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Ohio town rallies around hungry, disabled woman charged with penny theft

October 18, 2013 By Berndt Kipping And Teresa Albano

BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio - Residents here rallied around Deirdre Romine, who was charged with theft after she was found with $2.87 in wet pennies in her pocket, scavenged to buy some food.

ALEC tries new gerrymandering efforts in Ohio counties

October 15, 2013 By Wally Kaufman

The ALEC forces are now subjecting Ohio counties with a strong organized labor base, to an onslaught of proposed changes in county government which, if passed, will abolish countywide election of county leaders.

Agrarian strike in Colombia triggers repression, wider struggle

September 3, 2013 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Angry small farmers are rejecting free trade agreements Colombia signed with the United States, Canada, and the European Union. Rrural people in Colombia are suffering.Eight million Colombians are hungry,

Cuba, Vietnam among 38 countries that reduced hunger

June 18, 2013 By Emile Schepers

The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization announced that a total of 38 countries worldwide have already met all or part of the "Millennium Goals" for the reduction of hunger, malnutrition and poverty.

Letter Carriers cite huge need in 21st annual food drive

May 6, 2013 By Press Associates

Letter Carriers from coast to coast will collect non-perishable food on their 21st annual food drive, on Saturday, May 11. The food is distributed locally, to "free food" pantries, homeless shelters, and other institutions that feed...