Postage Due cartoonist profiled

Asheville Citizen Times
(Today's strip marks the end of "Postage Due", at least here on postalnews.com. You can still read the archived strips at postagedue.postalnews.com.)

Nothing prevents local post office from ensuring that residents get those special Christmas packages

Reno Gazette Journal

For Norfolk mail carrier, helping to save a life is part of the job

Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot

Neither Rain Nor Snow. But Impatient New Yorkers?

New York Times

Postal worker pleads guilty to stealing painkillers from mail

Associated Press

Letter: Beware giving tips to U.S. postal workers

Columbus Dispatch

Postman pulls a slow one on Santa’s helpers in Pennsylvania

Reading Eagle

Bullet holes investigated at U.S. Postal Service building

Charlotte (FL) Sun-Herald

DMA digs in for do-not-mail fight

DMNews.com

NALC Postal Record for January 2008

NALC web site

The Future of the Post in Delivering Movies

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
meanwhile, Walmart is getting out of the video download business -Endgadget.com

PRC seeks comments on regulation of non-postal services

Federal Register

Neither snow nor rain, but grandkids? Sure!

Man who put his stamp on Allentown post office retiring after 42 years
Allentown Morning Call

Mailman robbed in Youngstown

Youngstown Vindicator

USPS Previews 2008 Stamps

Press release

'It does look kind of silly'

Letter carrier sports shorts during snowstorm
Fort Collins Coloradoan

Kansas post office reopens after bomb threat

Kansas City Star

Holiday rush, understaffing mean long lines, safety woes at post office

Workday Minnesota

Reward offered in mail theft: postal truck hit in Illinois

Lake County News-Sun

Thieves Steal Holiday Mail From Gated Community

WTLV TV Jacksonville

Wineries toast mail law

Detroit News

From ticket sales to sorting mail

Post office is community icon
Evansville Courier Press

Money may be motive in Christmas Eve murder of letter carrier and family

Seattle Times

Postal 'Santa' Delivers On Christmas Day

KMGH TV Denver

Mailboxes a disappearing icon

Florida Times Union

Remote mail run lives up to post office credo

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

People still mailing gifts on Christmas Eve

KHON TV Honolulu

Manistee steams over orders to move mailboxes

Detroit News

Surveillance Photos Of Postal Robbery Suspect Released

WCVB TV Boston

A busy Christmas Eve keeps those Postal Service Santas and elves hopping

Waco Tribune

Updated: No Overtime Says USPS CFO

see also the original post
PostalProfiles.com

E-Greetings Gain Ground at Businesses This Season

New York Times

Cutting the Stack of Catalogs

Business Week

Christmas has a Zip Code

Southwest Florida Herald Tribune
(and click here for a listing of other POs with Christmasy names)

Letter carrier finds choice of career delivers every day

The Oklahoman

Postal workers wrap up busiest week of the year

Des Moines Register

IRS says FedEx drivers are employees, not contractors

Bloomberg

Postal Service Updates Transformation Plan to Reflect New Law and New Technologies

Government Technology

Letter carrier released from hospital after pit bull attack

Parkersburg (WV) News and Sentinel

2 teens beat, rob letter carrier

Memphis Commercial Appeal

Congress Spreads Holiday Cheer – Leaves Town

Also: Lieberman Endorsement of McCain Could Have Repercussions
eNAPUS Legislative and Political Bulletin

Postal truck hijacked, looted in Boston

Boston Herald
See also the video report from WHDH-TV

Contract carrier sentenced in mail thefts

Charleston (WV) Gazette

Man pleads to scheme targeting post offices

Concord (NH) Monitor

Mail carrier rescues fallen customer

Burlington County (NJ) Times

Congress Blocks Seven AMP Consolidations

also: Annual Revenue Forgone Payment to USPS Assured, and more from the NAPS Legislative and Regulatory Update via Postcom.org

Pitney Bowes CEO notes anniversary of postal reform law | postalnews blog

Press release

Postal worker sentenced

Capital Times (Madison WI)

APWU Seeks Support for ‘Mail Network Protection Act’

