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Stain of steroids stamps asterisk on stars' careersArizona Republic– Mark McGwire, March 17, 2005, before a Senate committee looking into steroid abuse among Major League Baseball players. The passage of time never is …and more » More: continued here

Mother Jones Watch: North Carolina GOP Senate Candidate Claims Food Stamps Are "Slavery"Mother JonesNorth Carolina Republican Senate candidate Greg Brannon has an interesting argument for eliminating food stamps: "slavery." In a videotaped interview with the North Carolina Tea Party in October, Brannon, a Rand Paul-endorsed doctor who is top …Greg Brannon, GOP Senate Candidate, Likens Food…

Scotland’s national poet Robert Burns is to be honoured as the face of a set of postage stamps unveiled by the Royal Mail to commemorate the 250th anniversary of his birth. More: continued here

Washington Business Journal Postal Service proposes some price hikes, will keep 'Forever' stamps at 49 centsThe Delaware County Daily TimesWASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service on Thursday proposed slight increases for mailing postcards and international letters — but wants to leave first-class “Forever” stamps at their present 49 cents. Under a filing with the…

POP QUIZ: Meet the Tramp StampsCanton RepositoryThe rowdy, rousing and beverage-fueled punk trio Tramp Stamps will entertain costumed revelers at 10:30 p.m. Oct. 31 at The Buzzbin Shop during downtown Canton's Halloween Creepy Crawl. Here, band members Nate Keen, vocals and guitar, and Chris … More: continued here

WASHINGTON — The Negro Leagues take the baseball field again on Thursday as the Postal Service honors the organizations that gave black players a chance to show their talents before the major leagues were integrated. More: continued here