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KUALA LUMPUR: Pos Malaysia will issue special stamps and a first-day cover featuring Malaysia’s past and present accomplishments in engineering. More: continued here

Dallas — A Georgia man’s collection of more than 10,000 Abraham Lincoln stamps has sold at auction in New York City for a total of nearly $2 million. More: continued here

Associated Press – April 17, 2009 7:05 PM ET DALLAS (AP) – A Georgia man’s collection of thousands of President Lincoln stamps has sold at auction in New York City for $1.961 million. More: continued here

Minnesota's stream trout season opens statewide | KXNet.com North …KXMC, NDAnglers fishing for stream trout must have a trout stamp in addition to a regular fishing or combination license. Licenses and trout stamps purchased last year expire at midnight April 30. Trout stamps cost $10. The money goes to benefit trout …

DALLAS (AP) — A Georgia man’s collection of thousands of President Lincoln stamps has sold at auction in New York City for $1.961 million. Dallas-based Spink Shreves Galleries on Friday auctioned off More: continued here

Diversifying beyond stocks into say, rare stamps or coins, baseball cards or other collectibles appears a daunting task if you don’t know anything about what you’re collecting. More: continued here

Food stamp, Medi-Cal requests upFresno Bee, CABy Eddie Jimenez / The Fresno Bee Requests for food stamps and Medi-Cal assistance have risen at higher rates in Tulare County than they have statewide during the economic downturn. Local officials say that while they have noticed an increase in the … More: continued …

Stamps give stocks a lickingCalgary Herald,  CanadaDiversifying beyond stocks into say, rare stamps or coins, baseball cards or other collectibles appears a daunting task if you don't know anything about what you're collecting. Aside from losing your items, the main problem is that you may pay more for … More: …

Obama wants Concannon to manage nutrition programsDesMoinesRegister.com, IABy PHILIP BRASHER • pbrasher@dmreg.com • April 18, 2009 Washington, DC – Iowa's former state human services director, Kevin Concannon, has been picked to oversee food stamps, school lunches and other federal nutrition programs. …PRESIDENT OBAMA, SECRETARY VILSACK ANNOUNCE INTENT TO NOMINATE …USDA.gov (press …

Company to stop routing Florida food-stamp questions to Indian centerPalm Beach Post,  United StatesBy MICHAEL C. BENDER TALLAHASSEE — JPMorgan Chase officials announced Friday that they will stop using Indian call centers to answer customer service questions from Floridians on food stamps. The announcement was made the same day the …