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Daily Press Hampton, residents protest Phoebus post office closureDaily PressHAMPTON – The City of Hampton and thousands of residents are petitioning the US Postal Service to keep the Phoebus post office open. The city recently submitted a packet of supportive documents …Hampton fights to keep Phoebus post office openWVEC.com (subscription)all …

NASHVILLE — Pay for one out of every 39 Tennessee state workers is so low they are using the federal food stamp program to make ends meet, figures show. More: continued here

Old Destin Post Office ReopensWEARGold prices are falling as inflation worries start to ease. Gold for December delivery fell $23.80 Tuesday, or 1.4 percent, to settle at $1652.80 an ounce. … about the Occupy Wall Street protests — while he's in bed. WEAR files and maintains …and more » More: continued …

Stamps host Riders in "Pink Power" game660 NewsThe Stamp's Randy Chevrier tells 660News, getting involved was deeply personal for him after watching his mother battle and survive breast cancer. Chevrier says his grandmother and cousin had also been affected by cancer so it's a cause he has wanted …and more » …

North Mankato residents weigh in on post office's futureMankato Free PressBy Mark Fischenich The Free Press MANKATO — Many of the 50-plus North Mankato residents at a hearing to discuss the proposed closing of the city's only post office had a clear message for the US Postal Service: they love …

Rural America fights for its post office in Lonoke County Tuesday night. There was a face-to-face meeting in Humnoke with post office officials. More: continued here

Tiny stamps for tiny sensorsMIT NewsA glass stamp reproduces precise, nanometer-scale etchings in silver. The original engraving, pictured above, is 10 microns wide — less than a quarter of the diameter of a human hair. Advances in microchip technology may someday enable clinicians to … More: continued here

Rutland and Stamford Mercury Garda who shot post office raiders cleared in probeIrish IndependentA MAJOR investigation by the Garda Ombudsman Commission into the shooting dead of two post office raiders six years ago has found that the use of force by the gardai was proportionate. The ombudsman exonerated the garda, …

Reuters Post Office Wants More Than MailWall Street JournalIt's a divisive issue on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers are sparring over whether and how far the post office should be allowed to venture into the private sector. On Tuesday, the Postal Service said it would increase the cost of mailing a …

msnbc.com Cain defends plan … VFW defends benefits…Stamp increase9&10 NewsWASHINGTON (AP) — The cost to mail a letter is going up next year. It will jump a penny to 45-cents on Jan. 22, but since most stamps being bought now are "Forever" stamps, they'll still be good. Postcards will go …