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Workers’ woes help fuel food-stamp surgeAtlanta Journal Constitution,  USA –12 minutes agoBy Craig Schneider A skyrocketing number of Georgia families are collecting food stamps, another sign that more people are having trouble putting food on … More: continued here

JACKSONVILLE, FL — It’s an all-time record: nearly one in ten Americans are using food stamps to put food on the kitchen table.  St. Johns County alone saw a 52% increase in the number of people asking for help. More: continued here

Officials: More Ga. families apply for food stampsColumbus Ledger-Enquirer, GA –5 minutes agoAP — Officials say the number of families using food stamps has dramatically increased, and it may continue to skyrocket as unemployment and foreclosures … More: continued here

A skyrocketing number of Georgia families are collecting food stamps, another sign that more people are having trouble putting food on the table in these difficult economic times. The state has generated about 10,000 new food-stamp cases a month since July, state officials said Thursday. Georgia had a total of …

Reuters Pakistan Post issues stamps on BB human rights prizeThe News International, Pakistan –5 hours agoPakistan Post has issued special postage stamps on conferment of UN Human Rights Prize 2008 to Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto on the International Human …Pakistan Post issues stamps to pay tribute to BBThe PostHuman Rights prize for …

Thousands More On First Coast Requesting Food StampsFirst Coast News, FL –11 minutes agoJACKSONVILLE, FL — It's an all-time record: nearly one in ten Americans are using food stamps to put food on the kitchen table. … More: continued here

Cool Hunting A Field Guide To: The Stamps Of The WorldCool Hunting, NY –6 minutes agoStamp collecting just got a little less nerdy, with Portland-based graphic designer Gavin Potenza's new poster, "A Field Guide To: The Stamps Of The World," … More: continued here

Food Stamps Applications Rise In QueensQueens Tribune, NY –1 hour agoBy Lisa Fogarty The number of Queens residents receiving food stamps has increased over the past few years as a result of the Medicaid/Food Stamp data match …National food stamp surge amplified in W.Va.ForbesCounty food stamp usage grows 26 percentMaryland Gazetteall 22 …

Food stamp website comes as applications riseWABE, GA –6 minutes agoThe recession has forced many Georgians to apply for food stamps over the past several months. As the number of applications continues to rise, … More: continued here

First class stampsThis is London, UK –6 hours agoWayne Rooney hit the headlines again for the wrong reasons after his lunge on Aalborg's Kasper Risgard, which looked suspiciously like an intentional stamp. … More: continued here