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1 in 7 Portage residents get food stamps Statistic higher than …Bedford Times Register, OH –39 minutes agoBy Mike Sever One in seven Portage County residents receive nutritional help through food stamps, and the number is growing. That's higher than Ohio's … More: continued here

Associated Press – April 4, 2008 5:15 AM ET CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – New Hampshire’s Department of Health and Human Services is reporting that more households are receiving food stamps that at any… More: continued here

State: Demand for food stamps is up in NHBoston Globe, United States –3 hours agoCONCORD, NH—New Hampshire's Department of Health and Human Services is reporting that more households are receiving food stamps than at any other time in …More Arizonans turn to food stampsEast Valley TribuneAudit: 10 prison inmates improperly got food …

In a win for the tobacco industry, a federal appeals court in Manhattan has thrown out a class action on behalf of anyone who ever smoked a “light” cigarette. The lawsuit had sought $800 billion in damages on behalf of 50 million smokers. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. …

Judge Stamps Out a Cigarette Class ActionNew York Sun, NY –5 minutes agoBy JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN In a win for the tobacco industry, a federal appeals court in Manhattan has thrown out a class action on behalf of anyone who ever … More: continued here

Amid rising food prices and an unstable economy, more New Hampshire households are receiving food stamps than at any other time in recent years, according to data from the state’s Department of Health and Human Services. More: continued here

Demand for food stamps soars in NHConcord Monitor, NH –18 minutes agoBy SARAH LIEBOWITZ Amid rising food prices and an unstable economy, more New Hampshire households are receiving food stamps than at any other time in recent … More: continued here

Brokers say state's stamp duty call unjustifiedEconomic Times, India –7 hours agoMUMBAI: The stamp duty office of the Maharashtra government has issued notices to stock brokers, asking them to pay huge arrears of duty for 2005-06 and … More: continued here

Hoosier Ag Today Disaster aid, food stamps hold up farm billDesMoinesRegister.com, IA –5 hours ago“Many low-income families really aren’t getting the same food stamp value they were getting a year ago or two years ago,” Harkin said. …A 48-hour farm bill?Agriculture OnlineFarm bill still awaits final funding dealBrownfieldLawmakers Differ on Farm Bill …

Negotiations on a new farm have been tied up over how much money to put into farm disaster assistance or toward food stamps and other forms of nutrition assistance. More: continued here