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These days Chef Jasmin Bain enters her local grocery store with a lighter pocketbook but a heavier pocket—the latter increasingly loaded down with food store stamps meant to take a bite out of 5.20 percent inflation. “I use them even more now,” said the COB pastry lecturer. More: continued here

Campus events at Lourdes College are drawing bigger crowds these days. An innovative program attempts to liken attending a concert or planetarium show on campus to visiting a foreign country, and students gain stamps in a passport along the way. Simply named, the Lourdes Passport Program, gives interested students a …

The Illinois Hunger Coalition calculates that approximately 10 percent of Illinois residents have turned to food stamps as the economic crisis deepens. More: continued here

Governors Only Have Eyes For ObamaThe Washington Independent, DC –1 hour agoStates are also looking to the federal government to help pay for food stamps, jobless benefits and health care for the poor — projects they cannot afford … More: continued here

Jones not in hurry to leave StampsStar Phoenix, Canada –3 minutes ago… have to see if they like me enough to give me the head-coaching job,” said Jones, who also has some player personnel responsibilities with the Stamps. … More: continued here

The Star-Ledger – NJ.com Director Mills puts own stamp on tension-filled 'Mauritius' in …The Star-Ledger – NJ.com, NJ –3 minutes agoA young miss named Jackie shows up at the store to have her stamps appraised. Shop owner Phil has seen too many amateurs who expect millions for canceled … More: continued here

KUALA LUMPUR, DEC 1 (Bernama) — Pos Malaysia Berhad (PMB) aims to sell 1.1 million stamps in its first run of stamps featuring cartoons by Datuk Mohd Nor Khalid, more famously known as Lat. More: continued here

Javno.hr Jumpstart the Economy – Invest in State and Local GovernmentsHuffington Post, NY –28 minutes agoExtending unemployment insurance and expanding food stamps have to be a part of that aid. As Mark Zandi, chief economist and co-founder of Moody's …Governors Only Have Eyes For ObamaThe Washington Independentall 35 news articles More: continued …

Outreach efforts have prompted a spike in the number of Queens residents on food stamps after the city targeted the borough as the first stop in its campaign to enroll low-income residents who did not know they were eligible for the program. More: continued here

The number of Colorado families relying on food stamps to put food on the table has risen sharply this year, a clear indicator of a troubled economy. More: continued here