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USA TODAY Maryland towns welcome post office reprieveCNNMoneyBy Paul Courson @CNNMoney May 10, 2012: 5:34 AM ET WEST FRIENDSHIP, Md. (CNNMoney) — When the US Postal Service announced a news conference earlier this week, many customers and some workers at rural post offices thought it was to announce a hit …

As a growing number of Americans are on food stamps and other public assistance, the number of people with a Ph.D. who receive that aid has tripled. More: continued here

The U.S. Postal Service is proposing cuts to hours of operation at small rural post offices, including several of Juneau's neighbors, but that cost saving measure may help buy time for the threatened Douglas Post Office. More: continued here

Rural post offices to stay open under new proposal; 23 sites in county are now …Times-StandardThe nearly bankrupt US Postal Service has backed off of a plan that would have closed eight local post offices, but it will instead reduce the hours at 23 locations in Humboldt County under a …

Bending to strong public opposition, the debt-ridden U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday backed off a plan to close thousands of rural post offices after May 15, which could mean good news for the threatened Oakville post office. More: continued here

Valley Breeze Post office preps for food driveNorthwest HeraldBy JOSEPH BUSTOS – jbustos@shawmedia.com In his many years with the US Postal Service, Algonquin post office Delivery Supervisor Romy Ramos always expects to see nonperishable food come to the post office in the days leading up to the annual Stamp Out …

The cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service, bowing to pressure from consumers and lawmakers, backed off a plan to close as many as 3,700 rural post offices next week in favor of a plan that reduces hours and makes other changes. More: continued here

Rural post office plan a relief to Central Ill. residentsChicago TribuneBLOOMINGTON — The US Postal Service's decision to keep thousands of rural post offices open with shorter hours instead of closing them next week was greeted with relief in Central Illinois. About 30 rural post offices in the area were …

Dover post office among thousands spared from closureFOX43.comChanges could be coming to the post office in your area. The United States Postal Service announced yesterday it will not close almost 4000 rural post offices, instead opting to make other changes. The original list of closures, about 3700 nationwide, … More: …

TSN Ex-Bomber Lobendahn passes Stamps' physicalWinnipeg Free PressAccording to the Calgary Herald Wednesday afternoon, Lobendahn was on the verge of inking a deal with the Stamps in time for training camp — pending the results of a physical. The 29-year-old passed the physical, he said, but as of Wednesday night …