U.S. post office shows off recycled packaging

Reuters

Postmaster General Takes Umbrage With Wachovia Ad

Advertising Age

Customer slugs postal workers

Grand Rapids Press

Siemens Awarded 161 Million Euros Flats Sequencing System Subcontract from Northrop Grumman/USA

Press release

Mail buried at postal worker's home

Raleigh News and Observer

Burrus: Congressional Intervention On Contracting Would Interfere With Collective Bargaining

APWU News

USPS follows up on sex offenders

KDFW TV Dallas-Fort Worth
click here to read the new USPS policy

Postal issues rule at Catalogers' Convention

DMNews.com

Northrop wins $874.6M U.S. Postal Service contract for FSS machines

Los Angeles Business

PRC recommends temporary rate relief

DMNews.com
... but mailers aren't impressed, according to Postcom.org

One man's marketing is another man's junk mail

Asbury Park Press

Harkin Introduces Senate Bill To Outlaw ‘Contracting Out’

NALC Bulletin

18 years to life for murder of letter carrier

Canton (OH) Repository

Mail carrier attacked by three dogs on route

Santa Maria (CA) Times

USPS expects sellout of Star Wars stamps

Kansas City Star

Jury gets case of slain mail carrier

Canton (OH) Repository

NALC local chief faces embezzlement charges

San Mateo Country Times

Post office employee took gifts from mail

Toledo Blade

Texas Postal Worker Jailed for Mail Theft

KCBD TV Lubbock

USPS proposes new address quality standards

DMNews.com

What every mailer must know about the USPS’ rate case

DMNews.com

Slow mail brings Postal Service investigation

Island Packet (SC)

Growing postal fees stick it to businesses

Seattle Times

Chicago Tribune offers catalogers alternative delivery

DMNews.com

Intended target testifies about killing of postal worker

Canton (OH) Repository
also- click here for video from WOIO TV

Greco: DM needs 'positive, coordinated responses'

DMNews.com

Mail Handlers file national grievance over four week delay in retroactive payments

Mail Handlers Update

NYC Carrier Accused of Sexually Assaulting Customer

1010 WINS New York

Gas Prices Taking A Toll On Rural Mail Carriers

KOTV Tulsa

Armed Robbery At Virginia Post Office

WRIC TV Richmond

Higher postal rates shaping up as trouble for smaller companies

Paramus Post

Third shift created at USPS center to improve mail service

Las Cruces Sun-News
also: New Mexico Senators: More workers could improve mail delivery
Associated Press

NYC pooches still going postal

"An Associated Press story last week incorrectly reported that not a single letter carrier in the New York area reported being bitten last year. In fact, there were 67 recorded dog bites on postal carriers ... in 2006, compared with 54 in the previous year."
NY Daily News

Appeals Court upholds NLRB sanctions against USPS in Albuquerque

Tenth Circuit Court web site (Adobe .pdf file)

US Postal Service Gets Favorable Reviews Despite Higher Price of Stamps

Rasmussen Reports

New rates may prompt changes in managing mail

Federal Times

Mail not only metered, but measured

Charleston (WV) Gazette

BOG Member Barnett Implicated in Rove's Plan to Keep Minorities Off Voter Rolls

Democracy for New Mexico

PRC wants more comments on postal law

DMNews.com

Catalog group responds to DMA letter

DMNews.com

You've got mail carriers, Chicago

USPS adds 200 new mail carriers in the city to remedy nation's worst service ranking
Daily Southtown

Man accused in death of mail carrier to go on trial

Canton (OH) Repository

Police, firemen's groups want to know what happened to campaign mailing

Waco Tribune

Congressional Objection to Contract Delivery Services Growing

also: Senate Panel Questions OPM Denial of Medicare Part D Subsidy
eNAPUS Legislative Newsletter

Post Office Box rent hikes part of postal rate increases

Independent Coast Observer (CA)

The rarest stamp is one attached to a real letter

Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot

Postmaster faces misconduct charge

PM awarded phony contract to wife
Aspen Times

Mailers, USPS discuss future of flats

DMNews.com

Will Increased Postal Rates Hurt eBay? - Seeking Alpha

"The postal increase that went into effect on May 14 has been a nightmare for eBay sellers."
Seeking Alpha blog

Alabama postal clerk accused of stealing gift cards

Birmingham Press Register

USPS tests Seamless Verification with Friend-to-Friend postcards

DMNews.com

Contract employee, family members charged in mail theft ring

Greensboro News-Record

No consolidation of Gaylord postal facility

Gaylord (MI) Herald Times

USPS says rate changes going smoothly, but some mailers concerned

DMNews.com

New Orleans' Population Tracked By Postman

WDSU-TV New Orleans

N.Y.C. named safest for letter carriers - none chomped in '06

NY Daily News

USPS May Revise Slim-Jim Specs

multichannelmerchant.com

Man buys $8,000 worth of stamps to use forever

Mechanicsburg (PA) Patriot News

Fox News report says 39 cent stamps are worthless

Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot

Growth now, mail routes later

Residents frustrated with service as USPS plays catch up
Victorville (CA) Daily Press

APWU Board Calls for Boycott of Circuit City

APWU News

PRC Chairman discusses rate increase

The PRC's Dan Blair took part in an online discussion of the new rate structure.
Washington Post

