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Nevada saw 27 percent growth in the number of residents receiving food stamps this past year. More: continued here

SINGAPORE: RED Bull's Sebastian Vettel signalled his title defence isn't over yet yesterday as he scorched to the quickest times in both opening practice sessions for the Singapore Grand Prix. More: continued here

Plain Dealer USPS stamp honors Hollywood director John Hustonabc7.comThis undated handout image provided by the US Postal Service shows the forever stamp honoring film director John Huston, part of the Great Film Directors series. The stamp will be issued in 2012. (AP Photo / USPS) LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Legendary …John Huston To Be Honoured…

Financial Times (blog) Stamps: China's next bubble?Financial Times (blog)The wave of Chinese money that has crashed through the markets for fine wine, art and antiques is now flooding into the altogether sleepier world of stamp collecting. At an auction in Hong Kong this week, a rare block of four stamps from the Cultural …Cultural Revolution…

Linn’s Stamp News If you want to collect test stamps, start with this issue: Stamp Market TipsLinn’s Stamp NewsTest stamps form one of the more esoteric back-of-the-book collecting specialties. Also known as dummy stamps, test stamps have been used since the 19th century for a number of reasons: to test stamp production equipment, in the…

First of all, I guess accolades should be given to the lonely soul at Louisiana’s Department of Children and Family Services for coming up with the highly original “Louisiana Purchase” naming of a card that obviously replaced what used to be known as “food stamps .” More: continued here