APWU News

Senate bill would delay postal service consolidations

Sioux City Journal

Postal worker arrested for selling oxycodone to co-workers

Woburn (MA) Daily Times Chronicle

NALC's Young accuses OIG of abuses, bungling and waste

NALC Postal Record

Why Does Postal Management Allow Non-Compatible Disk Mailers To Claim Automated Rates?

eKEY Technologies

USPS consolidates HR systems

Federal Computer Week
see also: Postal Service Hi-Tech Human Resources Transformation a Success

USPS Operating Gudelines for Christmas Eve

APWU News

A Postal Paradise

Riverside (CA) Press Enterprise

Tons of mail keep U.S. troops busy

Miami Herald

Sick leave plan falls short, manager groups say

Federal Times

Text of Board of Governors' Approval of Bank of America NSA

Postal Regulatory Commission

Labor Dept. Accused of Union Sabotage

Washington Post

Congressman blocks Bronx postal consolidation

Press release

Not even the flu can stop U.S. mail, but it can slow it down

Terre Haute Tribune Star

USPS's CFO Delivers Corporate Mentality

CFO.com

Postal van and mail go up in flames

Allentown (PA) Morning Call

'This is a little like tax day'

The Rocky Mountain News

FERS Flu Part Deux

Federal News Radio

Infectious goodwill at post office

Palm Beach Post

Still Choosing the Mailbox Over the In-Box

New York Times

Weird News: Christmas card mailed in 1914 finally arrives

Kansas City Star

Snail mail lines move slowly

Roanoke Times

Business data exposed on Canada Post website

Globe and Mail

On the Job

Letter carrier talks about the job
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Two MRSA cases at Tennessee post office

Shelbyville Times-Gazette

Thousands Of Postal Workers Not Paid

Update: confirmation of the story we reported on Friday: 14,000 rural carriers didn't get their paychecks last week.
WCSH TV Portland ME
Earlier:
Rural pay snafu?
postalnews blog

Students work to protect kids who write to Santa

Stamford Advocate

Homeless get mail with general delivery

New York Daily News

Rural carrier indicted in keeping of mail

Springfield (MO) News-Leader

Postal Price Pinch

Eugene (OR) Register-Guard

9 postal employees indicted, accused of conspiring to steal mail

WWL TV New Orleans

Canada Post 'heartbroken' over rude Santa letters

Ottawa Citizen

Norman Postal Training Center opens doors to families, storm crews

Norman Transcript

Senate approves extension of breast cancer stamp

Press release

General Dynamics wins $40 million contract for flats automation

Press release

Customers miffed over removal of vending machines

Raleigh News and Observer

DHL, U.S. Post Office Lead Climate-Friendly Survey

The Daily Green

WSJ: Why UPS Shares May Suffer Post-Holiday Blues

postalnews blog

Mail truck goes up in flames in New York

White Plains Journal News

Growth in online shopping puts extra pressure on shipping firms

Toledo Blade

Accused post office employee speaks out

WRDW TV Augusta GA

Why do FERS employees use up their sick leave before retiring?

(No prize for guessing...)
Mike Causey's Federal Report
(Note- on the second page of the column, Causey mentions the LA clerk buyout rumors: bottom line- VERA yes, buyout no)

Mail carriers up to the challenge

Norman (OK) Transcript

Contract employee charged after alleged assault at Alabama post office

Anniston Star Police Blog

MSPB affirms removal of mailhandler in threat case

Press release

USPS gets grant, increases Ft Wayne REC staff

Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette

Now-ex Fort Worth postal worker gets prison over theft

Houston Chronicle

Rep. Lynch Seeks Support for ‘Mail Network Protection Act’

Bill would require the Postal Service to bargain with unions before engaging in "significant" subcontracting.
APWU News

