COMMENTARY | In the same “Meet the Press” interview in which Newt Gingrich made the faux pas of attacking Paul Ryan’s Medicare reform plan, NBC interviewer David Gregory suggested Gingrich was using racist language against the president. More: continued here

A man who won $2 million on a Michigan lottery show has told a TV station that he still uses food stamps. More: continued here

TribLocal South Brunswick Delivers for Food PantryPatch.comStamp Out Hunger Thanks to the altruism of the community and the hard work of the Kendall Park Post Office, this past weekend's Stamp Out Hunger drive was a resounding success for the South Brunswick Food Pantry. "Stamp Out Hunger was hugely successful …Not …

Portage County: Name change for post office to honor MarineWKYC-TVWASHINGTON — A bill has passed the US Senate to rename the Rootstown Post Office on Tallmadge Road after a fallen Portage County Marine. The mother of the late Marine Sgt. Jeremy E. Murray works at that post office. A bill …

WOOD-TV Senate looks at ways to help post officeSacramento BeeFor the first three months of the year the post office was more than $2 billion in the red and it's facing an $8 billion loss for the fiscal year. Sen. Tom Carper said Tuesday he is introducing a bill to …

Wood-Ridge Homeland Security Agent Accused of Stealing Government Property …Patch.comThe complaint went on to state that Kucan allegedly maintained an eBay account in the name of an elderly relative through which he sold approximately $37000 worth of ICE property. The complaint says that the stolen items included printer cartridges, …ICE …

WALTHAM ABBEY: Post office'pedantry' causes passport hold-upsEast London and West Essex Guardian SeriesHOLIDAYMAKERS and the disabled have been left unable to claim a passport after a post office rejected scores of photographs groundlessly. Peter Morgan, who runs Priceless Images photographic studio in Crooked Mile, Waltham Abbey, …and more » More: continued …

During a press conference Tuesday morning, Raleigh Mayor Charles Meeker said the City of Raleigh is asking the United States Postal Service to reconsider its decision to close the Century Station Post Office. More: continued here

Post office: Mailboxes don't need to be raisedAlbany Democrat HeraldA notice that postal customers on Route 5 in North Albany would have to raise their mailboxes seems to have been both premature and unnecessary, according to the post office. Kevin Hulett, manager of the Albany Post Office, says that if …

Food stamp scam cases common; 11 charged in Colubiaville caseThe Flint Journal – MLive.comBy David Harris | Flint Journal COLUMBIAVILLE, Michigan — Allegations that a Columbiaville grocery store bilked taxpayers out of $22000 in an alleged food stamp scam are the latest in a string of cases statewide involving claims …