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Study: Food stamps do much more to fight poverty than we thought
Vox A new study suggests that programs like food stamps and housing vouchers cut poverty by almost twice as much as we thought they did. According to standard census numbers, the poverty rate in New York from 2008 to 2011 was 13.6 percent, before taking … A Strategy to Ignore Poverty |
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City store owner pleads guilty to food-stamp fraudRochester Democrat and ChronicleA Rochester store owner is facing up to 20 years in prison for fraudulently buying food stamps for less than their full value. US Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced Tuesday that Mousa Qadi, 34, pleaded guilty to defrauding the government through …Store owner pleads…
Stamps papers through SBIHindu Business Line, India –35 minutes agoCHANDIGARH: The Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Friday launched a new scheme allowing people to purchase stamp papers through State Bank … More: continued here
NDTV Woman caged for faking airport stampsGulf TodayDUBAI: A woman caught with a passport containing airport stamps that had been tampered with has lost an appeal against a three-month imprisonment sentence plus deportation. The Tajik visitor MD, 25, was arrested at the Dubai International Airport on …Woman jailed for tampering with passport stampsgulfnews.comall 18 news articles »…
Stamps.com Announces Third Quarter 2010 ResultsMarketWatch (press release)Stamps.com reported 2010 third quarter GAAP net income of $2.7 million. On a per share basis, total 2010 third quarter GAAP net income was $0.19 based on …and more » More: continued here
Times of Malta Poppy-themed commemorative stampsTimes of MaltaA new commemorative sheet of 10 First Class Royal Mail Poppy stamps, with adjoining labels bearing images of the National Memorial Arboretum. …Arboretum fund-raiser gets a stamp of approvalBurton Mailall 2 news articles » More: continued here
A collection of commemorative stamps will be the prize in a drawing to be held at the upcoming International Festival of Fort Bend this weekend. More: continued here