Utahns using food stamps at new highSalt Lake Tribune, United StatesBy Julia Lyon Tanya Rigby, who works at the Tooele County Food Bank helping people get utility subsidies, lost her job at a local cabinet factory and is on food stamps. Utah has hit a new high in the number of households on food stamps. ……
Opening Saturday: Think of them as tiny windows into the past: 300 postage stamps spanning nearly a half-century of Russian history, from the Bolshevik revolution through the 1950s. More: continued here
Food stamp enrollment jumps to record 31.8 millionReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) – A record 31.8 million Americans received food stamps at the latest count, an increase of 700000 people in one month with the United States in recession, government figures showed on Thursday. Food stamps, which help poor people …Achieve a balanced diet on a budgetDaily Cardinalall…
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A record 31.8 million Americans received food stamps at the latest count, an increase of 700,000 people in one month with the United States in recession, government figures showed on Thursday. More: continued here
Civil rights leaders had their stamps unveiled at a ceremony last Friday at the Queens Library. (photo by Matt Hampton) Students and community leaders from southeast Queens visited the main branch of the Queens Library on Thursday to honor civil rights leaders with a new series of stamps. More: continued here
This year is special for Convenience Store News , as it marks the 40th year of publication, making it the longest continuously published news source for the convenience store industry. More: continued here
Rights leaders honored at local stamp unveilingQueens Chronicle, NYby Matt Hampton, Editor Students and community leaders from southeast Queens visited the main branch of the Queens Library on Thursday to honor civil rights leaders with a new series of stamps. The gathering, held in the basement of the library in … More: continued here
Economist The other Castro stamps his heelEconomist, UKBut 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 minister, and Carlos Lage, … More: continued here
New Stamp Honoring Medgar Evers ReleasedKansas City Call, MOBy Verena Dobnik AP Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A US postage stamp with the likeness of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers has been officially released. The Evers stamp now goes on sale nationwide. A total of a dozen stamps honoring prominent civil …Civil Rights Pioneers Honored…