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ABC News New postage stamps honor Latin musicThe Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Musical giants Tito Puente and Carmen Miranda are bringing some Latin flavor to US postage stamps. The new set of five forever stamps going on sale Wednesday also honors Celia Cruz, Selena and Carlos Gardel. They represent a …

Food stamps: Stigma… or stimulus?KXXV News Channel 25In fact, of the 233000 people who live in McLennan County, over 66000 qualify for the federal government's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), or "food stamps." But although nearly a quarter of the county is eligible for benefits, … More: continued here

Statement: “In the past two years, we saw an unprecedented increase of almost 70 percent” in food stamp recipients, Nick Macchione, director of the county Health and Human Services Agency, s More: continued here

A quarter of all McLennan County residents qualify for food stamps, but less than half actually use them.  Why? More: continued here

Use food stamps for healthy choicesvt.Buzz (blog)Alocal grocer recently shared with me the story of a customer who purchased a 12-pack of soda, a 2-liter bottle of soda and four candy bars with a food stamp card. There was not a single item of nutritional value in this customer's shopping …

Send all your eco-inquiries to Jennifer Grayson at eco.etiquette@gmail.com. Questions may be edited for length and clarity. More than one in seven Americans is now… More: continued here

Denmark is launching SMS stamps next month, with Sweden to follow. Germany has a similar system, but the text-message codes cost more than normal stamps. More: continued here

House Ag Committee: Cut Food Stamps, not Farm AidTIME (blog)The only program the letter offers as a possible area for belt-tightening is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the food stamp program. The panel said it might not continue the boost in monthly benefits for SNAP …House …

Framingham officer in Stamps shooting still on administrative leaveMetroWest Daily NewsOfficer Paul Duncan has been on paid administrative leave since he fatally shot Eurie Stamps Sr. during a drug raid at the man's home Jan. 5. The Middlesex district attorney's office ruled the shooting accidental last week following a two-month …

ABC News Stamps Honor Latin Musicians Including Slain Texas Star SelenaKWTXWASHINGTON (March 16, 2011)–Music giants Tito Puente and Carmen Miranda are among the artists who appear on a set of five forever stamps that went on sale Wednesday that also honor Celia Cruz, slain Texas performer Selena and Carlos Gardel. …