Stamps, Lions still rivals?

Stamps sign trio of defensive tacklesCanada.com, CanadaThe Stamps have yet to re-sign the hulking defensive tackle, and just in case he doesn’t return, the team announced on Thursday it had signed three free-agent defensive tackles from the US: Kenny King, Tom Johnson and Montey Stevenson. …Stamps Beef Up Defensive LineOurSports Central (press release)all 4 news articles…

Jennifer Savage’s colorful account of her experience applying for food stamps years ago ( “Food Stamps and You,” Nov. 26) states correctly that fewer than 50 percent of eligible Humboldt County households receive food stamps under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. More: continued here

Aug. 6 (Bloomberg) — A record 34.4 million people received food stamps in May in the U.S. as unemployment surged toward a 26-year high. The increase marked the sixth straight month of record participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program . The monthly total was up 21 percent from a year earlier and 1.9 percent…

Daily Sabah Police say Greek anarchists likely behind IMF Paris letter bomb after stamps found at siteDaily SabahA parcel that exploded, injuring one person, at the IMF offices in Paris was sent from Greece in the guise of mail from a politician, officials in Athens said Thursday, a day after a similar bomb was defused…

The debate over food stampsBoston HeraldPHILADELPHIA — Hard times are compelling 46 million Americans to use food stamps, a number up an astonishing 70 percent from four years ago. Now totaling about $65 billion a year, the recession-swelled food …and more » More: continued here

State to drop finger imaging requirement for food stampsWNYTSince 1998 New York has had a requirement that people using food stamps, the program now known as SNAP, be finger imaged. "And those who come to government for help in putting food on the table for themselves and their children should not be treated as ……