese buyer.”Generally it has a high portico on the outside – a big, high, ostentatious-looking… More: continued here

Photo IDs On Link Cards For Food Stamps Causes Heated Debate On House FloorHuffington PostA bill considering the possibility of adding photo identification to Illinois food stamps caused uproar in the State House Tuesday, as Democrats accused Republicans of waging a war on the state's poor and attacks quickly got …

Fourth suspect charged in ID food stamp schemeSeattle Post IntelligencerCOM STAFF Federal prosecutors in Seattle have filed fraud charges against a fourth woman accused of in a cash-for-food-stamps scheme. In charging documents unsealed earlier this week, federal prosecutors claim grocery store employee Cuc Thi-Kim Pham …and more » More: continued here

Acts 1:8 Ministry will give away stamps on Monday for residents to use to mail their tax returns. More: continued here

Record number of Americans get government helpCNNA record number of Americans are receiving food stamps. By Tami Luhby, senior writerApril 13, 2011: 10:48 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — One in six Americans are receiving help from the government, just as fiscal austerity threatens to reduce some of …and more » …

Illinois Link Card FraudKMOX.comDepartment of Human Services Secretary Michelle Saddler says the plastic, credit card-like Link cards that replaced food stamps several years ago have seen a reduction in fraud. “Food stamps really genuinely used to be paper documents that were almost …Illinois House OKs studying cost of ID photos …