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Struggling against a tide of red ink brought on by rising costs and declining mail volume, the Postal Service said on Tuesday that it will delay the release of several new postage stamps scheduled for this year. More: continued here

Stimulus plan defendedScranton Times, PAIn Pennsylvania, the act provides more than $80 million for law enforcement, more than $223 million for clean drinking water, $1 billion for improvements to roads and bridges, $754 million in food stamps and more than $200 million for unemployment …Pa. lawmakers on stimulus: Inaction is not …

County considering pulling out of food stamp programDayton Daily News, OHBy Marie Rossiter LEBANON — A family with a net worth more than $400000 should not be eligible for the food stamp program, Warren County commissioners said. Warren County Commission is considering pulling the county out of the food stamp program …

County: no more food stamps for richCincinnati.com, OHRecently the commissioners learned that this person, with the before-mentioned property, qualified for $500 a month in food stamps after she lost her job. A new rule by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services says that this person qualifies for …County considering …

Ideas that might occur while on the food stamp lineHillsboro Argus – OregonLive.com, ORby David Sarasohn, The Oregonian A couple of thoughts on the multiple responses to my Sunday piece on the exploding demand for food stamps. When I do stories like that, they always produce a wide response of attacks …

Healthy Difference on 'Today's THV at 5': Food Stamps& HealthToday’s THV, ARThirty-one million Americans live on food stamps. With so many Americans living on a fixed income, some are looking at cutting their grocery bill any way they can. That can mean choosing foods not entirely healthy for you and your …

The recession forces the Postal Service to delay release of several new postage stamps. More: continued here

The positive economics of Food StampsTimes Tribune of Corbin, KYAlong 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 …

Post office delays new stamps, citing weak economyTown Hall, DCEconomic woes are forcing the post office to delay release of several new postage stamps scheduled for this year. Battered by rising costs and declining mail volume, the Postal Service lost $2.8 billion last year and is facing even larger losses this …

Warren debates food stamps for well-offCincinnati.com, OHThe Warren County commissioners are scheduled to discuss an unusual topic this morning: well-off people collecting food stamps. County Administrator Dave Gully says the county's Human Services employees were upset because they were required to issue … More: continued here