Board of Governors Approves Proposal That PRC Says Could Cost USPS Millions

APWU News

Pennsylvania postal employee accused of hiding, delaying 18,000 pieces of mail

Associated Press

Appeals court upholds demotion of supervisor who falsified time clock rings

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

BOG Approves appropriation request, Bank of America NSA

USPS News Link

Contract trucker dies in Charleston WV accident

West Virginia Metro News

USPS signs lease on new South Florida distribution facility

GlobeSt.com

Boy, 14, struck by mail truck in Delaware dies

KYW TV Philadelphia

Probe opened into bag of stolen mail

Salisbury (MD) Daily Times

No video of heist try at post office

Jersey Journal

Letters: Help mail carriers by leaving lights on late in day

Sheboygan Press

Florida letter carrier provides free lawn mowing

UPI

PSDS developer Yancey Rowe dies

Washington Post

Burrus asks PMG for Christmas Eve holiday for postal workers

APWU News

Mail tossed along road

Newark (OH) Advocate

Ex-postal worker sentenced to jail for ID thefts

Reading (PA) Eagle

Opened mail pops up along North Bend streets

KCBY North Bend OR

U. S. Post Office Needs Reliable Database, Study Reveals

Government Technology

Postal problems in northeast Houston

KHOU TV Houston

'Tis the season to mail swiftly

Springfield (MA) Republican

Thieves Hit Jackpot -- in Your Mailbox

KLAS TV Las Vegas

Congress in 2007 Home Stretch!

eNAPUS Legislative Bulletin

Texas window clerk indicted on mail theft charges

Press release

Post office pilfering: Who's hiding campaign mailings?

Manchester (NH) Union Leader

Health Plan No Brainer!

Federal News Radio

Mailman Grinch's Brooklyn home decorated with Christmas cheer

New York Daily News

Postal Service sacks Santa's elves

Louisville Courier Journal

Postal Service buys site for major distribution center near Richmond

Richmond Times Dispatch

Contract driver dies in 'gruesome wreck'

Shreveport Times

Mailman arrested for stealing cards

New York Daily News

No Christmas Eve holiday for postal workers

USPS News Link

E-mail hoax could derail mail to troops

Orlando Sentinel

Postal Service Ends M Bag Subsidy

National Public Radio

Dallas ex-postal worker admits to stealing mail

Associated Press

Netflix's Postal Woes? Don't Go Postal

Seeking Alpha

Letter: USPS should take 'service' out of its name

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Kodak and Indros Group bring Personalized URLs to Direct Mail | postalnews blog

Press release

Junk mail spurs growth for top printer makers

MarketWatch

Post Office surcharge could slash Netflix profit

Boston Globe

Over 1,000 Social Security checks late; postal service investigating

Louisville Courier Journal

Rural Contract Arbitration Award Announced

USPS News Link
click here for the text of the award, posted by RuralInfo.net.

D.C.'s Identity Lost in the Mail

Washington Post

Family loses home mail service

KXLY TV Spokane

Mail service will be faster this year, Las Cruces postmaster says

Las Cruces (NM) Sun-News

Why postal workers pay less for health insurance

Mike Causey's Federal Report

Judge dismisses race, gender bias suit vs. Postal Service

Philadelphia Daily News

Retailers join movement to curb the cascade of catalogs

Kansas City Star

Postal vehicle plunges into icy waters

WPVI TV Philadelphia

Indictment: Postmaster wanted murder-for-hire

Charlotte Observer

Opening Santas Mail (and Answering It)

New York Times Blog

Can search engines reform the DM industry?

DMNews.com

USPS rate structure still unpredictable

DMNres.com

Earnings statements for management employees go online

USPS News Link

Voting by mail: The idea polls well

Modesto Bee

Candidate's mailing shows up two weeks late

Manchester (NH) Union Leader

In Digital Age, Real Mail Delivers

Hartford Courant

Vindication at Valassis?

Advo purchase, first panned, now panning out
Crain's Detroit Business

llinois Mail Carrier Cleared in 'Hatch Act' Probe

St Louis Post Dispatch

Marijuana found in Florida mail sweep

St Augustine Record

You’ve Got Mail

Bring back the pneumatic tubes?
New York Times

Resident: El Paso Post Offices Incompetent

KFOX El Paso

Post office still confused over 'Toys for Tots'

Connecticut Post

Messy letters make Santa's crew less jolly

Des Moines Register

Marketplace: Post Office gives Netflix negative review

Public radio's Marketplace program covers the controversy over discounts for Netflix.