Chaffetz calls Postmaster General’s retirement package ‘ridiculous’
"... Rep. Jason Chaffetz called the $5.5 million retirement package
for outgoing Postmaster General John Potter absurd and unfair in the wake of the United States Postal Service’s announcement that it had lost $8.5 billion this year...." 
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Analysis: What the pay freeze means to feds [Federal News Radio]
"... The proposed freeze will not affect military personnel, postal workers or federal retirees. Retirees did not get a cost-of-living adjustment this year. ..."
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"...the Postal Service predicts Dec. 20, the Monday before Christmas, will be the busiest day. ..."
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Best Cyber Monday Sales, Deals Online For 2010
"... put together a guide to finding details on Cyber Monday sales. Note that some retailers are offering one-day-only discounts, while others are offering a "Cyber Week,..."
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"... WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- The United States Postal Service has wasted $94 million on its contract with FedEx, an internal audit asserts...."
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USPS to tie pay, bonuses to finances
"...approved contract with Paul Vogel, the $245,000-per-year president of shipping and mailing services, a provision states that he'll receive, at minimum, a performance incentive of 25 percent of his basic salary at the end of each year. ..."
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Missing FedEx box with radioactive material found in Knoxville
"... A hospital shipped the boxes from Fargo, N.D., to the East Tennessee company by way of the FedEx hub in Memphis...."
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"... “The union’s strategy has been to offer proposals that will also benefit the Postal Service,” the union president said. “Returning work to our members makes sense because our members can perform the work more efficiently and less expensively than subcontractors and supervisors.” ..."
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"...lost control when a Postal Service truck pulled in front of him, and that the car struck a fence, causing a board to strike her in the stomach. ..."
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"... "There are too many postal workers, too many distribution centers, too many post offices and a reluctance to make those changes," he told reporters last week. Issa also said USPS has too many supervisors and a total of 200,000 unnecessary positions. ..."
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"...Before e-mail, text messaging and Skype, and even before telephones, people communicated over long distances through letters. The local post office was an active hub for information and community gatherings. ..."
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"...Postmaster General John E. Potter could earn about $5.5 million in deferred compensation, retirement benefits and accrued annual leave for the rest of his life ..."
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"... about 190 people were in the Curseen-Morris Processing and Distribution Center in the Brentwood area of northeast Washington early Wednesday when the storm hit...."
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Isle of Man post office
"... The post office has issued a miniature sheet with two stamps of Prince William and a picture of the couple together...."
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"...A mail-processing facility in Bluefield has been cited for several workplace safety violations for allegedly exposing workers to electrical hazards.
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Murder By Proxy: How America Went Postal
"...A Congressional committee that investigated the shooting found McIlvane had been harassed by petty managers.
“No one is saying he did the right thing but there is more to it than someone going crazy,” Chiaberi said. ..."
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"...expects the biggest growth to come at its FedEx SmartPost venture, which ships packages to the U.S. Postal Service, with quasi-governmental service handling final delivery to the buyer's doorstep. ..."
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"... A $10,000 reward was offered today for the arrest and indictment of a gunman who fatally shot an Arlington postal employee as he walked his dog...."
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George Arnold Hawkins
"... frustrations are growing among union workers as the study remains undisclosed. At a union meeting Tuesday afternoon, postal workers said they want to see the numbers backing the proposal to close their plant. "Everybody has been kept completely clueless," USPS employee James Schumann said...."
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"... United States Postal Service is looking to introduce a series of discounts for companies that send high volumes of direct mail to consumers, reports the print blog What They Think...."
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"...The United States Postal Service (USPS) is recommending consolidating mail processing and distribution operations in Oshkosh with those in Green Bay. ..."
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"... The two-year deal includes a one-percent pay rise next year. ..."
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"... Postal Service managers are hosting a public forum on a proposal to move some mail processing operations from the Muncie Processing and Distribution Facility to the Kokomo Processing and Distribution Center...."
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"...The Postal Service is honoring the Rangers with two commemorative envelopes: one for their American League championship and the second for their first appearance in the World Series...."
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"... “There are too many distribution centers, too many postal workers, too many post offices, and there’s a reluctance to make those changes,” Rep. Issa told CQ magazine...."
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"... The U.S. Postal Inspection Office says cases like this one are on the rise. Traffickers pick random addresses, send drugs through the mail and pick up the deliveries before residents have a chance to open them...."
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"... STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- The Swedish postal service Posten has received an early rush of letters to Santa Claus, officials said. ..."
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"...The service suspension has been issued in response to the potential threat posed by suspicious packages arriving in the U.S. aboard international flights originating in Yemen. ..."
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"... Two weeks ago, lives in this area were changed forever when post office employees Paula Robinson and Judy Spray were murdered shortly after their work day started...."
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"...Yemen, where the two containing explosives originated. More suspicious packages were discovered on UPS planes at ..."
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"... I have reached a point in my life where it is time to move on to other things. Pat Donahoe, Deputy Postmaster General and Chief Operating Officer, will become our new Postmaster General when I “end tour” Dec. 3...."
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"...In 1921, Postmaster General William Harrison Hays declared a campaign to try to stop a growing number of postal robberies across the country. He provided weapons to all postal employees "who may have charge of valuable postal shipments, either on trains or in the Post Offices. ..."
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"...The FBI says Friday that white powder in a package that was mailed to the Tucson office of U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva (grih-HALL'-vah) wasn't toxic. ..."
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"... arguing that a slew of recent donations from Democratic lawmakers may have been used by the party in violation of postal system rules.
Democratic Party officials have called the donations, including nearly $400,000 in the past three weeks from more than a dozen candidates..."
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"... the Blue Cross Blue Shield Standard Option, will charge enrollees 6.9% more for self coverage and 7.6% more for family coverage...."
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OSHA Fines USPS For Violations At Columbus Distribution Center
"... the U.S. Postal Service with five alleged willful violations at its Columbus processing center. The Postal Service faces a total of $210,000 in fines for electrical and equipment hazards following an OSHA inspection conducted in response to employee complaints. ..."
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"... According to reports from the United States Postal Service, a $50,000 reward is now being offered for information related to the capture and arrest of suspects involved in yeserday's fatal shooting at the Henning, Tennessee Post Office...."
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"... “Many employees are slowly witnessing a resurgence of the conditions of 1991 with the pressure being put on the employees,” says the petition signed by workers in Royal Oak, Troy, Madison Heights, Birmingham, Southfield, Farmington and Novi.
In November 1991, a fired letter carrier from Oak Park went on a shooting rampage..."
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Two people killed in shooting at Henning post office
"...post office in Henning, Tennessee.
Sources with the Lauderdale County Sheriff's Department said two female ..."
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"... The big question from postal employees at or near retirement age is, will there be Another U.S. Postal Service early retirement incentive this year? Many employees feel that in these hard economic times they need to delay their retirement or not retire..."
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