Moby caught flak for saying food stamps shouldn’t pay for junk food … – Washington Post

New York, Jun 6 2011 – At least 20 postal services around the world are issuing stamps and other products as part of a United Nations initiative to highlight 30 years battling the AIDS epidemic, during which 60 million people have become infected with HIV and nearly 30 million people have died of AIDS-related causes….

For decades, Congress rolled food stamps and farm subsidies together into one giant bill. The tactic generated lots of rural and urban votes from politicians in both parties. Everyone got something out of the deal. That longtime marriage, though, is in trouble. With federal money tight, old alliances are starting to fray. More: continued here

Queen stamps down IT spendingCIO UKAs part of £3 million overall spending cuts, the Queen's expenditure on IT fell from …and more » More: continued here

Globe and Mail • Ticats lead Stamps 19-13 at the halfHamilton SpectatorThe Stamps put together their second longish drive of the half, going 58 yards in eight plays but stalling near the end zone – a pre-gam focus for coach …Stampeders, Tiger-Cats kick-off CFL doubleheader on TSNTSNEarning their stripesToronto SunTiger-Cats lay it on the lineGlobe…

Stamp out sugar; free up marketsCrain’s New York BusinessNew York's proposal to prohibit food-stamp purchases of sugary beverages and study that move's effect on consumption and obesity has been embraced by the …A SNAP DecisionMinneapolis Star Tribuneall 2 news articles » More: continued here

TPMDC To Sen. Storms: Let them eat cakeMiamiHerald.comRonda Storms, R-Ronda Knows Best, wants to peek into the grocery carts of poor people and tell them what they can't buy with food stamps, a push that's getting the not-shy Storms attention from National Public Radio to the New York Times.No sweets with food stamps bill moving…