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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Franklin Graham prayed on a sidewalk outside the Pentagon Thursday after his invitation to a prayer service inside was withdrawn because of comments that insulted people of other religions.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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Authorities are searching for two homicide suspects after a South Carolina barber was fatally shot during an attempted robbery at his business. Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton said Sunday that 32-year-old Zann Worrell Jr....More >>
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A bill representing the largest overhaul of state government in decades is again approaching passage. Both Gov. Nikki Haley and her chief Democratic opponent are working to get it to her desk in the legislative...More >>
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