More Star Trek stamps? Make it so, says Canada Post – Reuters

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Is Stamp Collecting Dying as a Hobby?EcommerceBytes (blog)A recent trip, as well as the results of the shipping survey we recently conducted, made me wonder if stamp collecting is dying out as a hobby. I was in an antique mall in the central Virginia area, and a young twentysomething couple in front of me had…

McClatchy Washington Bureau Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts: We must cut food stamps to save themMcClatchy Washington BureauMore information About 939,000 Missouri residents receive food stamps, or one in every seven people in the state, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a Washington think tank. In Kansas, that number is 315,000, or one…

The two men who have the most say in determining the starting quarterback for the Calgary Stampeders — head coach and GM John Hufnagel and offensive co-ordinator Dave Dickenson — are ex-quarterbacks themselves. More: continued here

Soda, Surplus, and Food Stamps: A Short HistoryHuffington Post (blog)Lately there has been a lot of hoopla in the Big Apple about the federal food stamp program, now officially known by the snappy acronym SNAP (the …Food Stamps Rebranded "CalFresh"Auburn Journalall 2 news articles » More: continued here

42.9m in US receiving food stampsBoston GlobeWASHINGTON — The number of Americans receiving food stamps rose to a record 42.9 million in September as the jobless rate stayed near a 27-year high, …and more » More: continued here