Stamps to honor black cinema (The Star-Ledger)

Lynn Whitfield, who portrayed Josephine Baker in the HBO film “The Josephine Baker Story,” along with Baker’s sons Jean- Claude and Jarry, will be on hand at 10 a.m. tomorrow at the Newark Museum to unveil one of five vin tage black-cinema-themed stamps issued by the U.S. Postal Service. More: …

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Wiley, Gov. at odds over food stamps (Pawtucket Times)

PROVIDENCE — Declaring victory in a fight it has been waging for nearly a year, the George Wiley Center announced Monday that the state energy office will issue checks for $1 in LIHEAP heating assistance to Food Stamp recipients, making them eligible for an additional Food Stamp allotment averaging $25 …

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