Santa Monica’s recently shuttered Post Office on the corner of 5th and Arizona is now on a path to become a historic landmark, thanks to a 5 to 1 vote in favor of a preservation covenant Tuesday night. The City Council approved a “preservation covenant” in order to protect the …

Future of post office up in the airThe AdvocateNEW CANAAN — Residents have delivered their displeasure with the news that the New Canaan post office on Park and Pine streets will close by January, with the new location as yet undecided. "I use it a lot, I love the post …

Stamford’s main post office branch will get a share of a £70m investment pot as part of a national restructuring scheme. More: continued here

Go Stamps Go! Dana, 21 is showing her Stamps Spirit to cheer on the Red & White at the Labour Day Classic game against the pesky Eskimos. Stuart Dryden/Calgary Sun/QMI Agency More: continued here

Kansas City Star Single mother aims for life without food stampsKansas City StarChacon said she understands why lawmakers and others might criticize some people on food stamps. “I understand if people are just constantly on it all the time and they never get off it and basically live off of …

Kansas has one of lowest food stamps participation ratesKansas.comJust 69 percent of Kansans considered eligible for food stamps are signed up for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, one of the lowest rates in the nation. State officials can't say why that is, but it is clear that Kansas has not …

Daily Mail On the mend… Prince Philip joins Royal shooting party at BalmoralDaily MailThe 92-year-old is now back on his feet and, according to a source, has been enjoying grouse shoots at the Royal Family's retreat. The source said: 'Philip goes on all the shoots. He says he's feeling fine. …

Kansas, Missouri played key roles in food stamps historyKansas.comFormer Kansas Sen. Bob Dole helped father the modern food stamps program in the 1970s and supported a “marriage of convenience” by putting both crop subsidies for farmers and food for the poor in the farm bill. For decades, urban politicians voted …

Kansas City Star Kansas has a front row seat in the food stamp fightKansas City Star36 in the average amount given to SNAP recipients, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, even though Kansas is a low-wage state where food stamps might be particularly needed. At the same time, the state's …

Police release sketch of post office banditKTVU San FranciscoPolice released an artist's rendering Saturday of a suspect in an armed robbery at a Palo Alto post office earlier that week. The robbery occurred a short time after midnight on Tuesday in the parking lot of the post office at 2085 …