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News14.com California food stamp benefits going up 13.6%Los Angeles Times, CABy Molly Hennessy-Fiske and Michael Rothfeld California food stamp recipients will receive 13.6% more benefits thanks to the federal economic stimulus package, the state Department of Social Services announced Wednesday. …NYC gets more food stamps from stimulusBusinessWeekFederal Stimulus Increases NY Food …

WASHINGTON, April 1 (UPI) — The U.S. Postal Service and Twentieth Century Fox Licensing and Merchandising have announced the Simpsons will soon be featured on 44-cent stamps. More: continued here

The Simpsons, America’s most enduring — or is that endearing? — dysfunctional family will be honored on their own stamps, the Postal Service announced. More: continued here

Food stamps better spent money than big bailoutsSouth Alabamian, ALAlong the way she applied for public assistance and was given $11 in food stamps. She stopped at a grocery after a long night of work. Exhausted, she unloaded her cart slowly, with the food stamps on the counter. The guy behind …

Johns Creek student’s drawing could become stampAtlanta Journal Constitution,  USAEarlier this week, a panel of judges unanimously declared the Johns Creek 15-year-old’s color-pencil illustration of the nesting Aix sponsa the top entry out of 511 submissions in the 2009 statewide Junior Duck Stamp Art Contest. … More: continued here

Homer Simpson, stamp collector. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Simpsons, the bumbling but lovable American cartoon family, will appear on postage stamps. America’s most enduring — or is that endearing — dysfunctional family will be honored on their own stamps, the… More: continued here

Michigan families receive more money in food stampsThe Detroit News, MIMonthly food stamp allocations are going up by a whopping 13.6 percent, effective today. That means a family of four will get an additional $80 a month to put food on the table, according to state officials. When Bridge cards reach …

Simpsons chosen for new US postage stampSify, IndiaThe portraits of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson will all feature on five first class postage stamps, the US Postal Service announced on Wednesday. The stamps are in recognition of the 20th anniversary of the show, which is the US's … More: …

Lawmaker Wants Food Stamp Recipients Drug TestedNewsChannel5.com, TNTennessee families on food stamps saw an increase Wednesday in how much they get each month. Some state lawmakers are concerned about just who is getting the tax dollars. The extra cash was part of new stimulus money the state received. … More: continued …

Don’t have a cow, man! The Simpsons will appear on postage stamps. America’s most enduring — or is that endearing? — dysfunctional family will be honored on their own stamps, the Postal Service announced. More: continued here