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Local church offers coffee, pastry and stamp for "Tax Day"Daily Press, VAVolunteers from Sixth Mount Zion Church in Hampton are out at the post office at Aberdeen and Briarfield roads handing out postage stamps, along with coffee and pastries, to people filing their income tax returns today. A spokeswoman for the …

Leno Bill to Help Families Receive Food Stamps Passes First HurdleCalifornia Chronicle, CASACRAMENTO – Legislation authored by Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) that would improve access to food stamps cleared its first hurdle, passing the Senate Health and Human Services Committee with a 3-1 vote. Senate Bill 718 would end California´s …

Food stamps bureaucracy hinders healthful eatingFlorida Times-Union, FLTo receive food stamps, you must live in Florida and be a US citizen. What restrictions are there? Able-bodied adults, 18 to 50 years old, who do not have dependent children, can only get food stamps for 3 months in a 3-year period if …

Two men were indicted Tuesday in a scheme to steal more than a half-million dollars’ worth of postage stamps and sell them at a discount, sometimes on eBay. More: continued here

UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE PHOTOMatt Groening, creator of “The Simpsons,” designed these 44-cent stamps depicting Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie. The United States Postal Service is jumping on the bandwagon of one of America’s favorite families. No, not the… More: continued here

Associated Press – April 15, 2009 11:15 AM ET DALLAS (AP) – A collection of more than 10,000 stamps depicting President Lincoln goes up for auction Friday by a Dallas-based auction… More: continued here

More than 80 countries issue stamps of Chinese zodiac animalsXinhua, ChinaLUOYANG, Henan, April 15 (Xinhua) — Stamps of 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac have been issued in more than 80 countries over 59 years to become the world's longest-running stamp theme, according to a report Wednesday. Since 1950, these countries …

Stamps Going Up Two CentsMarshall County Journal, SDThe price of a first-class mail stamp will go up two cents to 44 cents on Monday, May 11. Customers can continue to mail letters at today's prices by purchasing the Forever Stamp before May 11. Forever Stamps were developed to help consumers ease …

Collection of Lincoln stamps up for auctionHouston Chronicle, United StatesAinsworth took the advice to heart and over the next 32 years amassed more than 10000 stamps depicting Lincoln, a collection that will go up for auction Friday with a pre-sale estimate of more than $2 million. "He put together what is …

Fiji regime stamps out 'troublesome' free speechThe Age, AustraliaFIJI'S military strongman, Frank Bainimarama, has clamped down on radio and internet access in the troubled Pacific country, declaring free speech causes too much trouble. The political upheaval is driving down Fiji's already fragile economy. … More: continued here