Daily Mail How Cowell hijacked the Queen's showDaily MailThe performance – before the Queen and Prince Philip at the Royal Albert Hall – featured a glut of artists signed to Cowell's Syco Music label and large sections of the programme were dominated by BGT judges and acts. As well as …
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Mayor on food stamps – that's probably a first. Newark Mayor Cory Booker has been a Twitter fiend recently, and after getting into an argument on social media with an ardent opponent of the Supplemental Food Assistance Program, or SNAP, Booker says he will willingly go on food stamps to …
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Hamilton Spectator Stamps arrive for Grey Cup game as Argos feted at downtown rallyHamilton SpectatorThe Stamps face the Toronto Argonauts on Sunday at the Rogers Centre, the Argos' home field. Aaron Vincent Elkaim/The Canadian Press. TORONTO As the Calgary Stampeders slogged through traffic to their hotel from Pearson Airport to …
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CBC.ca Stamps' horse may miss Grey CupCBC.caQuick Six is a horse, and the Rogers Centre says he won't be allowed to perform his patented touchdown run up and down the sidelines, which he does every time the Stamps score a touchdown. Members of the Calgary Grey Cup organizing committee told …
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Daily Caller Food stamp enrollment skyrockets as unemployment rate declinesDaily CallerA new chart produced by Republicans staffers on the Senate Budget Committee shows food stamp enrollment continuing to increase even as the unemployment rate goes down. From October 2009 to October 2012 the unemployment rate has declined from … More: …
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Mayor on food stamps Cory Booker is a strong champion for his city, Newark, but the young lawmaker isn’t just content to accept the challenges he faces in governance alone. As we reported earlier, the Newark mayor is on food stamps, but not due to fiscal hardship — Booker instead …
Read More »Stamps' horse may miss Grey Cup
It's a tradition that defines the Calgary Stampeders — riding Quick Six up and down the sidelines after a touchdown. But Toronto's Rogers Centre says he won't be doing that during Sunday's Grey Cup — he'll have to stay in the paddock. More: continued here
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The Star-Ledger – NJ.com N.J. expands food stamp program for Sandy victimsThe Star-Ledger – NJ.comTRENTON — An estimated 100,000 people who suffered substantial losses because of Hurricane Sandy may qualify for a one-time stipend through the federal food stamps program, Human Services Commissioner Jennifer Velez announced today. More: continued here
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