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Mary Lasker’s face recently came to grace a US postage stamp — who else in the biomedical world deserves the honor? More: continued here

Nearly 1 million Missourians — one in six people in the state — needed federal aid last month to keep food on the table, the highest count ever. More: continued here

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is still finding time in his busy schedule to collect stamps, it has been revealed. More: continued here

NYC to Receive $841 Million in Extra Food StampsWNYC, NYby Cindy Rodriguez NEW YORK, NY February 26, 2009 —Federal stimulus money will bring an estimated $841 million in extra food stamp benefits to New York City. This means that starting in April each one of the 1.3 million New Yorkers who …

Welfare officials say the demand for food stamps in Massachusetts jumped 20 percent last year, straining the system and trying the patience of some residents applying for the benefit. There are now about 600,000 Massachusetts residents getting food stamps after nearly 100,000 people were added to the rolls in 2008.  …

Most of food stamp fraud cases were single parentsSpringfield News Sun, OHJob and Family Services of Clark County received 192 bogus applications for food stamp reimbursements after the storm, requesting repayment for food that supposedly spoiled while thousands were without power for several days. … More: continued here

New numbers out this week on the social needs of Missourians paint a bleak picture of a state hurting from the national economic downturn. More: continued here

BOSTON – Welfare officials say the demand for food stamps in Massachusetts jumped 20 percent last year, straining the system and trying the patience of some residents applying… More: continued here

St. Louis Post-Dispatch More Missourians than ever seeking food stampsdigitalBURG.com, MOST. LOUIS (AP)–New numbers out this week on the social needs of Missourians paint a bleak picture of a state hurting from the national economic downturn. A monthly report from the Department of Social Services says that nearly 1 million …More …

WWLP 22News Demand for food stamps in Mass. soarsBoston Herald, United StatesBy AP BOSTON — Welfare officials say the demand for food stamps in Massachusetts jumped 20 percent last year, straining the system and trying the patience of some residents applying for the benefit. There are now about 600000 Massachusetts residents …