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American Thinker Decries Stamps Adorned With "Blacks No One Has Ever Heard Of"Media Matters for America (blog)For Americans who get their history primarily through postage stamps, a startling trend has emerged recently: stamps have become "childish, silly, and racist." That's the concern of American Thinker writer Alan Fraser, who reports …

Detroit market busted for food stamp fraudExaminer.comRandy's Market, 18054 Mount Elliot St near Nevada, probably thought it had a good thing going by abusing its customers' EBT cards, charging a premium for non-food stamp items such as cigarettes and alcohol, then pocketing the premium, but in the end it …and …

Kansas City Star Wedding stamp divides William and KateSky News AustraliaThe Pacific nation of Niue has printed unusual commemorative stamps for Britain's royal wedding .. meaning Prince William and Catherine Middleton can be torn down the middle. But a manager at New Zealand Post which designed and printed the stamps …

Food stamp usage continues on explosive climbChristian Science MonitorThis chart shows the unemployment rate and the number of people using food stamps starting in 2000. The latest data on food stamp participation, from January 2011, shows that it continues in a steep incline even though the unemployment rate is … …

The Pacific nation of Niue has printed unusual commemorative stamps for Britain’s royal wedding: an image of Prince William and Kate Middleton with perforations that split the couple down the middle. More: continued here

CBC.ca Royal Wedding Stamp Design Breaks Up Royal Marriagemediabistro.comSuch has happened with the news of the release of a new stamp in New Zealand, celebrating the upcoming wedding. There the couple are, lovingly side by side, with a strange, glowing bouquet floating next to them at chest level. …Kate Middleton …

Telegraph.co.uk EDITORIAL COMMENT: Stamp rise shockSouth Wales ArgusIT is hard to see how the Royal Mail can justify increasing the cost of first and second class stamps (plus others) by more than 12 per cent, which is approximately four times the rate of inflation. We are all aware of the …

BBC News Man charged with smuggling stampsLittlehampton GazetteA 31-year-old man has been charged by police investigating the smuggling of more than 10000 first-class stamps into Britain through Dover. Polish national Robert Aleksiejczyk was arrested following a routine stop check after he arrived at the Port of …Forgery charge over fake …

New technology could stamp out bacteria in persistent woundsNanotechwire.comUsing an advanced form of a rubber stamp, researchers have developed a way to adhere an ultra-thin antibacterial coating to a wound. The active ingredient, silver, "has been used to prevent and treat infections for ages," says first author Ankit …and more » …

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The Pacific nation of Niue has printed unusual commemorative stamps for Britain’s royal wedding: an image of Prince William and Kate Middleton with perforations that split the couple down the middle. More: continued here