A black ribbon was tied around a tree in front of the Brown Chapel Christian Methodist Church in Stamps, Arkansas Wednesday in honor of American poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou.
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AL.com US House approves duck stamp price increase, Senate yet to debateAL.comThe U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Monday that would increase the cost of a federal duck stamp for the first time in 23 years. Rep. John Fleming (R-La.) introduced the Federal Duck Stamp Act of 2014 (HR 5069) that would raise the…
Number of NYers on food stamps surgesWCAXAP – October 22, 2009 1:05 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) – New York City's Independent Budget Office says nearly 1.6 million residents are on food stamps – a pace of …Food Stamp Enrollment Surges to 1.6 MillionNew York Times (blog)Number Of NYers On Food Stamps SurgesWCBS-TV New Yorkall…
Cuts in rapidly rising food stamp benefits? Congressional …NewserThe 1000-page "farm bill" being debated in the Senate is somewhat of a misnomer. Four of every five dollars in it _ roughly $80 billion a year _ goes for grocery … More: continued here
Gingrich: Born Again LoserCounterPunchGingrich's efforts to demonize Obama as somehow responsible for expanding the list of those reliant on food stamps is disingenuous at best. Thirty years of neoliberalism – embraced by both parties – is the primary cause for the growth of American …and more » More: continued here
U.S. Postage Increase: First-Class Stamps Increasing to 49 CentsPatch.comA temporary price hike of 3 cents for a first-class stamp has been OK'd bringing the charge to 49 cents a letter to help the Postal Service recover from severe mail decreases brought on by the 2008 economic downturn. Courtesy USPS/PRNewswire. Loading. More: continued here
Prosecutors say a southwest suburban Chicago man used more than 3,000 LINK cards to steal almost $1 million in government funds by purchasing energy drinks and candy and then reselling them. More: continued here