Back to the future Dec 3, 2008
Stamps bring Grey Cup home CALGARY _ The Calgary Stampeders kicked off their Grey Cup ... Fans react Stamps Grey Cup win MONTREAL _ Defeat snuffed out any chance of a Grey Cup celebration on ... Final walk through for Als and Stamps MONTREAL _ Things were quiet in front of Olympic Stadium in Montreal. (Winnipeg Sun)
Beg your pardon, governor Dec 3, 2008
Economic Conservative wrote on Nov 26, 2008 11:41 AM:" South Central Conservative: In the last 6 weeks there have been over 3000 job layoffs announced in ND, not including the 165 announced today by Cirrus. The North Dakota Department of Human Services announced that families needing food stamps increased by 5% in the month of October alone. My ax to grind with the Govern is simply this: do more Governor for the needy citizens of this state than for your friends. The oil fields are booming, but... (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Even in home of U.S. carmakers, not everyone wants a lifeline Dec 3, 2008
The total of Michigan residents who receive some form of public assistance, like food stamps or home heating credits, is now 1. 82 million, or close to 20 percent of the population, a record for the state. (International Herald Tribune)
Obama vows to help states weather economic woes Dec 3, 2008
Own the Worlds First President Obama Mint Postage Stamps. Featured. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
Shipp: Zell Miller is back, and he's ready to make Georgia proud Dec 3, 2008
Interestingly, Chambliss is known in some circles as an expert on rubber stamps. He is said to have been the quintessential rubber-stamper for President Bush. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Gregoire says state needs $600 million economic stimulus Dec 3, 2008
The recession and the accompanying increase in joblessness have translated into higher health care costs for the poor, greater use of food stamps and added strain on welfare programs, and the governors are seeking help in coping. They have asked for at least 40 billion to help pay for health care for the poor and disabled and perhaps 136 billion more in infrastructure projects such as road and bridge repairs. (Longview Daily News, WA)
A walk in the parks Dec 3, 2008
Those first few years were lean he remembers using food stamps in 1977, grossing 1,200 in 1978 while trying to woo backers for his first documentary. I looked 12 years old, and I was trying to sell the Brooklyn Bridge, he recalls fondly. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Democrats, Obama Prepare Economic Stimulus Package for January Dec 3, 2008
While Democratic congressional leaders and Obama have continued to be vague about the specific size and composition of a potential stimulus bill, a proposal will most likely be composed of Food Stamps, Medicaid funding boosts, and infrastructure spending that Obama has called the "long-term investments in our economic future that have been ignored for far too long." These spending priorities have become increasingly pressing as the national economic downturn is straining state and family... (OMB Watch)
Food a major issue for many families Dec 3, 2008
Food stamps are a federal subsidy that can offer food assistance from as little as $14 per month to as much as $176 per month to help with the cost burden of groceries ... Its not our job to judge what they spend their food stamps on, Rolain said. (Forest Republican, WI)
Top Ten Tips for Faster, Easier Holiday Entertaining Dec 3, 2008
Buy your stamps online to avoid long lines at the post office. Then personalize your cards, address the envelopes, stamp and seal them. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Obama Vows To Work With Governors, Who Are Asking For Hefty Federal Aid Dec 3, 2008
Across the country, the recession and the accompanying increase in joblessness translate into higher health care costs for the poor, greater use of food stamps and added strain on welfare programs. Governors are seeking federal help to cope. (Investors Business Daily)
Market remaking realty firms Dec 3, 2008
Four hundred employees and 1,800 Realtors that s a lot of stamps, Riley says. Pages: 1. (Charlotte Business Journal, NC)
Investing In Something "Stable" Dec 2, 2008
CBS Evening News: In Days Of Sinking 401ks, People Turn To Gold, Stamps. And Alpacas. (CBS News)
Time to put away the leftover turkey and go shopping Dec 2, 2008
Their greeting cards are all written, with stamps licked no, moistened with a damp sponge and ready for the mailbox. Their menus for the holiday meals are taped to the refrigerator door, the ingredients having been purchased weeks ago. (New Iberia, LA)
Governor proposing cautious state budget Dec 2, 2008
