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Ohio food stamp participation rates soaringThe Newark Advocate, OHCLEVELAND (AP) — Ohioans are increasingly turning to food stamps to make ends meet as the state's economy worsens. Figures show than one in seven people in Cuyahoga County, Ohio's most populous county, received food stamps in February, … More: continued here

CLEVELAND (AP) — More and more Ohioans are turning to food stamps to make ends meet as the state’s economy continues to worsen. More: continued here

Ohio food stamp participation rates soaringDayton Daily News, OHAP 11:36 AM Saturday, May 30, 2009 CLEVELAND — More and more Ohioans are turning to food stamps to make ends meet as the state's economy continues to worsen. Figures show than one in seven people in Cuyahoga County, Ohio's most populous county, …

Downtown Rogers hopes for stamp-and-shop SaturdayBenton County Daily Record, ARRomeo's Downtown Pipe & Tobacco Co. was a stop on the Rally's Dice Stroll – Romeo had the "E" stamp. As Friday wore on, however, his humidor was still full. All around downtown Rogers, business windows had the Dice Stroll sticker posted …

Real Food Can Be Cheaper Than JunkNew York Times, United StatesBy Mark Bittman CookforGood.com has a compelling set of instructions for how to shop and cook inexpensively enough to live on food stamps. Well thought out and presented. This is a long and ongoing discussion — worthy of a cookbook, really …

Food Stamp Foul-UpKPLC-TV, LAThe Louisiana Department of Social Services today announced that all 282748 regular Food Stamp recipients inadvertently received their June benefits days early and should take the appropriate steps to budget accordingly to ensure those benefits last … More: continued here

New Zealand Herald Audrey Hepburn stamp sells for big moneyBoston Herald, United StatesBy Herald wire services Audrey Hepburn's image with a cigarette holder from the 1961 movie “Breakfast at Tiffany's” that was put on a German stamp in 2001 has been sold for $74600 by a Berlin auction house. The rare …

Paper food stamps to expireFremont Tribune, NEAlthough the Department of Health and Human Services has used Electronic Benefit Transfer cards to issue food stamp benefits to eligible Nebraskans since 2002, some people may have a few paper food stamp coupons left. “If you have any paper food stamp…Food stamp applications skyrocketRichmondBizSenseall …

$10K robbery in Craigslist postage stamp dealAZ Central.com, AZ29, 2009 09:28 AM A man was robbed of several thousand dollars in broad daylight in the parking lot of a Mesa restaurant after arranging to purchase postage stamps, officials said Thursday. The victim told police he had met with the man previously …

Nothing makes me happier then when the blogsphere lends a hand to creating positive change. Last week myself and many other folks including the New York Times , wrote about Costco’s anti-food stamps ways and this week they announced that they will start accepting food stamps in two of their …