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New stamps honor American journalists
smudailycampus.com, TX – The United States Postal Service commemorated past American wartime journalists on US postage stamps at the American Journalist Commemorative Stamp Event … |
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Telegraph.co.uk China boost for Stanley GibbonsFinancial TimesBy Mark Wembridge The popularity of rare Chinese stamps among wealthy investors has boosted full-year revenues and profits at Stanley Gibbons. The stamps and collectables specialist sold £1m ($1.61m) of Chinese stamps in 2010, the most popular of which …Stanley Gibbons sees stamp of success in ChinaReutersStamp firm poised…
White House keeps up food stamp pressure on CongressCNBC.comThe Obama administration kept pressure on Congress on Tuesday to pass a new multi-year farm bill without resorting to the steep cuts in food stamp funding contained in the version approved by the Republican-led House of Representatives. Lawmakers are …White House offers food stamps, not jobs, to the…
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com Haley wants to link food stamps to jobsThe Augusta ChronicleCOLUMBIA — Gov. Nikki Haley will not support an earlier proposal to keep food stamp recipients from buying junk food, instead backing an idea requiring people in three counties to show they are working or looking for a job to get the…
Stamp offers peek into family historyLe Mars Daily Sentinel(Sentinel photo by Amy Erickson) Harry Gray, of Le Mars, reads about his fifth great uncle, Asher B. Durand in a book about the Hudson River School. Durand's painting, "Summer Afternoon," is printed on a U.S. postage stamp, now on sale. Durand, who … More: continued here
AUSTIN — Texas will provide emergency food stamps to Hurricane Ike victims who qualify, Texas Health and Human Services Executive Commissioner Albert Hawkins announced today. The commission received a federal waiver to assist low-income residents and families living in any of the 29 counties declared disaster areas. More: continued here