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Richard Stamps, age 60, of Omaha, died Feb. 27, 2009 in Balad, Iraq of natural causes. More: continued here

Senate agrees to remove stamps from liquor bottlesLocalNews8.com, IDAP – March 6, 2009 1:05 PM ET SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Utah would no longer place stickers on every bottle of beer, wine and liquor sold at state liquor stores under a bill initially approved by the Senate. The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control … More:…

First-class stamp soon to cost moreImperial Republican, NEBy Carolyn Lee The US Postal Service has announced that the price of a first-class stamp will increase two cents on May 11, to 44 cents. Postal rates go up annually in May, with the new prices announced in February. The overall change is tied to the … More:…

Number of food stamp recipients up in Arizona, nationallyBizjournals.com, NCThe number of Arizona households receiving federal food stamps was up 26 percent at the end of 2008 compared with the end of 2007. About 308300 Arizona households were participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in December 2008, … More: continued here

IT HAS taken a while for Cuba’s president, Raúl Castro, to settle into the seat his brother occupied for almost 50 years. But this week he put his own stamp on the government, making the biggest changes since Fidel Castro was struck down by illness in 2006. Two long-serving senior figures—Felipe Pérez Roque, the foreign…

Almost 32-million Americans are making ends meet with the help of food stamps. That’s a record number and represents an increase of 700-thousand people in just one month, roughly equivalent to the number of recent monthly job losses. More: continued here

As more and more families struggle to make ends meet, a growing number are now relying on food stamps to buy g read more More: continued here

How do assets affect food stamps eligibility?MiamiHerald.com, FLQ. I recently mailed my recertification request for food stamps to the Department of Children and Families. It was denied because, they said, I had too many assets. Can Action Line tell me if there is a cap on assets or are food stamps benefits solely … More: continued…

Q. I recently mailed my recertification request for food stamps to the Department of Children and Families. It was denied because, they said, I had too many assets. More: continued here

Five people who stole more than $10,000 in postage stamps in New Hampshire and Massachusetts have pleaded guilty and been sentenced. More: continued here