Post office robbery leads to chase, arrests

Beaufort (SC) Gazette

Artist stamps his mark on forever

Baltimore Sun

Editorial: Sorting out the post office

"This week's hikes in US postal rates point to the need for more reform, starting with labor costs."
Christian Science Monitor

APWU: News Reports Paint Misleading Picture of Postage Increase

APWU News

USPS loses some of its immunity against consumer lawsuits

postalnews blog

Postmaster Arrested After Entering Office

Employee Entered Office Wearing Black, Carrying Bag
WSMV TV Nashville

Beaumont REC workers might have to go 750 miles to stay with postal service

Beaumont Enterprise

The shape of new postal rates raising ire of businesses

Associated Press

DMA opposes catalog coalition's stance on Standard flats rates

DMNews.com

New periodical rates: a fair plan , or a sellout to Time-Warner?

NPR's On The Media talks to Free Press President Bob McChesney, and PRC member Ruth Goldway.
WNYC New York

North Carolina rural carrier charged with mail theft

Burlington (NC) Times-News

Rate increase threatens religious magazines

Religion News Service

Postal worker convicted of workers comp fraud sentenced to 5 months

Rockford (IL) Register Star

Economist: Post office may not last 'forever'

"Charles Guy, who studied the economics of mail for 26 years inside the Postal Service, says... increases may become an annual ritual." (You mean the USPS will do what UPS and FedEx have always done?)
St Louis Post Dispatch

House Bill Would Set Timetable for Consolidation Studies

APWU News

Alaska bush communities get a break on postal rate

Anchorage Daily News

Canada: lawsuit alleges dog bit postman's private parts

Vancouver Sun

Beating the postal-rate hike means banking online - MarketWatch

MarketWatch

Pushing the envelopes

Postal Service will launch new rates Monday that focus on package size as well as weight.
Kansas City Star

L.A. mail delivery is slow but improving

Daily Breeze
download the OIG report

Josephine Baker Unfit for the Mail?

(It Wasn’t Even a French Postcard)
New York Times

Mending the Mail Mess in Chicago

WLS TV Chicago

Tennessee postal worker sentenced in theft

Kingsport Times News

Mail practices sent into flux

Postal rate changes are making businesses think outside the box, with shape, flexibility as factors besides size
Newsday

Hawaii carrier sent to prison for stealing mail

Pacific Business News (Honolulu)

Postal software ready; Standard flats still unknown

DMNews.com

Devastation

Kansas tornado destroys Post Office and homes of postal employees
USPS News Link

DYMO offers free two cent stamps

DYMO.com

Hate junk mail?

From yesterday's 'TODAY' show. Includes a video segment telling how to avoid unwanted advertising mail. (But not until you watch an advertisement, of course...)
MSNBC

Oldest postmaster in nation is rural Ohio woman, 91

Cleveland Plain Dealer

15th Annual Food Drive Set for Saturday

NALC web site

Nonprofit mailers fear discounted rates may be revoked

DMNews.com

Five Years After Attacks, A Better Anthrax Cleaner?

DefenseNews.com

Turks say they "saved" USPS

Turkish Daily News

JPostal changes worry residents of tiny village

Juneau Empire

EEOC denies USPS request for reconsideration in class action case

Postalflame.org

One Last Bite of the Apple?

e-NAPUS Legislative Newsletter

Sioux City union members picket mail processing center

Sioux City Journal

Two post office heroes to be honored

Williamsport (PA) Sun-Gazette

Ex-postmaster admits misusing postal funds

Asbury Park Press

Contracting Out: Does Opposition Depend on Who Is Affected?

Burrus says the NALC is selective when it comes to opposing contracting out
APWU News

Commentary: We can do better communicating DMers’ needs to PRC

"a couple of the governors... seemed clueless regarding questions raised about the postal service"
"there appears to be a full-fledged food fight going on between the heads of the two largest postal unions"
DMNews.com

Rep. Susan Davis introduces bill requiring postage-paid absentee ballots

TheHill.com

Postal hike tests nonprofits' resourcefulness

Palm Beach Post

Shape-based postage: 8 ways to save

DMNews.com

Mail carrier’s SUV burns mail cargo

Allegan (MI) News

Grievance settlement adds career employees in Gaylord

Traverse City (MI) Record-Eagle

Postal hike will burden reading program

Nashville Tennessean

Contract postal unit worker charged with theft

Honolulu Advertiser

Governors Accept PRC's Revised Rate Recommendations

Priority Flat-Rate Box Price Lowered
USPS News Release

USPS asked to delay increase in Standard Mail flats

DMNews.com

San Diego: Mail Taken In Postal Van Break-In

KGTV San Diego

Chicago USPS poor mail delivery at issue

DMNews.com

Rates a hot topic at mailers' meetings

- Postage rates No. 1 topic at VT/NH DMG forum
- Chicago DM Days crowd reacts to rising postal rates
DMNews.com

DM Days keynoters talk change, connectivity

"You know direct marketing's not the same anymore when two former executives from one of the ad agencies handling the USPS account — don't mention direct mail in their keynote presentation"
DMNews.com

Despite profit loss, Pitney Bowes looking forward

DMNews.com

St Pete out of sorts over postal move

St Petersburg Times