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It's an idea that's been knocked around and shot down despite how logical it seems on the surface: Should sugary drinks be banned from the food stamp program?More >>
It's an idea that's been knocked around and shot down despite how logical it seems on the surface: Should sugary drinks be banned from the food stamp program?More >>
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina's public health chief says further restricting what people can buy with food stamps might be a way to cut down on the state's obesity problem.
Department of Health and Environmental Control director Catherine Templeton told The Associated Press on Wednesday she'd like to see people who get public food assistance restricted to basically the same food list available to women and children who get similar help.
Templeton's agency administers a federally funded program that helps pregnant women and mothers buy healthy food. Benefits can only be used on foods like milk, grains and fresh vegetables, a list Templeton says should also apply to the state's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program beneficiaries.
Templeton says she doesn't support banning junk food but says taxpayer money shouldn't be used to buy it.
Evangelist Franklin Graham prayed on a sidewalk outside the Pentagon Thursday after his invitation to a prayer service inside was withdrawn because of comments that insulted people of other religions. More>>
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Authorities have arrested Columbia man in a fatal motorcycle wreck over the weekend. Police say Troy Lebrente Wilson faces multiple charges including felony drunken driving in the death of 48-year-old...More >>
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