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POSTAL NEWS FROM PEN
January 31, 2009
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SENATOR COLLINS CRITICIZES U.S. POSTAL
SERVICE FOR PROPOSING ELIMINATION OF SERVICES -
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Potter Video - Postal Service Looks For
Flexibility -
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Postal changes could have widespread
impact
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Postal service, big shots making plenty
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Postal cuts not all about money
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Birmingham, AL Mayor supports 5-day
postal week -
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In Search Of The Perfect Mail Stream
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Effort launched to save W-B post office
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Money crunch costs Houston two post
offices
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Less Mail?
January 30, 2009
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Five-Day Mail Delivery? Not So Fast. -
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Reaction mixed to 5-day mail delivery
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see reaction video
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Experts See Dim Future for U.S. Postal
Service -
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NALC's Young Says "There are no plans
to eliminate six-day mail delivery" -
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Reactions varied on plan to cut USPS
service by one day
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Two ex-postal workers sentenced
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PA man convicted for threat on carrier
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Local postal workers see delivery cuts
as harmful
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A price increase and a cut in service?
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Stop Postal Service losses
January 29, 2009
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Potter Says Possible 5 Day Delivery?
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Key Points - PostCom
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PRC Chairman Dan G. Blair's Comments
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The Impact of the Economic Crisis on
USPS |
GAO: Deteriorating Postal Finances
Require Aggressive Actions to Reduce Costs
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Senators balk at proposal to cut back mail delivery
days -
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NALC President William H. Young says
Five-day delivery not the best economic solution
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Postmaster General's Testimony
Offers Little Insight -
APWU's Burrus
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Postal Service seeks end to Saturday
delivery requirement
Federal Times -
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Postmaster General: Mail days may
need to be cut
Associated Press
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A Second Day Off for the Postal
Service?
Washington Post
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USPS: RIGHTSIZING THE WORKFORCE
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Blaming the Post Office's Problems on
the Media
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Bush Pardons Postal Employee
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Postal worker saves mail when his truck
catches fire
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Post office set to raise rates while
cutting service
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Granite Falls man charged in sexual
assault of postal carrier
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Idaho postal worker saves elderly woman
January 28, 2009
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Post office supervisor pleads guilty
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Oklahoma City letter carrier remains
critical after falling on her head in driveway
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Union, Postal Service differ on cutting
job hours
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Ross-Simons VP Makes New Appeal to USPS
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12000 in Lexington don't get their mail
January 27, 2009
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PMG Potter to Address Worsening USPS
Finances Wednesday
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Most postal workers refuse anthrax
vaccine -
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APWU opposes move -
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No Parking Anytime: Mail boxes going
the way of, well, snail mail
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POSTMASTER GENERAL ANNOUNCES NEW
APPOINTMENTS
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BELATED BENEFITS ELECTION PERIOD ENDS
THIS WEEK
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Post office delivering satisfaction to
city businesses
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Thanks father, mail carriers
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AG warns of personalized photo stamps
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Layoffs, Layoffs, Layoffs -
January 26, 2009
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Postal service to offer same-day
delivery of The Detroit News
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Don't Dismiss The Power of a Letter
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St. Louis inmate's 'legal mail'
disgusts court clerk
January 25, 2009
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Mail changes to Industry, CA?
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Cutting Corners, Other USPS Plans
- Revisited:
Monopoly – It Is Not Just a Game -
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Will the USPS Ask for a Second Postage
Increase?
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Postal Service examining its city
routes
January 24, 2009
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Significant Changes Expected;
Sacrifices Must Be Shared, Burrus Says -
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DMA, coalition of publishers and
associations, urge postal relief
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Ex-postal worker indicted for murder
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APWU Local Collects 8,000 Signatures In
Support of Consolidation Fight in Florida
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The Post Office Stole My Woot!
