1 in 10 Americans now on Food StampsTribble Ad Agency (satire), PAThe US Government has reported an increase of 700000 food stamp recipients in a single month putting the figure at 31.8 million or about 10% of the country are now on food stamps. We cannot stress how big of a …
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Read More »Love letters from Prince of Wales for sale on eBay – Telegraph.co.uk
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Read More »Markets relieved US jobs numbers were not worse – guardian.co.uk
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Read More »Post-office box users can recycle on spot – Detroit Free Press
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Read More »Custom Master Chief/Warthog transformer up for grabs on eBay (Geek.com)
Here is a dude that has combined his loves of blockbuster first person shooters and robots in disguise into something quite unique that is up for sale on eBay. It is a Master Chief action figure that transforms into a Warthog and back again, and according to the auction item description …
Read More »Charlie Chaplin’s actor-son Sydney Chaplin dies (The Washington DC Examiner)
This Jan. 31, 1998, photo provided by the United States Postal Service shows Sydney Chaplin, second son of Charlie Chaplin standing next to an enlarged stamp, featuring his father as the “Little Tramp,” at the stamps unveiling in Los Angeles. More: continued here
Read More »Record Number Of Americans On Food Stamps (WTAJ-TV Altoona)
(Washington, DC) — According to the federal government, nearly 32-million people are subsisting on food stamps. The latest count represents an increase of 700-thousand people in just one month, roughly equivalent to the number of recent monthly job losses. More: continued here
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