Kathleen Parker: Food stamps and turkey talesSTLtoday.comIf you peruse the news on any given day, the farm bill/food stamp debate produces two general impressions: Republicans are heartless turkey thieves; Democrats are spendthrift welfare caterers. If only neither were a little bit right. As with tabloid …and more » More: continued here

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Main Street post office closes over safety issueGoDanRiver.comPost Office. The post office at the Federal Courthouse on Main Street in Danville is temporarily closed over "safety concerns," according to Cathy Yarosky, a spokesperson with the United States Postal Service. Post Office. Allison Roberts/Register …Danville post office closed, fails inspectionWRICDanville Post …

KATU Cuts to food stamps hit Oregon families hardThe ColumbianEUGENE, Ore. — Casey Beason, her boyfriend and 2-year-old daughter were facing an interminable Thanksgiving weekend in their cracker-box apartment on Roosevelt Boulevard while they waited for their Oregon Trail food stamp card to recharge.Food stamp cuts hit Oregon families hardStatesman …

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Nick J. Rahall, D-W.Va., has announced that the Postal Service will keep the Danese Post Office open through December 2015. “The two-year lease agreement announced today will ensure the post office remains open and current postal operations will not be disrupted. More: continued here

Congress, with few workdays left, shows no signs of settling partisan disputes over unemployment benefits, food stamps, a farm bill and the budget. WASHINGTON — Congress' unfinished business threatens to leave millions of Americans — including the unemployed, Pentagon contractors and even supermarket shoppers — in the lurch this holiday …

Danville, VA — The Main Street Post Office in Danville is closed right now after failing an inspection. More: continued here

Postal Service seeking public input to relocate downtown post officeFort Worth Star TelegramFORT WORTH — The U.S. Postal Service will brief the Fort Worth City Council Tuesday on the possibility of relocating the downtown post office on Lancaster Avenue. The historic federal building was listed with 3,700 other post offices …

San Francisco Chronicle Food stamp app helps residents keep benefitsSan Francisco ChronicleNealie Yarbrough, a 51-year-old single mother, knows the sting of being at the grocery store checkout and having her debit card denied. In Yarbrough's case, it was the county-issued card that she thought would be loaded with food stamps. …

San Francisco Chronicle Mars Inc. to Libertarians Thwart Food Stamp Health LimitsMSN MoneyThat view is being defied by an unusual alliance of food producers, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, libertarians and advocates for the poor who are thwarting efforts to require recipients to buy healthy items with their food stamp …