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Poet and novelist Maya Angelou, who grew up in Stamps, Arkansas, says she would be happy to see Barack Obama become president but Angelou remains committed to Hillary Rodham Clinton for the Democratic nomination. More: continued here

US: Where jobs are scarce and bellies are emptyPeninsula On-line, Qatar –5 hours agoHe runs a religious outreach programme in Lucas County near Toledo, which helps those below the poverty line to get food stamps and other benefits. … More: continued here

By Connie Sage A sputtering U.S. economy has meant a drop in new home construction, increased unemployment and more residents applying for food stamps in the Outer Banks. The value of building permits issued in Dare County – Duck, Kill Devil Hills, Kitty Hawk, Manteo, Nags Head and Southern … …

Simon Garfield on rediscovering his stamp-collecting obsessionGuardian, UK –2 hours agoIt had been an innocent boyhood hobby, but when, in his forties, Simon Garfield rediscovered stamp-collecting, it spiralled into an obsession that went … More: continued here

Philatelist stamps class on RoseberyThe Press Association –2 hours agoPhilatelist (5-2) justified market support when cutting through the field down the home straight to land the Rosebery Handicap at Kempton. … More: continued here

Stamps swing with the bestSt. Thomas Times-Journal, Canada –5 hours agoBy Rob Ross Five golfers from Parkside Collegiate Institute proved Canadian schools can play with the best of them. Jamie Dodds, Cole Fulton, Andrew Froud, … More: continued here

Stamp of approvalStuff.co.nz, New Zealand –29 minutes agoBy BEN FAWKES – Sunday Star Times | Sunday, 30 March 2008 A humble civil servant's lifetime worth of stamp collecting has fetched more than $350000 at … More: continued here

Penampang : Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Tan Sri Bernard Dompok said councillors can no longer act like rubber stamps in the wake of people’s higher expectations. More: continued here

Stamps collected by a quiet and unassuming civil servant in Wellington have sold at auction for almost $400,000. Before David Jarvis died last year, he amassed a huge number of rare and valuable stamps, many of them from Britain. More: continued here

Czech Lambert Krejcir's stamp collection sold for 13.65 millionCzech Happenings, Czech Republic –3 hours agoPrague- The collection of postage stamps that was owned by missing businessman Lambert Krejcir, father of fugitive Radovan Krejcir, fetched 13.65 million … More: continued here