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Press Herald Feds tell Maine: You can't ban food stamp recipients from buying sugary drinks, candyPress HeraldThat category is second only to spending on meat, poultry and seafood, according to the USDA analysis. But experts have argued that the food stamp spending trends merely reflect a national problem. Rather than restrict SNAP purchases, the USDA…

PayPal stamps its name on online fashionMarketing magazine AustraliaPayPal Australia has recruited a group of Australia's most popular fashion and design bloggers for its news online shopping community project, Lustable. …and more » More: continued here

The Weed Blog (blog) Drug Disqualification For Food Stamps May Be RepealedThe Weed Blog (blog)Under a federal law passed by Congress in 1996, those who have ever been convicted of a drug-related felony suffer a lifetime disqualification for receiving Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program benefits (SNAP), more commonly known as food … More: continued here

abc7news.com USPS raising price of stamps this weekendabc7news.comFILE – In this Dec. 5, 2011, photo, a customer places first class stamps on envelopes at a U.S. Post Office in San Jose, Calif. It'll cost another penny to mail a letter in 2013. The cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service said Thursday that it will raise … More:…

OregonLive.com New postage stamps depict antique seed packetsOregonLive.comThe series of 10 Forever stamps, which are equal to the current 46-cent, first-class rate, are taken from illustrations on the covers of antique seed packets printed between 1910 and 1920. Antonio Alcalá, art director for the stamps, used photographs … More: continued here

For some reason, nobody is discussing this Democrat stronghold. CNN has resisted all temptation to dissect it. And Fox News has issued no rants. But there it is, over on Crowchild Trail — headquarters of the Calgary Stampeders. More: continued here