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WASHINGTON — The number of Americans receiving food stamps topped 40 million for the first time in March as the jobless rate hovered near a 26-year high. Recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program subsidies for food purchases totaled 40.2 million, up 21 percent from a year earlier and 1… More: …

More than 40m now use food stampsBoston GlobeWASHINGTON — The number of Americans receiving food stamps in March topped 40 million for the first time as the jobless rate hovered near a 26-year high. …and more » More: continued here

She goes out to the peopleThe Free Lance-StarBut now, Phillips has food stamps. She is one of about 730 Fredericksburg residents who qualified for food stamps, but who had not enrolled. …and more » More: continued here

Desperate Times: Selling Food Stamps To Get ByBlack Voice NewsMany are selling food stamps for cash. Over 6 million people today report food stamps as their only source of income according to an analysis of government … More: continued here

Food stamp recipients increase to record 40.2 million in March; Texas at topAustin American-StatesmanWASHINGTON — The number of Americans receiving food stamps topped 40 million for the first time in March as the jobless rate hovered near a 26-year high. …and more » More: continued here

Surge in food stamp applicants overwhelm stateKTNV Las VegasLas Vegas, NV (KTNV) – State welfare agencies are struggling to keep up with the growing number of Nevadans who need food stamps to survive, … More: continued here

Philatelist Fantasy: New North Korean Stamps Collectors' DreamLuxist (blog)What takes a mere stamp collection into the realm of the unattainable? Forget concerns of auction … More: continued here

A proposed change to Utah’s food stamp rules could mean nearly 8,000 households with undocumented members get less financial aid for food — or none at all. More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk Wrong-coloured stamp raises high auction hopesBBC NewsOne of the world's rarest stamps has fetched a record price at auction in Switzerland, organisers told the BBC. It means the Swedish Treskilling Yellow …Auctioneer: Swedish stamp keeps world recordThe Associated PressWorld's most expensive stamp sold in GenevaTimes of IndiaAuctioneer claims record …

MFA China (press release) Stamp mania riles staffEastDay.comThey get their souvenir passports stamped as soon as they enter a pavilion and leave immediately afterward, without even glimpsing at the pavilion's …Crush causes some pavilions to cancel stampsShanghai DailyAround the world in just one dayLongevitysall 26 news articles » More: continued here