CFL West Final: Esks' Reilly, Stamps' Cornish in crosshairs

Henry Burris wasn’t promising a picture-perfect golf swing.Just the fact he was willing — and able — to dust off his clubs for the Calgary Stampeders’ annual golf tournament earlier this week, though, is a positive sign for supporters of the CFL squad. More: continued here

Food stamp fraud, bloat overshadow debate on farm billTribune-ReviewA federal judge last week gave probation to two sibling store owners in Wilkinsburg who fraudulently obtained more than $119,000 by letting shoppers cash in food stamps for money at 50 cents on the dollar or buy ineligible products, such as cigarettes.and more » More: continued here

Boston.com Farmers markets getting money to take food stampsAshland Daily TidingsCurrently, fewer than a quarter of the nation's roughly 7100 farmers markets are set up to use the Electronic Benefit Transfer system, or food stamps. But Kathleen Merrigan, deputy secretary of agriculture, said she hopes these grants will bring …food stamp program to expandToledo BladeFarmers'…

Kansas.com For some Kansans, food stamps can be a lifelineKansas.comTiffani Chacon doesn't want to be on food stamps. But the 21-year-old single mother and food service worker from Wichita – one of about 316,000 Kansans enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – says she's grateful for the program, …Single mother aims for life without food…

WASHINGTON — With the holidays nearing, the post office has two new Christmas stamps and the usual array of postage for other holidays available. Each year, the Postal Service issues what it calls a traditional stamp featuring a Mad More: continued here

The Portage Terriers lost 4-2 on the road to the Swan Valley Stampeders on Saturday. Shaq Merasty and Cody Kostecki scored first-period goals to give the Terriers a 2-1 lead after one, but the Stamps tied things up in the second and netted a pair in the third period en route to the victory.[…] More:…