Super Series Masters Final: Superb Chong Wei stamps his markNew Straits Times, Malaysia –5 hours agoBy : KM Boopathy THE jinx was finally over as Lee Chong Wei captured his first international crown as the World No 1 by crushing Peter Gade Christensen of … More: continued here
Latina Alston is not yet 30. She has three children out of wedlock with three fathers, two of whom have not helped much with the kids. She raised the children in poverty all their lives. That’s about to change. Latina’s story goes beyond absent fathers, food stamps and welfare checks. People at the Wichita Bar…
For years, San Diego County has had the lowest participation rate in the federal food stamp program among most metropolitan areas. Now, for the first time, an elected official is proposing an effort to connect more people with the benefit. More: continued here
Christian Science Monitor As hunger rises in US, so do creative ways to helpChristian Science Monitor, MA –3 hours agoThat's also prompted a call for federal and state officials to increase the amount of money for food stamps and to make it easier for people to access them. … More: continued here
The Morgan Scott Project in Deer Run, Tenn., offers a variety of services to impoverished people living in the Appalachian Mountains. Among people living in that region 29 percent live below the poverty line and 18 percent use food stamps…. More: continued here
Maryland hospitals have stepped up debt collection, sometimes from the poor, and Gov. O’Malley demands review W illie Mae White began worrying how she’d pay the $36,224 bill from Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center a few weeks after having emergency brain surgery. She lived off Social Security and food stamps after decades working as a…
DOHA: The Arab League has approved in principle the transfer of the Arab Stamps Museum from its present seat at the Arab League General Secretariat to Doha. More: continued here
Special stamps to mark DDF anniversaryTrade Arabia, Bahrain –14 hours agoEmirates Post has issued commemorative stamps to mark the 25th anniversary of Dubai Duty Free (DDF) in four denominations (Dh.1, 2, 3 and 4), … More: continued here
The Inquisitr Rihanna’s Tramp Stamps – Meet the TattooistThe Inquisitr, Australia –2 hours agoShe regularly gets new tramp stamps, although to date she has kept them pretty tasteful. So far she has a treble clef and a 16th note on her right foot, … More: continued here
Olympic stamps popular at Beijing Int´l Cultural Industry ExpoCCTV, China –53 minutes agoOlympic stamps and sports memorabilia are among the most popular items at the third Beijing International Cultural Industry Expo. … More: continued here