Feb 19
The DeKalb County Commission approved a 5-percent tobacco taxdiscount for wholesalers Tuesday. County Administrator Matt Sharp said the discount would go towholesalers who buy tobacco stamps in DeKalb County. “The county sells the county stamps that are found on tobaccoproducts,” Sharp said. “The state will reimburse the county for usproviding the discount to wholesalers and …
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Feb 17
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida’s poor can use food stamps to buy staples like milk, vegetables, fruits and meat. but they can also use them to buy sweets like cakes, cookies and Jell-O and snack foods like chips, something a state senator wants stopped. Sen. Ronda Storms, R-Valrico, also wants to limit other welfare funds, known …
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Feb 16
An avid stamp collector with an interest in First-Day-of-Issueopportunities, Jesse Malone was among a couple dozen people whoturned out for a dedication ceremony for Glacier National Park’scommemorative stamp Thursday in Kalispell. “This is a desirable stamp for a collection anywhere in thecountry,” said Malone, a member of the Glacier Stamp Club who hasan extensive U.S. …
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Jan 23
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Jan 14
The writer Roald Dahl is regarded as one of the world’s most imaginative, successful and loved storytellers. his stories are currently published in 49 languages worldwide, and continue to inspire the world’s most creative collaborators, resulting in new movie adaptations, classical music, opera, plays and musicals. Today Royal Mail has issued ten stamps paying tribute …
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Jan 03
RANDOM NEURONAL FIRINGS 16 shots of coffee fill your cup with these factsSTAFF COLUMNISTDecember 9, 2011 As MIT students, who’s a better friend than coffee? When the aroma of freshly brewed coffee from Bosworth’s Cafe in Lobby 7 stimulates my olfactory neurons, I often get the urge to know more about coffee’s origin. Here are …
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Dec 27
The Rambling and Wonderful Surfing Life of Writer Michael Kew Thursday, December 15, 2011 The Undergarments of Romanticism With a passport full of stamps to the Marshall Islands, the Seychelles, Kiribati, Greenland, India, and 45-some-odd other countries, it is easy to imagine Kew as some sort of jet-setting, lifelong traveler predestined for the road by a restless …
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Dec 12
The Winnipeg Jets are following in the footsteps of the Blue Bombers and stepping up to the plate. The licence plate, that is. The NHL team unveiled a specialty licence plate on Tuesday morning. It features the Jets primary logo on the left side and the phrase “Fuelled by Passion” at the bottom, between the …
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Dec 11
STAND by for more brinkmanship as Japanese whalers and conservationists gear up for their summer showdown in the Southern Ocean. Last year, it seemed the Sea Shepherd activists won a strategic victory when their harassment forced the whalers to curtail their hunt but now they are coming back, stronger than ever. The Japanese Government is …
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Dec 10
Over the years several public officials in New York have elected to stay in office even as they face criminal charges and indictments – despite the common misperception that an indictment in of itself is evidence of culpability. it is not. Currently Councilman Larry Seabrook, Assemblyman William Boyland and Senator Carl Kruger – all facing …
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