Stamps’ coach: ‘No reason to panic’

Our economy is hungry for food stampsGrist MagazinePhoto: e20ciWith House Republicans voting to decimate the USDA's various food programs by cutting over $2 billion, along comes The Economist with an excellent reminder of the effectiveness and scope of America's main anti-hunger program: food stamps. … More: continued here

House GOP drops food stamp cuts from farm bill – WECT TV6-WECT.com:News …WECT-TV6WASHINGTON (AP) – Republican leaders hoping to recover from an embarrassing defeat on the House floor last month are preparing to split a massive farm bill in two and put it up for a vote as early as Thursday. The GOP House leadership…

Aproud woodcutter in the forests around Val-d’Or, Que., Leon Robede punted his son to boarding school at the wisecracking age of 15. “My dad told me I was bad,” Miguel Robede said the other day in the Calgary Stampeders locker-room. “So he sent me to military school to shape up.” More: continued here

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Moldova: Voronin Seeks Stamp Of ApprovalRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, Czech Republic –17 minutes agoBut one of the latest public-relations efforts launched by Moldova's Communist leader, a postage stamp bearing his image, has caused little more than … More: continued here

Vancouver Sun Buono not worried about law of averages when Lions meet Stamps in …The Canadian Press,  B.C. –4 hours agoSURREY, BC — The question was barely asked before Wally Buono was ready with the answer. After losing three times to the Calgary Stampeders during the …Lions' defence makes Stamps' Hufnagel see starsGlobe and MailBuono's no…

Linn’s Stamp News Newest USPS low-denomination Fruit stamp debuting soonLinn’s Stamp NewsThe United States Postal Service is continuing its new low-denomination definitive series featuring fruit with the 1¢ Apples stamp to be issued Aug. 12 in coils of 3,000 and coils of 10,000. The issue date was announced in the Aug. 4 USPS Postal Bulletin.and…