TPM Santorum relates food stamps to minorities – againCBS NewsRick Santorum on Saturday resuscitated one of his more controversial remarks from the past few months of campaigning for president, connecting food stamps with "minority communities." Speaking to a large crowd at the conservative Americans for …Santorum Will Reach Out to …

Albany neighborhood misses Delaware Avenue post office Times Union Copyright 2012 Times Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 12:09 p.m., Saturday, February 25, 2012 Susan Dubois, treasurer of the Delaware Area Neighborhood Association who helped lead the fight to keep the station …

Albany neighborhood misses Delaware Avenue post officeAlbany Times Union17, 2010, at the Delaware Station Post Office in Albany, NY A year after neighbors lost their battle to save the Delaware Avenue post office from closing, the red brick storefront in one of the city?s liveliest neighborhoods remains vacant. More: continued …

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TROY, Mich. — Rick Santorum on Saturday resuscitated one of his more controversial remarks from the past few months of campaigning for president, connecting food stamps with “minority communities.” More: continued here

Newstalk ZB Slater stamps authority on opening eventNewstalk ZBThe 11-time world champion has stamped his authority on the opening event of the year on the Gold Coast, posting a near-perfect wave score of 9.87 mid way through the heat to put young gun Kolohe Andino from California and Aussie Garrett …

BBC News Royal Mail delivers an improved servicePeterborough TodayQuality of service results for the Royal Mail in the weeks leading up to Christmas showed that more than 93 per cent of post met delivery targets in Peterborough. The target is 91 per cent. The statistics for the Peterborough area show …

Food stamps afflicted by fraudAnderson Independent MailWASHINGTON — The federal food stamp program, administered by the US Department of Agriculture, is perhaps the nation's most important nutrition program. At an annual cost of $75 billion, food stamps helped feed 46.2 million Americans last year. More: continued here

USDA seeks to block backdoor re-entry into food stamp programAnderson Independent MailWASHINGTON — The US Department of Agriculture says it wants to secure an unlocked backdoor that allows stores banned for engaging in food-stamp fraud to slip unnoticed back into the federal program. The agency's announcement came weeks after Scripps …

Postal union sounds alarmThe TelegramThe Newfoundland and Labrador branch of the Canadian Postmasters and Assistants Association (CPAA) is sounding the alarm about what it describes as an impending reduction in operating hours for rural post offices. Officials with the association, …and more » More: continued here