Demand For Food Stamps Increasing Across Piedmont (WGHP Greensboro)

DAVIDSON COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — Rising food prices, increasing unemployment rates and the slumping economy have all attributed to the increase in food stamp usage across the Piedmont. FOX8’s Roxanna Hayes talked with local Department of Social Service Agents about how they are coping with the rising need for food …

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Senator asks sites not to sell inaugural tickets (AP via Yahoo! News)

The senator overseeing Barack Obama’s swearing-in ceremony said Monday she’s writing to Internet sites like eBay asking them not to sell scalped inauguration tickets. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., also said she’s crafting a bill that would make a federal crime of selling tickets to the historic event Jan. 20. More: …

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