Louisiana sinkhole shatters calm, prompts buyouts on the bayou
"... The Romeros bought their home in 1991 as a getaway retreat, and moved in fulltime in 1996. “We decided we enjoyed it so much we wanted to retire here,” said Nick. For several years, the couple drove back and forth to jobs in Baton Rouge, some 50 miles away. Nick is retired from the U.S. Postal Service, and Brenda a retired loan closing manager...." 
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What's up in the Heights? The Postal Service relocates a post office, forgets to tell anyone
"... for some reason, the Postal Service has not included this relocation in its discussions with city officials, and there hasn’t been an announcement about a public meeting or comment period. The Postal Service seems to be treating the Washington Bridge closure as a done deal. That’s because it is...."
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Canada Post claims exclusive use of the words "postal code"
"... Canada Post disagrees. The crown corporation now argues that the very term “postal code” is subject to a trademark owned by Canada Post. Anyone using the term “postal code,” therefore, does so at their own risk. ..."
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Former ricin suspect happy with vindication as probe continues
"...Did someone try to frame Elvis impersonator Paul Kevin Curtis by sending ricin-tainted letters to President Barack Obama and other officials? ..."
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Man arrested for sending letter to Obama with poisonous substance; father tells The News he's shocked at son's involvement
"... The fact the scare resulting from the potentially deadly letters followed so soon after the Boston attack was eerily reminiscent of the anthrax mailings that came on the heels of 9/11...."
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Another Intercepted 'Ricin' Letter Sent to President Obama
"...both letters included the phrase: "To see a wrong and not expose it, is to become a silent partner to its continuance." Both were signed, "I am KC and I approve this message."..."
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Envelope sent to Roger Wicker tests positive for ricin
"...sorted at a Washington facility, USPS trucks it to a New Jersey irradiation facility operated by Sterigenics, a company known for its medical sterilization equipment. The Postal Service said it spends about $12 million annually on irradiation ..."
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No post office rush on tax day
"... But some taxpayers still prefer to file the old-fashioned way. They just have to remember they no longer have until midnight Monday to get the right postmark. ..."
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U.S. Postal Service Names McCann Creative Agency of Record
"...for an agency whose North American operations struggled for the past several years to make it into any new business pitches -- let alone actually manage to win one -- it's good news ..."
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Postal Service to close more than 50 mail-processing centers
"...The U.S. Postal Service announced on Wednesday that it would close more than 50 mail-processing centers this year, accelerating a consolidation plan ..."
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Postal Service Cuts Past Red Tape To Save Turtles In Trouble
"... Barrack contacted the South Florida Water Management District, which dispatched an inspector. The inspector verified that the pipe where the turtles were getting trapped did indeed belong to the U.S. Postal Service, which has a mail processing facility nearby...."
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GAO Says USPS Must Comply with Six-Day Provision
"... Through this interpretation, the USPS is legally compelled to “continue six-day delivery and rural delivery of mail at not less than the 1983 level. ..."
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Issa says new USPS delivery schedule can go ahead
"... bill language ties $100 million in appropriations to 6 day and rural mail delivery. The language is a standard clause Congress has included in spending bills since late 1982..."
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United Parcel Service Becomes #202 Most Shorted S&P 500 Component, Replacing 3M
"... In our new rank based on the most recent short interest data from NASDAQ, United Parcel Service Inc (NYSE: UPS) has taken over the position of #202 most shorted S&P 500 component, from 3M Co (NYSE: MMM) which is now in the #134 spot...."
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Lance Armstrong to challenge USPS about what it knew
"... The person close to Armstrong's defense said that as doping allegations swirled around the USPS team, the USPS didn't investigate or file for a false claim but instead offered to hire a public-relations firm to boost its image...."
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Cost-of-Living Raises Set for March
"... Postal Support Employees (PSEs), who are not eligible for COLAs, received an across-the-board increase of 2 percent on Nov. 17, 2012. PSEs will receive additional raises of 2.5 percent effective Nov. 16, 2013, and 2.5 percent effective Nov. 15, 2014...."
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New survey shows over 80 percent oppose ending Saturday delivery
"... Save the Post Office conducted its own survey over the past week, and it shows something completely different: 84 percent were strongly opposed to moving to five-day delivery. (Thanks to all of you who took the time to fill out the survey.) We conducted this survey because the Postal Service’s survey seemed biased. ..."
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NPMHU/USPS Interest Arbitration Award is Released -- Sets Terms for 2011 National Agreement
"... rejected by the arbitration panel were a series of draconian proposals from the Postal Service, including absolutely no general wage increases for career employees, no cost-of-living adjustments, and a drastic increase in employee contributions for health insurance to the current rate paid by federal employees. Another proposal from the Postal Service sought to modify, and effectively eliminate, the current no lay-off clause. In addition, the Postal Service sought the authority to hire and to utilize, without any contractual restrictions whatsoever, a total of 25% casual employees. Finally, for new career mail handlers hired in the future, the Postal Service proposed that their pay rates be 20% lower at the entry level and 20% lower at the maximum level...."
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NSW postal worker burned by acid in parcel
"... A postal worker is being treated for burns to his hands after a parcel containing a highly acidic liquid broke open at a post office on Sydney's north shore...."
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Postal Service Changing Overtime, Increasing Buyouts
"... The U.S. Postal Service will enter another round of buyouts and reduce the number of overtime hours as it prepares to eliminate Saturday first-class mail delivery, Federal News Radio reports...."
