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Kendra Learns Tough Life Lessons—Like What Stamps AreE! Online"The first time I mailed something on my own, like a couple of months ago, I didn't put a stamp on it!" admitted Kendra to Celebuzz. "My mom, she was like, 'Are you serious? You didn't put a stamp on your mail?' …

Food stamps may be option for studentsIndependent Collegian (subscription), OHDue to the high cost of education, some students may be resorting to food stamps to pay for their meals. “Students are required to pay such high tuition,” said David Browning, an assistant professor of social work at UT. … More: continued …

Project aims to aid access to food stampsStatesman Journal, ORThe state Department of Human Services has launched a two-year pilot program to help improve access to food stamp benefits for people age 60 and older. DHS is attempting to simplify the food stamp application process, by creating an online application … …

Review: 'Mauritius' at Pasadena PlayhouseLos Angeles Times, CAWell, "thriller" might be overstating matters, but in “Mauritius,” playwright Theresa Rebeck manages to create taut dramatic intrigue over what one character calls “the crown jewel of philately” — two exceedingly rare stamps from the eponymous African …'Mauritius' Southeastern PremiereBroadway Worldall 3 news articles …

Food-stamp bill gives ex-drug felons the cold shoulderKansas City Star, MOThat snarky response is so tempting, given that some Missouri legislators want to keep ex-drug felons from receiving food stamps. Apparently they’re OK with rapists and murderers — any number of violent criminals — accepting food stamps after they … More: …

Gotham Gazette Rising Demand for Food StampsGotham Gazette, NYby Dara L. Miles As jobs disappear and bank accounts dwindle, more and more New Yorkers are relying on food stamps to put a meal on the table. As of February, more than 1.39 million New York City residents — nearly 800000 households …

Milk stamp backers eye SF artist’s paintingEDGE Boston, MAby Matthew S. Bajko San Francisco artist Jim Leff has been creating stamp artworks since the 1980s. The postage mockups run the gamut from being homoerotic to political in nature. His first in the series, created in 1984 when stamps cost 22 cents, …

PROVIDENCE – Just over a dozen protesters, beating a drum and shaking a maraca, marched to a state human services office on Broad Street Saturday to demand easier access to food stamps. More: continued here

THE legislature risks being reduced to a rubberstamping arm of the State if Members of Parliament are made to shy away from questioning the decisions made by the principals to the inclusive government, analysts have warned. More: continued here

More than one out of every six Winnebago County residents was receiving food stamps in February, a figure that shocks even those who expected the demand for social services to skyrocket as the economy stuttered. More: continued here