The National Governor's Association and the National Conference of State Legislatures have asked the federal government to help states deal with budget problems by picking up a greater share of Medicaid costs, increasing support for unemployment benefits and food stamps, and providing money for highways and other infrastructure. Rounds said he generally supports those proposals, but his budget proposal does not assume the state will get any extra federal aid. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
An expensive surprise: Life at sea takes a visa Dec 2, 2008
Also, some countries like South Africa require blank pages for entry/exit stamps. In the case of Brazil, it appears to be completely political and a case of reciprocity. (MSNBC -- Politics)
The Pohutukawa, New Zealand's Chris... Dec 2, 2008
Artistic interpretations feature pohutukawa on items ranging from postage stamps to stylish gifts initiated by the Shop. The , held each year on the Coromandel Peninsula, celebrates N. Z. summer and the blooming of pohutukawa. (Suite101.com)
Hark! Angels herald low-cost food A Christmas meal for $35? Check out the Angel Food Ministries program at a local church Dec 2, 2008
And they said the program especially helps those who fall between the cracks: people struggling to feed families but not qualifying for food stamps ... The program has no income requirements and does accept food stamps, so coordinators say the good deals can help people with any budget. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Woman requests help for diabetic Dec 2, 2008
"He has no real income and depends on food stamps," she writes. He is also a diabetic and is on an indigent program for doctor visits. (The Augusta Chronicle)
LETTERS: The Californian, Dec. 2, 2008 Dec 2, 2008
Are the increasing number of families seeking food stamps and other public assistance one of their family values. Is watching Bush and Cheney walk away from Washington even more wealthy, at the expense of the middle class, than when they first arrived one of their family values. (North County Times)
Police arrest stabbing suspect Dec 2, 2008
no dhs, no food stamps, and their daughter was born here in coos bay, so take your racist attitude and put it back where it belongs ... Read that as:Empire, probably on DHS + food stamps for the off-spring, and possibly illegal alien. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
U.S. Sued Over Dropping of Benefits for Disabled Dec 2, 2008
Shmul Kaplan, 80, is getting by every month in a Philadelphia suburb on $140 in food stamps and $215 that he uses to pay rent. (Photos By Joan Fairman Kanes -- Philadelphia Inquirer). (Yahoo News -- Disabilities and the Disabled)
After long decline, state's welfare rolls surge Dec 2, 2008
Attorney Vince Brown said the group is concerned the state may be illegally discouraging needy families from applying not only for welfare, but federal entitlement programs such as food stamps and Medicaid, the national health insurance program for the poor. "We are really trying to balance the budget on the backs of the people who are most vulnerable," Brown said. (Yahoo News -- Welfare Reform)
BVES public hearing is Dec. 2 Dec 2, 2008
Tree Top wrote on Nov 27, 2008 7:23 AM:" I don't know about you folks, but have you noticed, for those who still have jobs, that your increases in salaries do not keep up with the American Postage Stamp. Every time you might get a raise, it is eaten up with increases from the Postage Stamps, Medical Insurance and taxes. In these times, I've read and heard, our Pres-Elect, has stated, " We are all in this together. ". Why then, pray tell, should this utility company be any different than the rest... (Big Bear Grizzly, CA)
State to get Obama's ear about budget woes Dec 2, 2008
"Many of the most effective methods to speed economic recovery involve investing in existing federal-state programs," she said, such as money to fix roads and bridges, for unemployment benefits, for Medicaid payments and for food stamps. The governors wrote to congressional leaders in two Oct. 27 letters posted on their Web site, (and then click on "letters"). (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Douglas in Philly to Meet With Obama Dec 2, 2008
That plan will include additional support for Medicaid, food stamps and transportation projects to help rebuild the nation's infrastructure. "The estimate is for every $40 billion dollars spent on infrastructure, it can create 35,000 jobs so this is really important to the economic recover of the country," said Douglas. (WCAX.com, VT)
Guv prepared to 'do more' Dec 2, 2008
Guv prepared to 'do more. By State House News Service. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
Does Google Earth Really Obscure Military Installations? Dec 2, 2008
