Rhode Island is using federal stimulus money to hire up to three more workers to process food stamp applications. The state has been struggling with a backlog of applications during the economic downturn.
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CBS Local Georgia senate votes to require 'personal growth' classes for food stampsSavannah Morning NewsBy By Walter C. Jones ATLANTA — A divided Senate endorsed Wednesday requiring people on food stamps to take “personal growth” courses such as job training or completion of their education. The sponsor of Senate Bill 312, Sen.Job Training Required For…
Coombs is a century old and residents can mark the occasion by ordering Coombs commemorative postage stamps. These centennial, collector’s item stamps can be used for all postage requirements and will be Canada Post first-class stamps perpetually. More: continued here
WOOD-TV Detroit woman shoots daughter, herselfWOOD-TVMichelle Stamps is Primus' niece and confirmed her suffering. “She had cancer and she was going through chemotherapy, but she premeditated this, …and more » More: continued here
Discovering new worlds, one postage stamp at a timeChicago TribuneGetting kids involved in stamp collecting can be a fun way to learn a world of lessons. More: continued here
Stamps split home and home series with TomahawksBCLocalNewsWilliams Lake's Jared Kohlen opened the scoring first, before Lac La Hache's Robin Gilbert found the twine on Stamps' netminder Duncan Peeman to tie the contest at 1-1. Wilfred Robbins then beat Tomahawks' goaltender Willie Sellars to make it 2-1 … More: continued here
Equinix puts time stamps on electronic tradesDatacenterDynamicsThe finance industry is required to time-stamp all trades to US NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) standard timing. The Perseus system works to sub-nanosecond accuracy, giving an objective measure to determine which trades occurred …Equinix Offers Trading Firms Access to Atomic Clock TimestampTraders Magazineall 4 news articles » More:…