The Chicago City Council gave the green light to an ambitious plan to turn the Old Post Office into a center for commerce in the city. More: continued here

Post office boxes set up for boys who found kidnapped girlLancaster NewspapersPost office boxes have been set up for people who wish to congratulate two teenage boys credited with finding a kidnapped 5-year-old girl earlier this month. Temar Boggs, 15, and Chris Garcia, 13, rode bicycles around a Lancaster Township …

MCSO: Students busted for post office potWALA-TV FOX10MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – Officials said two University of South Alabama students were arrested after authorities said they recovered more than five pounds of high-grade marijuana from a post office box. Mobile county sheriff's deputies said 25-year-old … More: continued here

If you're buying a new house, don't expect your mail to be delivered to your door. The U.S. Postal Service says it just can't afford to provide that service anymore. Instead, your mail will come to a mailbox on the street or to a cluster mailbox, like the ones they …

By CAROLINE LEE, UPI.com A house bill is pushing to end door-to-door postal service. More: continued here

University of South Alabama students arrested for post office box potal.comMOBILE, Alabama– WALA-FOX 10 is reporting that two University of South Alabama students were arrested after authorities said they recovered more than five pounds of high-grade marijuana from a post office box. According to WALA, Mobile county sheriff … More: …

University of South Alabama students arrested for post office box potal.com (blog)MOBILE, Alabama– WALA-FOX 10 is reporting that two University of South Alabama students were arrested after authorities said they recovered more than five pounds of high-grade marijuana from a post office box. According to WALA, Mobile county sheriff … …

Town Hall (blog) For Every Job Created by Obama, 2 Americans Enroll in Food StampsTown Hall (blog)As of April 2013, there were 47,548,694 Americans on food stamps. That means that more than two Americans have been added to the food stamp rolls for every one job the administration says it …

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The Shameful Neighbor: Food Stamps, Stereotypes and the War on the Hungry …Patheos (blog)For the first time since the 1970s, there is no funding for food stamps (Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program) in the broad, bipartisan farm bill. Many Republicans have not minced words about their disdain for the food stamp …