Shirt! and follow-up
Woot! Replaces Shirt Stolen By The
U.S. Post Office
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Turkey terror in Rockport: Post Office suspends some
deliveries after birds' attacks on carriers
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Pitney Bowes has announced the opening of a new
sorting facility in Corona, CA
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Postal workers union heads to court to
try to prevent Bridgeport jobs from moving to Stamford
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USPS Sees Drop in Volume
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It's curtains for the window envelope
January 23, 2009
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Revisiting The Anthrax Attacks Of 2001
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USPS Policy charging employees for
non-work days did not violate USERRA
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Cher lobbying Postal Service for
Bono stamp
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USPS Says Lean Six Sigma Project
Reduces DPS Processing -
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Revisited: Subcontracting Practices
Contribute to USPS Woes -
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F.Y.I.: Executive Order -- Ethics
Commitments by Executive Branch Personnel -
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The Greening of Expedited Packaging: A
U.S. Postal Service and Supplier Collaboration
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Feds say mail carrier got too many
discounts
January 22, 2009
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Man Sentenced for Assaulting Pregnant
Mail Carrier
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Mental treatment ordered for former
postal employee guilty of fraud
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New Family and Medical Leave Act
regulations
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Arizona Postal Employee Pleads Guilty
to Stealing Mail with Gift Cards
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Parcel shipping: USPS rate changes go
into effect
January 21, 2009
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APWU President Burrus replying to a
question from an APWU member from Nashville -
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Mail-hoarding carriers uncommon but
embarrassing -
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Postal contractor steals cash and DVD's
from mail
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Postal service moving jobs out of
downtown Bridgeport post office
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Letter carriers want to correct
'injustice'
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Austin artist fashions junk-mail
sculpture
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Postal Service redraws routes in tough
times
January 20, 2009
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Postal Stimulus Initiative - NAPUS
Newsletter
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Just Before Noon Today The Son of a
Postal Carrier will announce "Ladies and gentlemen, the
president-elect of the United States . . . Barack H. Obama."
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Pot, Postal Service -- A Bad
Combination
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Postal workers conquer snow, ice and
dangerous temperatures
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Woman turns junk mail into art
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Pensacola couple thanks their mail
carrier for impetus to go to inauguration
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SOME POST OFFICES SELLING INAUGURATION
DAY FOLIO
January 19, 2009
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Don't Bail Out The Mail -
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Postal carrier helps out cats, dogs
seen during routes -
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National League of Postmasters
President Reports On NPA Issues Meeting At Postal Headquarters
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Ira Shank, 76, crossed Hwy. 25 each
morning to retrieve his mail and newspaper. Sunday it proved fatal.
January 18, 2009
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Letter carrier to be sentenced for mail
theft -
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Don’t Knock the Post Office
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Matt says to lay off the post office
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Opinion: Postal carriers won't walk on
shoveled walks -
January 17, 2009
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Federal authorities release sketches of
suspects in robbery at Fairfield, AL post office
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Ask President Burrus: Would you be able
to address any of the rumors that are floating around the Postal Service?
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Fewer pieces of mail means fewer routes
for postal service
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APWU: Union Observance Limited to
Madison Hotel at Inauguration
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USPS, wrecker service workers among
those braving the cold
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Oshkosh woman arrested for national
mail scam
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More Postal News
January 16, 2009
- USPS:
NEW FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT REGULATIONS
Click
Here to Read Final Rule (PDF 12+
MB) -
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NALC: New
FMLA Regulations
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APWU Info -
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Post office says military vet owes
$3,000 for time spent in service before he can retire -
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Earth Class Mail to PRC
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US Postal Service Offering $10000
Reward
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A Very Special Investment Option for
CSRS
January 15, 2009
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Update: Fired mail carrier will keep
job, Postal Service says -
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$1M Bond Set for Former Carrier Accused
of Murder
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Bring on the Rumors for USPS’ “Big
Announcement” Friday -
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Thrift Savings Plan Fact Sheet
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Residents rail against postal changes
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Changes coming in how L.A. gets its
mail
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Postal service comes through
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Postal service to move sorting work out
of Canton to Akron
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Postage Rate "Cheat Sheet" for New
Rates effective January 17, 2009
January 14, 2009
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Police Investigate Stabbing Death Of
Postal Worker
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APWU Takes Issue With Suggestions to
E-Mail Greeting Cards
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Letter carrier loses job after going to
shot fiancé's side -
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Residents say they can't refuse
delivery -
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APWU Assists Veterans at ‘Winterhaven
Stand Down’
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Opinion: What has become of mail
delivery?