The latest version of Google Earth also offers time stamps when available. Google says its goal is to have the sharpest, most up-to-date photos possible, but it has to work with what its providers can offercurrently, Google Earth has high-resolution images of just 30 percent of the earth's land surface. (Slate)
Guy Cosentino: Taking charge in absence of action Dec 1, 2008
5 million is a big number but trying to imagine two tractor trailer loads of cigarettes that do not have the required state taxation stamps on them in the possession of the Cayuga County Sheriff#'s Office and close to 2 million more in Seneca County, stretches one's imagination. What brings this into perspective in a time when New York state is grappling with a multi-billion dollar budget gap is the estimated loss of state revenue from the cartons seized from search warrants executed at two... (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Empty Stockings Dec 1, 2008
The home is also in need of a digital camera, couch and/or loveseat, craft supplies, sewing supplies, postage stamps, phone cards and gift cards for fun days such as movie passes, hair cuts etc. TOYS FOR TOTS. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Report: 10 percent of Illinoisans receiving food stamps Dec 1, 2008
Data published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture show that one in 10 Illinois residents is using food stamps, according to a news release by the Illinois Hunger Coalition. The monthly food stamp participation report shows that 1,335,447 people received benefits in August, representing 10 percent of the state s population, the release said. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
Child's cancer treatment spans two worlds Dec 1, 2008
" His mother sits by his side, her arm around him. For a moment, it's like he's an only child. Since they've been home, Ryan and Xiong have fallen into an old rhythm. She goes to work. There's school. At night, when she's gone, the children share a big bowl of rice and broth on the kitchen floor. There's still more than a year of chemotherapy appointments at Providence. And every three months, there's a spinal tap. "His numbers look good," Xiong tells anyone who asks. CURES At the four-plex,... (Anchorage Daily News)
AP: Bush Facing Flood of Pardon Requests Dec 1, 2008
Last week, Bush issued 14 pardons and commuted two sentences - all for small-time crimes such as minor drug offenses, tax evasion and unauthorized use of food stamps. That brought his eight-year total to 171 pardons and eight commutations granted. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Shocking the U.S. economy back to life Dec 1, 2008
Prominent economists argue that more than 50 percent of the next package, whatever its size, should be devoted to spending - on public projects like highway and school repairs, and on items like food stamps and stepped-up aid to state governments to subsidize their spending. As Zandi declared in testimony this month before the Senate Budget Committee, nearly every dollar spent in this fashion generates $1. (International Herald Tribune)
Chambliss battles for Senate seat Dec 1, 2008
Chambliss said the bulk of the bill goes to nutrition programs, like food stamps, and noted that individual farmers earning more than $750,000 a year don't qualify for federal aid. He won the fervent loyalty of Georgia supporters of the so-called FairTax, a plan that would eliminate the national income tax in favor of a nationwide sales tax. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Storm planners reflect on busy hurricane season Dec 1, 2008
There were some flaws: Evacuees were taken to shelters without showers or adequate medical care; a state contractor who was supposed to provide 700 buses for the evacuation only delivered 311; and victims endured long lines for disaster food stamps ... disaster food stamps. (Yahoo News)
Energy Assistance Program For Lower Income Dec 1, 2008
"If you are disabled or on food stamps I would check into it for sure," said Evans. Dec. 1st if the first day you'll be able to apply for assistance. (FOX23.com, OK)
Ratings agencies accused in civil rights action Dec 1, 2008
Critics such as Berenbaum argue that without Wall Street's mass securitizations of high-risk mortgages - with stamps of approval from the ratings agencies - far fewer subprime loans would have been made, and far fewer minority home buyers would have ended up in foreclosure. E-mail Ken Harney at. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Senior Center news Dec 1, 2008
Sun Nov 30, 2008, 03:44 PM EST. The Danvers Senior Center, 25 Stone St. Handicapped accessible. (Danvers Herald, MA)
4 comments Dec 1, 2008
This is like a supermarket whose affluent shoppers must accept and spend Food Stamps so low-income customers with Food Stamps don t appear poor at the checkout stand. Bailout season began with G.W. Bush, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson -- the Moe, Larry, and Curly of fiscal policy -- insisting that America needed a $700 billion bailout as urgently as a rattlesnake-bite victim requires anti-venom. (Human Events Online)
