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Thursday Dec 3 | Crooks and Liars

Boom Times: Wall St. Luxury Spending Rises. So Does Food Stamp Use

TOPICS economy From the New York Times , we find out just how many Americans now qualify for food assistance: MARTINSVILLE, Ohio a ' With food stamp use at record highs and climbing every month, a program once scorned as a failed welfare scheme now helps feed one in eight Americans and one in four children.

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Tue Dec 01, 2009

Lost in the Ozone

The Safety Net - Food Stamp Use Soars, and Stigma Fades - Series by...

Lost in the Ozone... Monday, November 30, 2009 The Safety Net - Food Stamp Use Soars, and Stigma Fades - Series by Jason DeParle and Robert Gebeloff- NYTimes.com Read original... A GROWING NEED FOR A PROGRAM ONCE SCORNED Greg Dawson and his wife, Sheila, of Martinsville, Ohio, help feed their family of seven with a $300 monthly food stamp benefit.

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Sun Nov 29, 2009

The Dispatch

Across U.S., Food Stamp Use Soars and Stigma Fades

With food stamp use at record highs and climbing every month, a program once scorned as a failed welfare scheme now helps feed one in eight Americans and one in four children.

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Fri Oct 09, 2009

WCHO-FM Washington Court House

Lynchburg Prepares for Brief Power Outage

Lynchburg Mayor Jeremy R. Shaffer reports that Dayton Power and Light will be upgrading the substation in Martinsville Saturday.

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Wed Sep 09, 2009

WKRC-TV Cincinnati

Blanchester Man Killed in Weekend Motorcycle Crash

Troopers for the Ohio State Highway Patrol are investigating a deadly crash this weekend in Dodson Township, Highland County.

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Tue Sep 08, 2009