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- Storm of The Century Continues
Postal service seeks efficiency
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USPS: Economy could affect mail delivery times
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Less mail will bring changes to postal routes
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January 13, 2009
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CUSTOMER CONNECT NUMBERS -
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Stoughton City Council to examine
options after Postal Service lost 6,500 newsletters
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GAO Report: U.S. Postal Service: Age
and Disability Diversity in the Executive Service
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Mistrial in slaying of off-duty mail
carrier
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Plea date moved for ex-mail carrier
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US Postal Service’s new rates go into
effect next week
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Changes At Post Office As People Mail
Fewer Items
January 12, 2009
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Opinion: No mail on Saturdays
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Mail drops, routes change
January 11, 2009
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Technology, availability alter how mail
is sent, received -
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Ice a danger for Missoula mail carriers
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New York City Chinese-American Artist
Creates 12 Stamp Series
January 10, 2009
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USPS Union Pleas, Charges, and
Complaints by OLMS -
- STORM CONTINUES
The storm of route changes by USPS is spreading like wildfire across the
USA. Here are more indications:
Economy Could Cause Changes in Postal Deliveries
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As mail volume in Berks drops, postal officials, union
to reroute carriers
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Borough fails to sway Postal Service on
box fees
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Website charging for info on US Postal
Service Jobs
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Post office feline sparks cat fight in
small Alabama town
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After 50 years with postal service,
Grahn still going strong
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Missing Social Security Checks A
‘Wake-Up Call’
January 09, 2009
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Changing Skyline: P.O. design doesn't
deliver, either
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Postal Service to cut costs by
consolidating delivery routes
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The USPS NGMPS Program -
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For the Post Office: Snow, Rain and Now
Gloom of Recession -
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Postmaster Charged With Identity Theft
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Mansfield post office again faces mail
shift
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Cos Cob mail carriers return home
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USPS, Capital One dispute remains in
discovery
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Getting the Gov't to pay a claim
January 08, 2009
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Declining Volume, Killing the
Messenger, Excessive Discounts -
January 07, 2009
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Former postmaster gets jail for taking
funds -
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Mail carrier to thief:: Take that, you
dog -
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Man guilty in death of postal worker
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The Unofficial Guide to Flats
Sequencing
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Goin' Postal CEO Goes Postal On Fire
Marshal
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Postal Service Cuts Off SRO Tenants;
Defies State and Local Law
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Secured Destruction of Undeliverable As
Addressed Mail
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California mailman indicted for opening
greeting cards
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ADJUSTMENTS LEAD TO ROUTE STABILITY,
EFFICIENCY -
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Appeals Court Favors APWU In Latest
Round of AMS Dispute -
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Mail carrier helps save wandering
toddler
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APWU: Secretary-Treasurer Training
Available Online
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Thieves target postal drop boxes in
Texas
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Post office trying to return lost gift
cards
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Postal carriers fight ice and snow
January 06, 2009
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Economic Woes Also Affecting Mail
Delivery -
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Postal Service Sees Less Mail In
Slumping Economy -
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Hundreds of gift cards “lost” at the
post office
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Snow's gone, but FedEx and UPS package
complaints remain
January 05, 2009
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The Year That Lays Ahead -
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Postal Service set for big shift
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The FERS is Flying
January 04, 2009
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Smoking mail brings out bomb squad
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Stamp's 'unknown musher' is quite well
known, actually
January 03, 2009
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NALC: Route Adjustments Extended to February 20th -
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Vallejo postal route changes may mean
new delivery times
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Maine’s Mail Marathon
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Asbestos threat closes U.S. Post Office
near Westport in St. Louis County
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U.S. Postal Service Beefs Up RIBBS
Website
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Alcohol issue addressed: Lingleville to
keep post office
January 02, 2009
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Hearing Held In Postmaster’s Death
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USPS: Changes to the Rehabilitation Act
January 01, 2009
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PostalEASE Enrollment Period For FEHB,
FSA Extended -
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Ex-mail carrier expected to plea to
federal charge
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Video: Here's UPS...in a big hurry!
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Postal customer states
"I've spoken many times with postal officials, including the local
postmaster. It's like listening to an endless recorded message."
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Postal Service pledges to remove 8,000
pounds of lead
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Carrier is 'a hard act to follow'
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