ND farmer defies government by draining wetlands Dec 1, 2008
Money for the program comes largely from the sale of federal Duck Stamps. The program has not been without challenges, both legal and otherwise. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Political Shirts in Schools Nov 30, 2008
Dear Same Difference wrote on Nov 22, 2008 1:10 PM:" Hahahaha, good one: The Confederate Flag!!!! I like the way you call it which is just the way it IS! Thanks for the laugh, however we both know that people are only black when they can benefit from that color, people are only poor when they want food stamps after a storm, people who flunk out of school have zero opportunity because their school is trashed by someone other than them, their subsidized housing is substandard because they tear it... (New Iberia, LA)
Time to put away the leftover turkey and go shopping Nov 30, 2008
Their greeting cards are all written, with stamps licked no, moistened with a damp sponge and ready for the mailbox. Their menus for the holiday meals are taped to the refrigerator door, the ingredients having been purchased weeks ago. (New Iberia, LA)
Economy likely to define Obama presidency Nov 30, 2008
The plan may also include aid to states to avoid layoffs that could worsen a downturn, and safety-net measures like increases in food stamps and extending unemployment benefits. The legislation could be Obama's first chance to meet his pledge to cut taxes for 95 percent of Americans. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
More tortured reasoning from Bush Nov 30, 2008
Consider, for example, that one of the leading indicators of poverty a rise in the number of people eligible for food stamps climbed 10 percent between August 2007 and August 2008. According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, which studies the impact of federal policy on the poor and working class, one in five children already receives food stamps, a rate that is comparable to the recessions of the early 1980s and the 1990s ... Advocates for the poor are expecting that a record... (Albany Times Union)
Google's gatekeepers Nov 30, 2008
David Pogue looks at the Eye-Fi memory card, which stamps photos with the location where they were taken. David Pogue talks about how to save your old photo prints, cassette tapes and vinyl records from the dustbin o.. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
DEATHS FOR SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2008 (45) Nov 30, 2008
Interment will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery near Stamps, Ark. under the direction of Bailey Mortuary, Springhill, La. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Deal on donors paves way for Clinton Cabinet post Nov 30, 2008
Own the Worlds First President Obama Mint Postage Stamps. Featured. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
The holiday season in CC back in 1978 Nov 30, 2008
McKay's was offering 19,900 extra Green Stamps with Thanksgiving Day purchases. That would fill a few books. (Daily Triplicate)
Holidays tough for mother of three Nov 30, 2008
Along the way, Ms. Workmeister has had to rely from time-to-time on Medicaid, food stamps and other social services. Not that there haven't been bits of good luck, too, such as her sister scoring big at Bingo and buying some things for the children. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
A walk in the parks Nov 30, 2008
Those first few years were lean he remembers using food stamps in 1977, grossing 1,200 in 1978 while trying to woo backers for his first documentary. I looked 12 years old, and I was trying to sell the Brooklyn Bridge, he recalls fondly. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
The faces of hunger: Area food pantries stock shelves with hope Nov 30, 2008
I came in here originally just because we needed food, because I didn t have food stamps at the time and living on about 650 a month on Social Security, and 400 of it was going to rent. I couldn t afford anything, she said. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
JIM DODSON: Thankful for Small Blessings Nov 30, 2008
For this reason, that same head thinks it's utterly disgraceful that a record number of Americans -- 30 million and rising -- are seeking food stamps in the country that purports to take care of its tired, its poor, its huddled masses yearning to breathe free. Twenty million more of our neighbors have no health insurance in a country where we bail out banks and insurance companies "too big to fail" at the drop of the people's hat. (The Pilot Newspaper)
Holiday craft projects can teach kids lessons Nov 30, 2008
