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From Six-Figure Salaries To Food StampsCBS 2, CAAndrew Balzer never thought he would be standing in line for food stamps. After working in the corporate world as a staff recruiter, he was laid off in November. He had a six-figure income. Now he has a case worker. "The household income is …

Lincoln Stamps Bring Neary $2 Million at a New York AuctionNew York Times, United StatesSold for $149600: a rare block of 1869 Lincoln stamps. A good part of that myth is owed to Lincoln's appearance on postage stamps. The first one, a black 15-cent stamp, was issued in 1866, a year …

Why did food stamp benefits decline?Wisconsin State Journal, WI31, was recently informed that his monthly benefit through Wisconsin's version of the food stamps program — called foodshare — would drop to $16. This was seven days after he was told his benefit of $176 was increasing to $200. … More: continued …

Record numbers of Montanans collecting food stampsGreat Falls Tribune, MTAP • April 19, 2009 More than 1 in 11 Montanans now use food stamps to help cover their grocery bills. At the start of April, they received a record $10.6 million in food stamp benefits. It was the first time food …

Providence Journal As economy sours, more turning to food stampsProvidence Journal, RIBy Cynthia Needham Sheila Joost, a clerk with the Department of Human Services, which administers the food stamp program, works at the Warwick office. PROVIDENCE — The men and women who appear at Chantelle Gonzalez's desk wear anxious expressions and …

Postal worker stole nearly $700k in stamps, feds sayOhMyGov!, DCA US Postal Service window clerk and his associate were nabbed in an undercover bust for pocketing over a half million dollars in stamps, and reselling them on eBay, according to a federal indictment. The Maryland US Attorney's Office said Elkridge … …

The CNMI government, through the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs, has filed an application for a $3 million grant that would allow the inclusion of poor permanent residents in the federal Nutrition Assistance Program. More: continued here

Food Stamp Challenge issuedDaily Democrat, CABy Daily Democrat Staff Have you ever been curious as to what it is like to live on food stamps? Now is your chance to find out and help feed your local community in the process. The Yolo County Food Bank is inaugurating its first virtual …

Butler County: Food stamp errors rareMiddletown Journal, OHBy Josh Sweigart HAMILTON — Of the 204 Butler County residents erroneously given food stamps in the first three months of this year — with awards totaling $77123 — 97 are considered administrative errors. This term is misleading, according to Job and … More: …

Wooster Ethnic Fair offers passport stamp to diverse culturesWooster Daily Record, OHEthnic fairgoers were encouraged to visit all exhibitors by collecting stamps on a passport form. Each stamp on the passport brought with it an exchange of cultures and traditions. Elvira Nurieva, a Russian language assistant from Tomsk, Siberia, … More: …