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Reuters Record Number of Americans Now on Food StampsIn These TimesBrittney Nance fills out an application for food stamps at the Department of Employment and Social Services in Sacramento, Calif., in March 2009. …One in eight Americans receives food stamps: USReuters1 in 8 Americans Receiving Food StampsDemocracy Nowall 15 news …

Stanley Gibbons, the stamp collecting group, has issued a profit warning for 2009 and is pinning its hopes for this year on the Festival of Stamps being held in London in May. More: continued here

The Star-Ledger – NJ.com US Postal Service 2010 stamp program unveiledThe Star-Ledger – NJ.comIt is going to be an interesting and colorful year for collectors of US stamps. The US Postal Service has unveiled a 2010 stamp program that … More: continued here

Shreveport Housing Authority charged with trafficking food stampsShreveport TimesA Shreveport public housing manager is behind bars after the Caddo sheriff's office charged her with illegally buying and selling food stamps. … More: continued here

Austin American-Statesman US Food Stamp Czar Critical of Texas PrivatizationABC NewsAP Texas has the worst-performing food-stamp program in the nation, the Obama administration's top food stamp program official said. …US official blames privatization for food stamp lag, but state agency cites …Dallas Morning NewsUS food stamp official: State could be …

13 January 2010 Police in Dunedin are keen to reunite two albums of valuable stamps with their owner. More: continued here

Tell us about adding food stamps to your lifeSacramento BeeHave you started using food stamps within the last year? If so, we'd like to talk with you for a story. Contact Mickie Enkoji, menkoji@sacbee.com, …and more » More: continued here

Apartment manager faces charges of food stamp fraudShreveport TimesThe manager of a Shreveport apartment complex is charged with purchasing food stamps from residents of the complex. Tangela Smith, who manages Wilkinson …and more » More: continued here

Canada Post issued two stamps Tuesday to commemorate the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. More: continued here

MANILA, Philippines – The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) made it clear that it has not yet approved a Swiss firm’s proposal to provide tax stamps on cigarette packs. More: continued here