They currently have a bonanza of brand-new rubber stamps, including lots of holiday designs, selling at $8 per pound. The Depot team passed along directions for making decoupage bottle caps, which can be used as magnets but could just as easily be turned into jewelry or a festive holiday garland. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Family haunted by unsolved murder Nov 30, 2008
Mel wrote on Nov 29, 2008 11:49 AM:" rain666, what is your 'brilliant' solution for the problem of losers reproducing? The government is already providing housing, food stamps, free education, free lunches, WIC, free health care, birth control, etc. The only other thing that can be done is to go into entire areas of every city in America and remove every child from the area and try to find homes for these kids or some type of institution to raise them, so they are not at the mercy of their... (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
LETTER: Cost of fixing health care system is doable Nov 29, 2008
medic57 wrote on Nov 28, 2008 1:27 PM:" And launch a healthy lifestyle campaign.A dreamworld, for the poorest, it is much cheaper to buy bad food than it is healthy food, in fact, it's much cheaper to eat at a different bar each day because of the specials they run 5 days a week.Increase payment rates for primary care physicians.They already make more than almost every other profession out there.Most importantly, paying primary care physicians fairly for the work they do will ensure that we have... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Perfect Gift: Kids Toys Nov 29, 2008
Endless activities include art lessons, photo stamps and wacky effects. Tink's Talking Caf ($69. (CBS News)
Look to the Internet to fight poverty Nov 29, 2008
For example, the nation's food stamps and housing programs have been transformed by information technology. The food stamps program adopted the use of "smart cards" - electronic benefit transfer technology - to streamline benefits and eliminate fraud. (Boston Globe)
Guy Cosentino: Taking charge in absence of action Nov 29, 2008
5 million is a big number but trying to imagine two tractor trailer loads of cigarettes that do not have the required state taxation stamps on them in the possession of the Cayuga County Sheriff#'s Office and close to 2 million more in Seneca County, stretches one's imagination. What brings this into perspective in a time when New York state is grappling with a multi-billion dollar budget gap is the estimated loss of state revenue from the cartons seized from search warrants executed at two... (Auburn Citizen, NY)
More of this story Nov 29, 2008
The Snyders live on 669 a month from Wayne's Social Security account, plus 150 a month in food stamps, but their monthly bills exceed 800. They have recently applied for retirement benefits from the Veterans Administration but have yet to receive a response. (Searcy Daily Citizen, AR)
Man headed world paedophile ring Nov 29, 2008
The court heard when he was interviewed by Staffordshire Police, Stubbings said: "You know what men are like. Some choose to collect stamps. I choose to collect images of children.". Stubbings was at the very heart of this child abuse group. (BBC News -- UK)
Retirement Board candidates letter legal but raises concerns Nov 29, 2008
Forsey added that Mass Retirees officials sent their own mailing when doing the endorsement, yet said he has had the Retirement Board office handle mailings for him, after he supplied the envelopes and stamps ... I bought my own envelopes, put stamps on them and the return address, Lyle said. (Melrose Free Press, MA)
Facing flood of pardon requests... Nov 29, 2008
Last week, Bush issued 14 pardons and commuted two sentences _ all for small-time crimes such as minor drug offenses, tax evasion and unauthorized use of food stamps. That brought his eight-year total to 171 pardons and eight commutations granted. (The Drudge Report)
NOONAN: Turbulence Ahead... Nov 29, 2008
Unemployment benefits, food stamps, welfare, an interlocking system of city, state and federal services these things will keep it from being so bad. But in tough times we will surely expand unemployment benefits, and welfare, and food stamps and housing assistance, which will mean more and greatly accelerated spending, which will mean bigger and steeper deficits, and higher taxes, with the one feeding on the other, which may mean an economic death spiral comparable to, say, Britain in the... (The Drudge Report)
'Tis the Season for Easy and Affordable Handcrafted Gifts Nov 29, 2008
Buy blank cards and envelopes and decorate with a variety of coordinating papers, ribbons and stamps. You can keep them general or create cards for different occasions such as birthdays and holidays for use throughout the year. (Pekin Times, IL)
