Food stamp chief calls House's proposed cuts "severe"Quad City Times (blog)In case you missed it, Kevin Concannon, the top USDA official overseeing the country's food stamps program was in Davenport on Thursday, and he defended the program that's now serving 46 million Americans and 415000 Iowans. The House and Senate … More: continued here
Deseret News Proposed food stamp cuts could leave 3 million hungry in USDeseret NewsA proposal that passed the U.S. House Agriculture Committee Thursday could kick as many as three million people off government food assistance next year,Food stamp rate troublingMontgomery AdvertiserIn the LoopWashington Post (blog)Exposing The Food Stamp Stimulus FallacyDaily Markets (blog)Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) –The…
KUALA LUMPUR, July 13 (Bernama) — Pos Malaysia is issuing acollection of special issue stamps and first day covers themed on the newMalaysian coins starting July 16.Pos Malaysia Berhad chief executive officer, Datuk Khalid Abdol Rahman saidin collaboration with Bank Negara, the stamps were designed hexagonal, featuringfive and ten cents coins in silver while the…
Daily Mail Another Royal Wedding but this time it's marred by controversy as Crown Prince …Daily MailAll the bride was concerned about today was the applause of her people as she and her husband were driven through the streets of the Tongan capital, Nuku'alofa, in an open-topped car. More: continued here
Agency head defends food stamps in QCQuad City TimesIn the face of potential cuts, the federal official overseeing the country's food stamps program said Thursday that people are still struggling economically and need the help. Kevin Concannon, the Agriculture Department's undersecretary for food …and more » More: continued here
Food Stamp Nation goes bilingualHuman EventsA couple of weeks ago, we learned that the United States Department of Agriculture was encouraging local offices to hold “food stamp parties,” to recruit more dependents for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which is looking increasingly … More: continued here
KGO-TV Cough-inducing odor forces evacuation of Vallejo post officeVallejo Times-HeraldVallejo firefighters closed off several blocks of the city Thursday after three people at a U.Vallejo post office evacuated after report of possible hazardous materialSan Jose Mercury NewsHazmat situation closes Vallejo post officeKTVU San FranciscoMystery Hazmat Sickens 3 At Vallejo Post OfficeCBS LocalKGO-TVall 8 news articles »…
Post office patrons may see box shockOCRegisterNews: Post office patrons may see box shock | maher, service, box, bradford, post, office, increases, postal, areas, revenue. More: continued here
Vallejo firefighters closed off several blocks of the city Thursday after three people at a U. More: continued here
EcommerceBytes (blog) Sellers Respond to New eBay Survey about Brand PerceptionEcommerceBytes (blog)"The question regarding the ebay brand was my favorite! This was my response: "I have no idea what the current ebay brand is about! Ebay used to be a place where you could find unusual one of a kind merchandise. Now it's a site…