Armuchee's Augusta Hosmer is a Stamps Leadership ScholarRome News TribuneAugusta Hosmer, a senior at Armuchee High School, has been named a Stamps Leadership Scholar and will receive a scholarship valued at $210,000 for her college experience. The scholarship will include funds for enrichment that will allow for … More: continued …

TheAlternativePress.com (press release) (blog) Maplewood Township Committee Discusses 2013 Budget and Post Office…TheAlternativePress.com (press release) (blog)The Township Committee was addressed by Richard Wener, professor of Environmental Psychology at NYU, who represents “a group of citizens who have been meeting recently to discuss the post office redevelopment.” As Wener noted, the …

Augusta Hosmer, a senior at Armuchee High School, has been named a Stamps Leadership Scholar and will receive a scholarship valued at $210,000 for her college experience. The scholarship will inclu… More: continued here

Heritage.org (blog) Senate rejects bid to let states run food stampsMiamiHerald.comWASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday rejected a Republican bid to turn the federal food stamp program over to the states. Known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, the food stamp program is administered by the Agriculture …Senate …

Press-Enterprise REDLANDS: Emotions run high at post office meetingPress-EnterpriseThe distinct possibility that the U.S. Postal Service will close the post office on Brookside Avenue in Redlands has left many residents angry. They expressed their feelings – sometimes loudly – at a community meeting on Tuesday night, May 21, in a …

Press-Enterprise (blog) REDLANDS: Emotions run high at Brookside Avenue post office meetingPress-Enterprise (blog)Brookside Avenue post office (File Photo). The distinct possibility that the U.S. Postal Service will close the post office on Brookside Avenue in Redlands has left many community members angry. They expressed their feelings – sometimes loudly – …

Heritage.org (blog) Senate rejects bid to let states run food stampsHouston ChronicleWASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Wednesday rejected a Republican bid to turn the federal food stamp program over to the states. The current program, known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is administered by the …Senate …

A suspicious suitcase left at the Centralia Post Office Tuesday was deemed safe by the Washington State Patrol bomb squad. More: continued here

Bidder won't pay for Hoffman cardFOXSports.comIf 7-year-old cancer patient Jack Hoffman captured the nation's hearts by running for a 69-yard touchdown in Nebraska's spring game, then the eBay bidder who won a signed Hoffman trading card for $6,100 and refused to pay sickened our stomachs. More: continued here

Food Stamp Cuts Feared By VeteransHuffington PostWASHINGTON — Veterans have a reminder for the Senate as it takes up plans to cut food stamps by $4.1 billion this week: The aid has been — and still is — vital to people who served their country. For Iraq veteran Don Martinez, …