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Nearly half of American children – including 90 percent of black children and 90 percent of children who spend their childhoods in single-parent households – will eat meals paid for by food stamps at some point during childhood, reports a Cornell researcher. Nearly one-quarter of U.S. children will live in …

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Reuters Americans on food stamps tops 36 million, new recordReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of Americans receiving food stamp assistance soared above 36 million for the first time in August, the eighth month in a …Americans Set Record For Food Stamp UseMyStateline.comall 12 news articles » More: continued here

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican post office says it has issued its first Braille stamps to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille, the French creator of… More: continued here

Filed under: Personal Finance , News , The Economy , Savings , Budget Leading wholesale retailer Costco has announced that it will now accept food stamps in its stores nationwide. This news comes as a shock to many, who see Costco as catering to elite shoppers. Yet, this should not …

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican post office says it has issued its first Braille stamps to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille, the French creator of… More: continued here

With many families struggling to feed themselves, the big warehouse clubs known for king-size packages of steak and jumbo boxes of Cheerios are increasingly competing with grocery stores for the 36 million Americans on food stamps. More: continued here

Millions of New Yorkers and Americans on food stamps now have access to affordable, healthy food – just in time for Thanksgiving. More: continued here

Nearly half of all American children will reside in a household receiving food stamps at some point between the ages of 1 and 20, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. More: continued here

The Vatican post office has issued its first Braille stamps to commemorate the birth of Louis Braille. More: continued here