Food stamp line drops 350000 calls a month U-T San Diego Five of every six calls to the San Diego County phone network designed to help people apply for food stamps and other benefits don't get through, and those that do face an average wait of more than 30 minutes, an internal county report concludes. and more »

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Travel: Spellman Museum of Stamps displays mini works of art, history Henrietta Post Inside the Spellman Museum, the world's first stamp is on display, an 1840 1-cent stamp with the image of Queen Victoria. In 2012, the US Postal Service commemorates the centennial of the gift of more 3000 cherry blossom trees from the city of Tokyo to ... 'Love' heads to the Officeknox.VillageSoup.com all 127 news articles »

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Hollywood stamp no blemish on Swedish hit The Southland Times GIRL INTERRUPTED: Rooney Mara gets her point across as the captivating Lisbeth Salander in David Fincher's American adaptation of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Starring Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara and Christopher ... and more »

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Food stamp fight Los Angeles Times By Lisa Levenstein and Jennifer Mittelstadt The nation's food stamp program is an essential part of the American safety net. Why? Because people can't be productive ? in school, at work or looking for work ? if they are hungry and fearful about not ... Buying Junk Food With Food Stamps May Be Banned In FloridaCare2.com (blog) Florida GOP To Food Stamp Recipients: No Sweets For YouTPMDC Florida's proposed food-stamp restrictionsWashington Post (blog) News/Talk 790 KFYO -KBOI -Pensacola News Journal all 71 news articles »

Could Taxes Or Food Stamp Restrictions Tame America's Sweet Tooth? NPR (blog) The ABA also opposes a bill proposed in the Florida Legislature that would restrict the use of food stamps ? now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ? to buy soda, sugary treats or other unhealthy foods. "Should we give hungry kids ... and more »

U.S. targets food stamp fraud as election looms
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Stung by election-year criticism of a program used by one in seven Americans, administrators of U.S. food stamp benefits are intensifying efforts to combat fraud and protect the $75.3 billion plan from the budget axe. Enrollment in the food aid program that helps the poor, elderly and disabled is running at record high levels, with 46.1 million people now participating ...

Petitioners Push for Pluto Probe Postage Stamp
In 1991, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) issued a stamp depicting the now on-again, off-again planet Pluto with the inscription "Not Yet Explored." Now, the team behind NASA's first mission to the last planet wants to correct that record with a stamp of their own.

Pluto Stamp Reissued?
The United States Postal Service issued a stamp in 1991 which featured Pluto and a caption reading ?Not Yet Explored?. More recently NASA launched an unmanned spacecraft that is going to explore Pluto. Launched in 2006, NASA?s New Horizons robotic ?

Stamp duty on non-registrable documents fetches Rs. 400 cr.
Crackdown by the Government seems to have worked

Jim Delany gives his stamp of approval to playoff
The Big Ten commissioner also is college football's most savvy politician, so the BCS appears to be on its last legs.

Note to Newt: Many Food Stamp Families are Working
Newt Gingrich has accused President Obama of being a ?food stamp president.? Yesterday he broadened the attack to include Mitt Romney, after the ex-governor said that he would fix the safety net if people were falling through the cracks. (Ironically, Romney?s actual campaign proposals would shred the safety net.) About Obama, Gingrich??said, ?He will always ...

Now lower-value e-stamp papers in Delhi
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) The Delhi government Monday gave a go-ahead to bring non-judicial stamp papers of Rs.500 denomination and below too under the ambit of e-stamp mode which will prevent all fraudulent practices in the field.

Food stamp use continues to rise
 Household participation in the federal food stamp program increased 5.82 percent on a year-over-year basis, while household participation increased 7.46 percent.

John Weigle stamp column: Biggest stamp bourse on West Coast is today
The biggest regularly scheduled stamp bourse on the West Coast is in its second day Feb. 4 at Garden Grove.

Food stamp line drops 350,000 calls a month
Five of every six calls to the San Diego County phone network designed to help people apply for food stamps and other benefits don?t get through, and those that do face an average wait of more than 30 minutes, an internal county report concludes.