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A woman made international headlines after word got out she continued to collect her monthly food benefit after winning a $1 million lotto jackpot.
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In an interview on CBS's Friday "The Early Show," GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, accused the national media of misrepresenting his comment about the NAACP, blacks and food stamps. Gingrich said, "You guys have distorted what I said."
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In San Antonio, Texas, a seven-hour stand-off ended with a 38-year-old mother killing herself, critically shooting her two children in the process. Since last July, she had been refused food stamps because of a "lack of sufficient" information.
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In the United States almost 15 percent of the population used food stamps during the month of May. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) had 45.8 million users for an all time high in May.
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GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich called President Obama the country's "most successful food stamp president" in its history and said the 2012 election will be the biggest since 1860, when the Lincoln and Civil War era began its scar on the country.
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Food could soon hold a greater value than gold to many people with rising prices, civil unrest and food products such as corn being converted into fuel. Americans may soon understand what other countries such as Egypt already know.
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Proposals by Mayor Bloomberg and Governor Patterson to stop food stamps recipients in New York City from using them to buy sugary drinks are facing opposition
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Purchasing sugary drinks with food stamps could be prohibited in New York City if a proposal by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Governor David Patterson is accepted by the USDA.
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As the November midterm elections draw closer, the stubborn unemployment rate has pushed a record 41.8 million Americans onto food stamps.
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As the recession has deepened, more and more Americans have trouble making ends meet. Some of them can’t even buy food much anymore and rely on public assistance. In fact news reports declare one in nine Americans are on food stamps.
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Food stamps, federal pensions face GOP cuts in drive to protect Pentagon budget
For one week, the acclaimed chef Mario Batali is challenging Americans to “walk in someone else’s shoes” by eating only what they would be able to buy with food stamps. Batali, the star of ABC’s “The Chew,” partnered with the New York City Food Bank to raise awareness...
As a growing number of Americans are on food stamps and other public assistance, the number of people with a Ph.D. who receive that aid has tripled.
 On the eve of a crucial vote to qualify for a massive bailout, Greek leaders urged lawmakers to pass more painful spending cuts or face a "catastrophe" that would leave residents subsisting on food stamps and the country wallowing in bankruptcy.
The government is ending the stamp duty holiday for first-time buyers.
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