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2.26.2011

Shutdown: What you need to know

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"...The Postal Service, which is self-funded, will continue to operate. How many federal workers would be furloughed? The last time the...
2.22.2011

Postal rate increases do not include first-class letters for now

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"...postage for standard one-ounce letters will remain at 44 cents, while other first-class and periodicals postage is set to rise by a...
2.18.2011

former U.S. Customs inspector dressed in a postman's uniform nabbed

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"..."It's fairly unique for officers to encounter someone wearing a U.S. Postal Service uniform when they are coming across th...
2.12.2011

Ronald Reagan Stamp

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Area post office celebrates first day for Reagan stamp "...The postal service on Thursday released the newest stamp honoring America’s...
2.10.2011

What are the effects of industrial grade paper sorters, like those in the post office?

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Is Paper Dust Potentially Harmful? "...Contrary to what management and the union may say, paper dust can be a hazard to postal workers...
2.09.2011

Postal Service Considers Moving Some Huntsville Operations To Birmingham

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"...has resulted in an excess number of employees and equipment in some mail processing operations. In November, the Postal Service beg...
2.08.2011

Woman tries to mail live puppy

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"...She was stopped from posting the parcel when a stunned postal worker saw it move and then heard it panting, reports the Star Tribun...
1.31.2011

Are the postal unions standing in the way of making changes you need to make?

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The new postmaster general speaks out Postmaster General: "...No. They are led by good people. The presidents are very good people. Th...
1.28.2011

USPS finds Marijuana in package

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"...says he mailed the package to himself and has been doing this for several years. According to the arrest affidavit ..."   Sou...
1.22.2011

Plan to Close Processing Facility Draws Anger, Frustration

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"...According to the plan, all mail will be transported to a processing facility in Oakland. This prompted concerns about a delay in de...
1.21.2011

Postal Service anticipates a Reduction in Force and Voluntary Early Retirement

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PMG PLANS TO STREAMLINE MANAGEMENT, MATCH WORKFORCE TO WORKLOAD "... “As we continue our redesign, we anticipate that Reduction in Forc...
1.19.2011

Is Postal Service 'Universal Service' being taken away?

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Letters to the Editor The Postal Service has changed the classification of 32,000 Post Office Boxes at 49 locations from market dominant to...

Postal Service will almost certainly run out of money by the end of the year

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"... The Postal Service's $15 billion line of credit with the U.S. Treasury expires this year, meaning it will almost certainly run...
1.17.2011

Mail scattered along interstates in three counties

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"... A rear door on a postal service truck flew open and scattered mail for miles until the truck was stopped. A postal service spokesm...
1.10.2011

USPS Early Retiremnet Offer Possible

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Postal Early Retirement "... Rumors and speculation on another postal service early retirement are beginning to flood the internet and...
1.09.2011

Postal workers praised after incendiary parcel incident

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Mayor praises postal workers after package incident "... Mayor Vincent C. Gray (D) praised postal workers who quickly contacted police...
1.07.2011

L'Enfant Plaza Attack

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"... WUSA9 is reporting that Metro Transit Police plan to increase patrols at L'Enfant Plaza in the wake of an attack on a man ther...

Postal Service pewter stamp coil dispenser

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  "...the dispenser sells for $9.99 and keeps stamps at one’s fingertips. And, unlike stamp booklets which often can be misplaced or ac...
1.05.2011

Big mailer discounts bankrupting the Postal Service?

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OIG: USPS Fails to Justify 19 Types of ‘Worksharing’ Discounts for Big Mailers "... The OIG found that the Postal Service’s “justific...
12.31.2010

Understanding Workers Comp

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"... It covers everything from how a policy is written and what a policy covers to proof of coverage and understanding the basics of pr...
12.27.2010

Oldest postal retirees get most costly of payouts

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"...More than 100 U.S. Postal Service employees over 90 years old are collecting workers compensation - a fact one U.S. senator calls t...
12.24.2010

Track Santa with NORAD

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"... If you want to track Santa, you can use the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Santa Tracker. The NORAD Santa Tracke...
12.23.2010

Parcel bomb explodes at Swiss embassy in Rome, injuring one

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"...one diplomatic employee was seriously injured when a parcel bomb exploded in the Swiss embassy in Rome ..."   Source: www.nj....
12.20.2010

93 year old driver backs car into Ormond-by-the-Sea post office

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"... A postal worker, however, did receive a minor scratch on his head...."   Source: www.cfnews13.com Visit Our Homepage
12.17.2010

U.S. Postal Service Ready for Busiest Mailing Day

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"... Monday, Dec. 20, marks the Postal Service's busiest mailing day of the year with more than 800 million pieces of mail expected...
12.16.2010

FedEx's special delivery: Better worker pay

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"... Fedex is paying its workers more. Most notably, salaries and employee benefits increased 10% from a year ago. ..."   Source:...

FedEx Profit Down

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"... FedEx chief financial officer Alan Graf said the company expects margins to improve in the second half of fiscal 2011 ..."   ...

Freeze on excessing of some postal employees

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APWU, USPS Announce Freeze on Excessing "...The APWU and the Postal Service have agreed to a freeze on excessing while contract negoti...
12.14.2010

Ex FedEx Workers Jailed for Deception in Hong Kong, ICAC Says

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"... The two were convicted for understating parcel weights and depriving their company courier fees..."   Source: www.businesswe...
12.13.2010

Post Office Robbed At Gunpoint

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"...Colorado Springs police are just releasing information about a robbery that happened at a post office. ..."   Source: www.kkt...
12.12.2010

2010 North Pole Postmark

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"... This is an excerpt from the US Postal Service on obtaining a North Pole Postmark..."   Source: northpolepostmark.blogspot.co...
12.07.2010

Postal Shooting

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Search continues in postal worker shooting "...MIAMI -- Authorities in Miami continue to search for the person who fatally shot a post...

Counterfeit Stamps

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Counterfeit Stamps Giving Postal Service a Lickin’ "... one of the 10 biggest threats to Postal Service revenue, according to the 2009...
12.06.2010

Like health care reform? Consider the U.S. Postal Service

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"... I went to my local post office branch recently because I needed to buy some stamps using cash. I discovered that the stamp machine...

The Post Office and the Community

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We were a name, not a number "... Once in a while one of us kids got to go in and get the mail out of the box. On occasion the Wyoming...
12.03.2010

Postal Service seen 'vital' to U.S. economy

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"...calling the Postal Service the second-largest civilian employer in the nation (Wal-Mart ranks first), said, "Our survival is v...
12.01.2010

Charges of luring a child into a motor vehicle dropped for Bangor Postmaster Gregory Schlegel

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Luring charges dropped against suspended Bangor Postmaster Gregory Schlegel "... Gregory G. Schlegel, 54, of Bushkill Township, initia...
11.30.2010

Postmaster General’s retirement package ridiculous

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Chaffetz calls Postmaster General’s retirement package ‘ridiculous’ "... Rep. Jason Chaffetz called the $5.5 million retirement packag...

Proposed federal pay freeze will not affect postal workers

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Analysis: What the pay freeze means to feds [Federal News Radio] "... The proposed freeze will not affect military personnel, postal w...
11.29.2010

Holidays are no vacation for postal workers

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"...the Postal Service predicts Dec. 20, the Monday before Christmas, will be the busiest day. ..."   Source: www.dailycomet.com...