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Post Office to Change Mail Delivery Service
"... Starting in August, the U.S. Postal Service will no longer deliver first-class mail on Saturdays. First-class mail includes bills, catalogs, letters, cards and other general correspondence...."
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Sones: PO'd at the Post Office
"... the entire tub was filled with our mail - from October 2012! It included Thanksgiving and Christmas catalogs, coupons for free items at City Market that expired, personal mail, and most upsetting, a letter from the U.S. Census Bureau for my business, which on the envelope states in bold, capital letters, “YOUR RESPONSE IS REQUIRED BY LAW - Please Complete and Return in 30 Days.” This is not the first time the post office has affected my business in a negative way. It is a constant battle, without getting into detail...."
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Dallas-area authorities crack down on thieves who fish mail from postal boxes
"... The devices are usually a weighted object attached to a string or a vertical window blind, belt or other item that is covered in a sticky substance, typically rat trap glue or melted glue sticks...."
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Nonprofits Urge Congress to Preserve Discount Postal Rates
"... Mr. Issa was a key player in removing the threat to the discount. “We have no reason to believe that [Mr. Issa] has changed his position,” said Geoffrey Plague, vice president for public policy at Independent Sector. “We wanted to send a friendly reminder of where the discussion had ended at the end of the last Congress.”..."
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USPS Announces Additional Closings/Consolidations
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"... It is anticipated that these facilities will be impacted mid-year, (although the Postal Service has not announced an exact time frame yet). A meeting with Postal Headquarters will be requested to determine the impact to the Mail Handler Craft, and to provide our input on these proposed closings/consolidations...."
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Armstrong Debacle a Lesson for USPS. Or Not.
"... The Post Office rationalized that a connection with Lance would make people "feel a little better about the Postal Service." So are we all supposed to feel worse about it now? ..."
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"... The Postal Service announced the decision late Friday to close the Manasota Processing and Distribution Center in Sarasota, and all workers will be offered other positions within the Postal Service. The move is expected to be complete by February 2014...."
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Ex-Postal Workers' Union Head Sombrotto Dies at 89
"... Vincent R. Sombrotto, a labor leader who served as president of the National Association of Letter Carriers for 24 years, has died. He was 89...."
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Arbitration board issues award: Sets terms of the 2011-2016 National Agreement;
‘NALC achieves its major goals,’ Rolando says
"... rejected the Postal Service’s proposals to freeze pay, eliminate cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) and implement a two-tier wage schedule for career city carriers. Instead, the new contract provides three general wage increases between now and the end of the contract: 1 percent in November 2013, 1.5 percent in November 2014, and 1 percent in November 2015. It also provides for the payment of seven COLAs between now and 2016, though the two COLAs calculated in 2013 will be deferred and paid in 2014. These wage and COLA provisions follow the wage pattern established by the negotiated American Postal Workers Union (APWU) contract and the arbitrated National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association (NRLCA) contract...."
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Murderous Reform: A Plan to Privatize Postal Profits at Public Expense
"... Nowhere in the proposal is there any mention of unions, let alone of living wages, so one can only presume that a primary means of reducing costs will be to drive down the income of those postal employees who remain after the USPS is radically downsized and diminished as proposed...."
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Postmaster general urges help for postal service
"... Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe blasted Congress' inaction on relief for the U.S. Postal Service and said that the Postal Service was weighing further cuts...."
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Postal service disputes union claims of delayed mail
"... The union alleges the amount of delayed first-class mail in ZIP codes starting with 600 mail that's delivered at least a day late has grown from about 30,000 pieces daily from July to October to between 100,000 and 150,000 pieces each day this month...."
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Postmaster Frustrated Over Lack of Action
"... expressed frustration Thursday that he failed to win money-saving changes from a Congress said to be looking to control government spending...."
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2012 & Beyond: The U.S. Postal Service’s Financial Difficulties
"... In an effort to be more efficient, the USPS has closed several mail processing facilities since 2006. By 2020, the USPS is expected cut its workforce by 140,000 people, representing 28 percent of its employees...."
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Judge rules on prison mail
"...A federal judge has ordered the Missouri Department of Corrections not to block books or letters from being delivered to prisoners without providing the people who sent the items a notification and a chance to appeal. ..."
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Postal frustrations
"...It also can be difficult for the postal service to meet the higher wages being paid in oil country, he said.
The postal service has sought to address the problem by bringing in temporary workers from other locations, including South Dakota, Montana and Grand Forks. ..."
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Sketch released of possible robber of postal-service worker
"...The suspect is a Hispanic male with a noticeable Spanish accent, 35 to 40 years old, approximately 5 feet 9 inches, thin build, wearing a dark, zip-front sweatshirt and blue jeans. ..."
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Top Stories 2012: Retired Cortlandt Postal Worker Wins $18M Lotto
"... A retired postal worker from Cortlandt Manor shocked many by claiming an $18 million winning lottery ticket in August. This story made our top stories in 2012. ..."
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Post Office denies local woman of personal mail
"... "My mailman parks on the street, he walks the whole neighborhood and delivers mail to everybody's house, except mine. I just want to be a part of that too," said McMillan, who hasn't received her mail in over a week...."
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One arrested as postal hunger strikers occupy Issa’s congressional office
"...Five postal hunger strikers occupied the office of Representative Darrell Issa Thursday afternoon. “Issa needs to back off his campaign to wreck the postal service. We demand that he immediately declare his commitment to preserve six day mail delivery,” said Dave Welsh, hunger striker and retired letter carrier from San Francisco. Four of the strikers were ejected by Capitol Police while one, John Dennie, a retired mail handler ..."
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