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** FILE ** In this Aug. 26, 2011, photo, a sign notifies customers that EBT (or Electronic Benefit Transfer) cards can be used at a store in Sioux Falls, S.D. (AP Photo/The Argus Leader, Jay Pickthorn)

Food-stamp benefits cut for 48M Americans

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Second-grader Jonathan Cheng (center) looks at fruits and vegetables during a school lunch at Fairmeadow Elementary School in Palo Alto, Calif., on Dec. 2, 2010. (Associated Press)

New lunch regulations are too hard to swallow for many schools

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

**FILE** An employee of the Florida Department of Children and Families (right) directs applicants for food stamps at a food stamp emergency assistance center at the Orange Bowl in Miami on Nov. 9, 2005. (Associated Press)

Food stamp black market on the rise: SNAP-for-cash big business

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Dead farmers reap millions in subsidies, GAO audit shows

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** A farm worker prepares a tomato field for planting at K&D Farmers near Oneonta, Ala., on May 10, 2012. (Associated Press)

Govt. pays millions in benefits to dead farmers

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration: Faith

EDITORIAL: Help for desperate women

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. (Associated Press)

Coburn slams Agriculture for wasteful spending

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican (Associated Press)

Sen. Tom Coburn tells feds to quit propping up wineries, expensive vacation homes

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

BURRACK: Sowing the seeds of farm failure

By Tim Burrack

Food stamps (illustration)

EDITORIAL: A free lunch for the world

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

LOGOMASINI: Nutritious apples, poisonous claims

By Angela Logomasini

Congressman wants oversight of food stamp program

By Luke Rosiak - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this photo taken Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, an Electronic Benefit Transfer card, which food stamp recipients use to purchase food, is seen at the Sacramento County Department of Human Assistance in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Violations don’t deter food stamp vendors’ hunger for misuse

By Luke Rosiak - The Washington Times

Some results of first lady’s anti-obesity effort

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

New rules aim to get rid of junk foods in schools

By MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

Healthier schools: Goodbye candy and greasy snacks

By MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

Healthy schools: Goodbye candy and greasy snacks

By MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

RAHN: Economic judgment day

By Richard W. Rahn - The Washington Times

Obama administration figures on stimulus misspending vastly understate problems

By John Solomon and Phillip Swarts - Washington Guardian