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The Post-Standard – Syracuse.com Upper White Trash: The Joy of Food StampsVillage Voice, NYDespite all the waiting and the hassle of dealing with a bureaucracy, the one bright spot of Public Assistance is getting food stamps (also known as EBT). They're now given in credit card form. In the old days …

With unemployment on the rise and nearly 40,000 Ventura County residents out of work, the burden on the county’s network of social services is heavier than it’s been in decades. Applications for food stamps are up nearly 50 percent in the past year, applications to the Cal-Works aid program are …

More Arkansans are using food stamps than ever before. More: continued here

Stampeders head coach/general manager John Hufnagel is pleased to announce the club has signed non-import punter Burke Dales. Dales initially joined the Stamps in 2005 and spent four seasons with the club before becoming a free agent after Calgary’s 2008 championship season. More: continued here

Convenience Store Clerk Pleads Guilty To Food Stamp FraudTampa Tribune, FLBy YOLANDA FERNANDEZ | News Channel 8 A Clearwater convenience store clerk pleaded guilty today to charges he bought hundreds of thousands of dollars of food stamps from customers at a discount. So far, 27 of his former customers also have …

How the Locals are Trying to Save Small BusinessesWall Street Journal Blogs, NYA food bank in Humboldt County in California is trying to save the local economy with food stamps. Food for People is rolling out its “Bring a Million to Humboldt County” campaign, which aims to enroll everyone eligible into …

CBC.ca Dales punts Bombers, stays with StampsWinnipeg Free Press, CanadaDales initially joined the Stamps in 2005 and spent four seasons with the club before becoming a free agent after Calgary's 2008 championship season. He averaged a career-high 46.1 yards per punt and led all CFL punters with an average 38.1 net …

Requests for food stamps, Medi-Cal and other social services keep …Ventura County Star, CAApplications for food stamps are up nearly 50 percent in the past year, applications to the Cal-Works aid program are up 35 percent, and Medi-Cal applications are up 12 percent, according to a presentation on Tuesday to the …

Are canceled debts, food stamps and unemployment compensation taxable?Sun-Sentinel.com, FLFor 2009 only, you can exclude from your income up to $2400 of unemployment benefits, says Bob D. Scharin, senior tax analyst with the tax and accounting business of Thomson Reuters. To be clear: This does not apply to the tax return …

Choices and food stampsGlens Falls Post-Star, NY"The food stamp program almost looks like it's not governed very well," said Richter, of Fort Edward. "It feels like nobody cares." As America's obesity rates have risen to historic levels, some are asking whether the federal food stamp program, … More: continued here