Whippany postal distribution center will stop handling mail later this month

"... While the Post Office has announced that 144 employees would be given positions at mail distribution centers in Edison and Teterboro, nearly 165 clerks and maintenance staff are unsure of their future, Dougherty said...."  
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USPS option could affect Times

"...Should this cut come to fruition, we’ll have to figure out a way to continue to service our readers while operating within the new confines of the post office. Our options are, I suspect, plentiful ..."  
Source: www.demopolistimes.com

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Area mailboxes broken into, but no one’s talking

"...never reported as a theft by the post office. Because of that, the case is not listed as a mail theft (postal authorities can’t prove any mail was stolen) but as a criminal-mischief case. ..."  
Source: www.star-telegram.com

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Man detained for killing his wife

"... on the day of the attack Mrs Davidson, who worked in Penrith's Crown Square Post Office, had asked her husband to leave after finding out he had failed to apply for state benefits...."  
Source: news.bbc.co.uk

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Post office stab suspect believed dead; cops say he likely committed suicide

"... Kelly said the two men bumped shoulders and walked past each other, but kept exchanging words, then stopped and squared off. Gutierrez, 20, took off his jacket and assumed a fighting stance, Kelly said. McCaulla then strode toward him, brandishing a knife at his side.

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Source: www.nydailynews.com

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Firms offer postal discounts

"... Those companies have Combined Mail Agreements with the post office, as well as some expensive equipment — think $700,000 to $800,000 for a special optical reader machine for starters. Basically, they “work share” with the postal service. By taking over some mail pickup and sorting services “the post office bypasses three or four procedures at significant labor savings to them, which allows us to offer the permitted discounts,” Cline explained...."  
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Man "Going Postal" Leaves Suspicious Items in Post Office

"...the case of a 36-year-old man who created a disturbance ..."  
Source: www.todaystmj4.com

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Stolen portraits returned to post office in Wapak

"... The matted prints of drawings of Wapakoneta's favorite son, Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong, are back on the wall. The portraits were reported stolen Monday when postal employees came to work and noticed the pictures were missing...."  
Source: www.limaohio.com

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Job seekers turn to government

"... Al DeSarro, a spokesman for the USPS in Colorado, said the post office and postmasters are receiving a higher number of applicants, but echoed Shuman’s sentiment. “We get a lot of interested applicants, especially this time of the year around the holidays,” he said. “But we’re not hiring this year, we’re also hurting with the economic situation.”..."  
Source: www.aurorasentinel.com

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Terra Ceia losing a sense of identity

"...On this island in northern Manatee County where there is no home mail delivery, the local post office has served as the social hub of the sparsely populated community for more than 50 years. More than a place to get mail, the post office is where islanders go daily to catch up on gossip, share news and shoot the breeze with neighbors...."  
Source: www.heraldtribune.com

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Postal employee gets death for skimming $937,000

Thanh Nien Daily, Vietnam - A court in the southern province of Bac Lieu yesterday sentenced a former treasurer of the local post office to death for embezzling over VND15 billion (US$937,000).

"...found guilty of siphoning off the money between 2003 and 2006, was also forced to pay back the stolen amount..."   

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