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For well over a century, the small number of extremely rare Mauritius Blue stamps have remained under lock and key in collections across the globe. A new exhibition in Berlin brings together 18 examples of the stamps. More: continued here

Record numbers get food stamps in Md.Examiner.com –34 minutes agoArundel's increase came last month, compared with November 2007, when, the department says, some 15700 people in the county got food stamps. … More: continued here

Boise residents try to save century-old, historic sidewalk stamps | The RepublicThe RepublicThat included the sidewalk outside her house — and the circular stamp in the concrete, dated 1910, with the name of the company that did the work: Coast. "I do look for sidewalk stamps all the time now," said the former St. Louis,…

Food & Wine Trump's Budget Would Charge Stores a Fee For Accepting Food StampsFood & WineA new budget proposal from the White House would not only cut funding to benefit programs for America's poorest families, but would also make it more difficult for stores to accept food stamps from people in need. One provision in…

Media Matters for America (blog) Stuart Varney Ramps Up Fox's Campaign Against Food StampsMedia Matters for America (blog)Fox News's Stuart Varney renewed his attacks on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), more commonly known as food stamps, to hype an upcoming special on that government assistance program and to promote a new Fox News poll…

The California state Assembly approved a bill Thursday that would allow convicted drug felons to collect food stamps without proving they are in treatment for their drug addiction. More: continued here