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Postal Service stamp causes flap
Arkansas Online "The Postal Service created and improperly distributed a philatelic rarity," a management alert issued by Inspector General David Williams said. Postal officials "strongly and inappropriately influenced the secondary [stamp] market by creating the … |
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Can you feed your family on a food stamp budget?Fairbanks Daily News-MinerAlaskans are invited to take the Food Stamp Challenge. The challenge is to live on the weekly food stamp benefit — $55 for a single adult who lives on the road system and up to $85 for residents of remote communities. That works out…
Hollywood film directors saluted on US stampsThe IndependentAs part its ongoing salute to Hollywood, the US Postal Service announced it will issue a series of four stamps in 2012 depicting great film directors, launching in 2012 with Oscar-winning John Ford, who directed classics such as 1940's The Grapes of …and more » More: continued here
Possible cuts for food stamps programToday’s THVWe're talking about SNAP, also known as food stamps. This is all tied to the push in Washington right now to reduce the federal deficit. We're getting closer to that Super Committee of lawmakers coming back with a plan before Thanksgiving. …and more » More: continued here
One Albuquerque woman tried to sell “food stamps” on Craigslist, saying you could buy “twice the food for half the price.” More: continued here
NorthJersey.com Rutherford's William Carlos Williams among 10 poets honored with new postage …NorthJersey.comBY JOHN A. GAVIN RUTHERFORD — The new postage stamp honoring William Carlos Williams was unveiled Saturday in a ceremony at his hometown post office that recognized him both as one of the most influential poets of the 20th century and for his…
STAMPS, Ark.—Mae Forte, 86, of Lewisville, Ark., died Saturday, June 7, 2008, in a Texarkana hospital. Arrangements are pending with Smith Funeral Home. More: continued here