Republicans will offer their plan to balance the budget within a decade and rein in programs such as food stamps and Medicare. More: continued here

Deputies: Food stamps may have been used to buy drugsWESH OrlandoIn January, a drug raid in Gifford at a suspected black-market pharmacy also found EBT cards. Investigators are working to determine if the EBT cards are stolen or if individuals were actually spending their food stamps on drugs instead of food. State … More: continued…

CBS News GOP cuts Medicare, food stamps in new budget blueprintCBS NewsInstead, they will propose major spending cuts to programs such as Medicare, health care subsidies, food stamps and the Medicaid program for the poor and elderly to produce a budget that's balanced. Such cuts, if actually implemented later, would …GOP Looks at Medicaid and…

Single phone calls, sandwiches eaten during committee meetings, postage stamps — the smallest details have come up for review in the auditor general's study of Senate expenses. More: continued here

After a spirited round of the children’s game attracted hundreds of people to a Belgian Ikea outlet last summer, the world’s biggest furniture retailer has forbidden similar events in several of its Dutch stores, citing safety reasons. The organizers of the games, who got word out over Facebook, are now looking for alternative locations. “It’s…

Hesperia Star Life Lessons and Loves: The year of the stamps— and their many valuesHesperia StarRather than today's 49-cents stamps, I've been attaching ones from 2 to 34 cents, and everything in between. This has been a good-for-me brain exercise at times, putting my feeble math skills to test. I just ran out of the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans now in charge of Congress offer their budget blueprint this week with the pledge to balance the nation's budget within a decade and rein in major programs such as food stamps and Medicare. More: continued here