Another Filipina international beauty queen will be immortalized through snail mail, as the Philippine Postal Corp. issued stamps and souvenir sheets featuring the first Filipina Miss World, Megan Lynne Young.
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Lunch waivers on the rise in schools across IllinoisChicago TribuneContributing to this fall's increase is a change to federal rules that allow families who qualify for food stamps to automatically receive a free lunch. …and more » More: continued here
Low-income families use taxpayer money for crab legs, fillets9NEWS.comDENVER – A 9Wants to Know investigation shows low-income Coloradans receiving food stamps and other federal benefits are using the money to buy crab legs, …and more » More: continued here
Council examining fuel saving stampsWestmeath ExaminerWestmeath County Council is to seek advice from the Money Advice and Budgeting Service (MABS) about the implementation of a saving stamp scheme for local … More: continued here
Health-care worker from Mesquite stole scores of patient files, used them to get food stampsDallas News (blog)A woman from Mesquite has been convicted on several identity theft offenses committed in Nevada, Florida, and Texas. Deborah Petty, 48, was found guilty Tuesday on seven counts of identity theft and one count of aggravated identity theft. Petty…
LOS ANGELES, CA–(Marketwire – January 5, 2010) – Stamps.com® ( NASDAQ : STMP ), the leading provider of USPS® postage online and shipping software to approximately 400,000 customers, today announced that its PC Postage® solution was automatically updated to calculate and print postage for the new USPS shipping rates that went into effect on January…