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NEWCASTLE: West Ham United’s supporters didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when Craig Bellamy scored his third goal in three games to start the fightback which almost earned his club all three points against ex-employers Newcastle United. More: continued here

Food Stamps Can Be A Painful NecessityThe Ledger, FL –2 minutes agoSo the other day, after taking a nap so she could stay awake through the overnight shift, Perez drove downtown and got in line to ask for food stamps. … More: continued here

Every stamp tells a story. Small, often intricate, and sometimes very valuable, they depict everything from fish to fowl and locomotives to local history. And […] More: continued here

Most kids today don’t collect stamps and baseball cards as their parents once did. Does it matter? More: continued here

Stamps like "little pieces of history"Brantford Expositor, Canada –1 hour agoAnd for every type of stamp, there are collectors who crave them. “They are little pieces of art. They’re little pieces of history,” said Dan Coates, … More: continued here

Christian Science Monitor Where have all the pint-sized collectors gone?Christian Science Monitor, MA –3 hours agoMost kids today don't collect stamps and baseball cards as their parents once did. Does it matter? By Marilyn Gardner | Staff writer of The Christian … More: continued here

As a boy, Simon Garfield started collecting “errors” – rare stamps flawed by printing faults and absent colours. As an adult his childhood obsession became a full-blown mid-life crisis. This amusing but painfully revealing account of a passion he was once only able to admit to people he could really …

The waiting room at the Human Services Department in Trenton is crowded – moms with toddlers and a newborn in a green carrier, a middle-aged man in a wheelchair, and two sisters, one who is on disability. More: continued here

Charlottetown, The Guardian Canada Post hikes stamp pricesBrantford Expositor, Canada –10 hours agoCanada Post says it the price of a domestic stamp will increase to 54 cents from 52. The cost of sending letters, cards and postcards to the United States …Canada Post hiking cost to send mailCalgary HeraldPostal rates are going …

'Stamp' found in sock drawer reopens 1927 intrigueToronto Star,  Canada –5 hours agoThis is a story about a failed first flight, a vanished shipment of airmail, a midnight robbery, and a `stamp' – lost to the world for 81 years – that … More: continued here