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Forbes Stamps.com Pullback Below $ Looks Like A No-Brainer BuyForbesStamps.com, Inc. provides Internet-based postage solutions. The company was founded in 1996 and has a market cap of $384 million. STMP has seen big gains over the last few months, but shares got an extra boost on October 27 when the …
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AP: Mom Kills Self, Shoots Kids, Over Food Stamp…Village Voice (blog)6 2011 at 4:25 PM A Texas woman who was denied food stamps fatally shot herself and severely wounded her two children in a state welfare office Tuesday, The Associated Press reports. Laredo police bargained with the woman for 7 …
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