Inmates Accused Of Smuggling Drugs Into Prison Under Postage StampsWGAL LancasterFive prison inmates and six associates are accused of funneling drugs into a Pennsylvania prison underneath postage stamps. "The investigation, known as 'Operation Postage Stamp' began in January 2011 after the Warden at the Carbon County Correctional …Eleven Arrested For Using Stamps To Smuggle Drugs…
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Greater Danbury food stamp recipients get bad news in the mailDanbury News TimesDANBURY — A change required by the federal government could result in thousands of area residents having their monthly food stamp allowance reduced. David Dearborn, a spokesman for the state Department of Social Services, said the change will be …and more » More: continued…
Fact Check TV: Gas Prices, Food StampsVoice of San DiegoThis edition of Fact Check TV in partnership with NBC San Diego examines how mass transit ridership increased after gas prices last spiked and how more area residents are getting food stamps. Hungry for more Fact Check TV? …and more » More: continued here
Currently about one in five New Yorkers are on food stamps, but many new recipients are not on welfare. That’s because New Yorkers are special, and what would count as being in “poverty” here doesn’t always count as poverty in the rest of the country. A new report (below) on city poverty from 2005 to…
African countries honor apartheid-fighting Jews with stampsJewish Telegraphic AgencyLiberia, Sierra Leone and Gambia issued the three black-and-white postal stamp sheets at the beginning of March. "This stamp issue acknowledges the extraordinary sacrifices made by Jews to the liberation of their African brethren, and these stamps…and more » More: continued here
Five prison inmates and six associates are accused of funneling drugs into a Pennsylvania prison underneath postage stamps. More: continued here
Gothamist Report: Food Stamps Kept New Yorkers Out Of PovertyGothamistCurrently about one in five New Yorkers are on food stamps, but many new recipients are not on welfare. That's because New Yorkers are special, and what would count as being in "poverty" here doesn't always count as poverty in the rest of the country. …Cutting…
The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office announced Monday the arrests of eleven people in connection with an alleged drug smuggling operation. More: continued here
Stamp Collecting Pays Off for Local PriestPatch.comReverend Thomas Bishop from St. Anne's Church in Barrington has been on a mission to help the less fortunate one stamp at a time. He has led the way in collecting stamps from Jewel-Osco which allowed people … More: continued here