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Local members of the community are preparing to petition for stamps. More: continued here

Stamp Prices Going UpMesquite Local News, NVBy Morris Workman 02-27-2009 The price of a stamp for first class mail will be going up two cents on May 11, bringing the price for stamps from 42 cents to 44 cents each. The price increase has become an annual ritual with the post …

It’s no secret that we’re all facing tough economic times and it’s getting worse. Florida now leads the nation in the number of people receiving food stamps. More: continued here

There is startling new information about the state of those in need in Southwest Florida. Requests for food stamps in Lee County are skyrocketing. More: continued here

Price and awareness increases have propelled the popularity of the Forever Stamp. The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) announced first-class stamps are going to 44 cents, as of May 11, 2009. About 6 billion Forever stamps have been sold since fiscal year 2008, according to USPS spokesman Tim Ratliff. USPS introduced …

Stamps& Coins: Lincoln's memory is as shiny as the new penniesSacramento Bee,  USAEarlier this month, I traveled to Springfield, Ill. I had received an invitation from a friend to attend the Lincoln Society dinner there celebrating the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth. The added attraction was the evening's speaker: …

County facing rising need for food stampsMSNBCRequests for food stamps in Lee County are skyrocketing. Some might say Tiffany Stoughton serves as the perfect face of this downed economy. She is a middle class, twenty-something mother with another child on the way. Now, she has taken a drastic but … …

New stamps honor civil rights pioneersTuscaloosa News (subscription), ALBy Wayne Grayson Staff Writer Representatives of the Tuscaloosa branch of the United States Postal Service unveiled the just-released civil rights pioneers stamp sheet Friday night at Bailey Tabernacle CME Church. The unveiling was held in conjunction … More: continued here

NYC mayor says ‘no’ to food stamp increacesWorkers WorldIn addition to planning cutbacks in city social programs for the elderly, disabled and children, and layoffs of city workers and decreases in their benefits, now the mayor refuses to expand food stamp eligibility for some adults, even though the newly … …

Review: TrialPay can help you get freebies onlineSan Jose Mercury News,  USAI also scored a movie ticket from Fandango.com by buying a sheet of customizable photo stamps from Stamps.com. This time, I managed to game the TrialPay system by using coupon codes I found online to get 10 percent off …