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State speeds its processing for food stamps despite higher demandDenver PostAmid a bleak economy that has forced record numbers of Coloradans to rely on food stamps, there is one bright spot: The state has vastly improved its once-dismal record for speedy processing of new applications, despite the unprecedented … More: …

A masked man’s recent visit to a San Jose post office led to a response by the bomb squad. But the student at the center of Tuesday’s bomb scare has an explanation for his attire. More: continued here

Amazon (NasdaqGS:AMZN) and eBay (EBAY) hold opposing positions after lawmakers proposed legislation to simplify the process of states’ collecting online sales taxes, the New York Post reports. Amazon says legislation … More: continued here

Bethlehem ’s South Side post office will not be shuttered as part of the U.S. Postal Service’s nationwide discontinuance study, a service spokesman said Wednesday. More: continued here

Advertisement Journal Seven Colorado offices removed from study listGunnison Country TimesA similar meeting took place last spring for Parlin's office. The four local post offices were identified among nearly 4000 nationwide for a “discontinuance study.” The decision to drop Pitkin and Sargents from the list comes on the heels of …

Rep. Janice Hahn (D-Venice) has joined in support of an appeal to the U.S. Postal Service’s decision to close the historic Venice Post Office. More: continued here

Republican & Herald Mahanoy Plane Post Office shuts doorsRepublican & HeraldJacqueline Dormer/staff photos Mark Bernardyn, Gilberton, and his daughter, Payton, leave the Mahanoy Plane Post Office on Wednesday afternoon just before it closed. … More: continued here

West Nyack merchants slog to storm recovery; post office set to reopen MondayThe Journal News | LoHud.comThe flooding was so intense that the West Nyack post office closed, reducing local traffic to the area, which businesses depend on for customers. But three months after the devastation, downtown West Nyack is …

Discussion Continues on Postal Office ClosuresWDIO-TVThe fate of another Duluth Post Office hangs in the balance, the West Duluth branch was discussed at a meeting on Wednesday night. Dozens of postal customers and citizens came to a meeting at Denfeld High School, the second in a series on the topic. …

MAHANOY PLANE – Today, those who live in Mahanoy Plane will have to get their mail in Frackville.The post office in Gilberton Borough closed Wednesday because the building’s owners decided not to renew the lease. The clerk of the office – the only empl More: continued here