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Flooded with food-stamp applications, Texas halts rollout of …Dallas Morning News, TXBy ROBERT T. GARRETT / The Dallas Morning News AUSTIN — State social services officials, buffeted by a recession-driven surge in food stamp applications, have postponed further expansion of a troubled software system for handling requests for public … More: …

Missouri Announces Junior Duck Stamp WinnersKansas City infoZine, MOWashington, DC – infoZine – The US Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced the winners of the 2009 Missouri Junior Duck Stamp Contest. More than 660 entries were received. The Best of Show artwork was drawn by Rebekah Nastav, age 18 of Amoret …

Wealthy man avoids prison for food stamp fraudHartford Courant, United StatesA Connecticut man whose family used government food stamps while he had access to hundreds of thousands of dollars has pleaded guilty in exchange for avoiding prison. Fifty-two-year-old Martin Ho of New Canaan pleaded guilty to larceny Wednesday in …New Canaan …

Flooded with food stamp applications, Texas halts rollout of …Dallas Morning News, TXBy ROBERT T. GARRETT / The Dallas Morning News AUSTIN — State social services officials, buffeted by a recession-driven surge in food stamp applications, have postponed further expansion of a troubled software system for handling requests for public …Texas …

Stimulus gives more food stamp fundingWatertownDailyTimes.com, NYBy TOM WANAMAKER ALBANY — Funding from the federal stimulus package includes $400 million in additional food stamp aid for eligible upstate New Yorkers. Upstate food stamp recipients will see an increase of 13.6 percent in their monthly benefit. … More: continued here

Texas overwhelmed by food stamp, Medicaid applicationsAustin American-Statesman, TXBy Corrie MacLaggan | Thursday, April 9, 2009, 08:38 AM Overwhelmed by an increase in applications for food stamps and Medicaid, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission has postponed plans to expand use of a new computer enrollment system, … More: continued …

That seems to be the most likely happening very soon. There is news that the Central government had been looking at honoring the legends of the Telugu land – Mahanati Savitri and Pingali Venkayya – the designer of the National Flag. More: continued here

More Arizona families are turning to food stamps during these tough economic times. The Department of Economic Security reports 27 percent more families are using food stamps this year. More: continued here

Pirate standoff…Calif. freeway standoff…Simpsons get stamps…KXMC, NDHomer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie are each getting their picture on a first-class stamp. The Postal Service wants people to vote their favorite. The Simpson stamps will be unveiled Thursday in advance of their May 7 debut. More: continued here

IndiaGlitz Savitri and Pingali on postal stamps?IndiaGlitz, CASo the government is said to be working on modalities to see if postal stamps can be released in the names of the two. Savitri has been considered the all time greatest when it comes to doing a variety of roles ranging from romance …