Changes that have made the food stamp program more generous, along with policies to reduce mortgage debt for low income people, also make it easier to wait for a better job offer or work part-time rather than full-time.

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United States government officials say since last year, they have started to more actively track cases of food poisoning through a pilot program in five states.

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Thus far, the US has supplied more than 80% of all food aid for vulnerable Afghans through the World Food Program.

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Republicans in the GOP-controlled House twice last year passed legislation that would have shifted the defense portion of the cuts elsewhere in the federal budget, most notably cuts to the food-stamp program and a requirement forcing federal employees to contribute more to their retirement savings.

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When you think that for the first time in history, more than 40 million Americans are on the - now the SNAP program, formerly food stamps, that one...

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His 500 or more products are so beloved that the Food Network even cast LaFrieda in his own primetime US television program, Meat Men.

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But Miller, now 65, a former hospital food-service director in West Virginia, discovered a lifesaver--not more drugs but a program of daily exercise, stress reduction, group support and a diet very low in fat and high in vegetables and whole grains.

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