Thursday, January 31
McCausland, Iowa: Town has only few months to find new post office
Quad City Times
Comment
Tallahassee post office responds to downtown mail complaints
Tallahassee Democrat
Comment
Alabama Carrier Indicted
WHNT-TV Huntsville
Comment
Second anniversary of Goleta postal shooting
KSBY TV San Luis Obispo
Comment
Chicago mail delivery 'most improved' -- but still worst
Chivcago Sun-Times
Comment
Mailhandlers union addresses potential changes at BMCs
Mail Handlers Update
Comment
Wednesday, January 30
Postal Service revenue dips with economy’s downturn
Federal Times
Comment
APWU Wins $48 Million Settlement In MS-47 Handbook Grievance
APWU News
Comment
Postal Service First-Quarter Results Reflect Drop in Mail Volume
Press release
Comment
Postal worker rescues man and dog from pit bull attack
KBAK TV Bakersfield
Comment
Deutsche Post Reviews Its U.S. Road Map
Wall Street Journal
Comment
PMG's raise: "the best of both worlds"
WFED: Mike Causey's Federal Report
Comment
Deal reached on bill to compensate feds for unused sick leave
Federal Times
Comment
Tuesday, January 29
Two gunmen hold up postman, steal wallet
Buffalo News
Comment
Postal worker finds powder
Substance not hazardous, but carrier falls ill
Appleton (WI) Post-Crescent
Comment
Teens' explosive device injures postal worker
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Comment
Public praises Postal Service, slams FEMA
Federal Times
Comment
Monday, January 28
How can the USPS better serve mailers?
DMNews.com
Comment
APWU, USPS Sign Agreement For Offices Without a Local Union Structure
APWU News
Comment
Bush Administration Intends to Change FMLA Regulations
workforce.com
Comment
Post office addresses environment
Kane County (IL) Chronicle
Comment
Sunday, January 27
Idaho PM says road is too dangerous for carrier; residents disagree
Spokane Spokesman Review
Comment
Rapid growth prompts move of Minnesota post offices
St. Cloud Times
Comment
Saturday, January 26
Colorado window clerk faces charges
Fairplay Flume
Comment
Is the "gutting" of the USPS worth raising as a campaign issue?
Daily Kos
Comment
Post office will release Wisconsin overtime data
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Comment
Postal worker accused of stealing gift cards
Panama City (FL) News Herald
Comment
Friday, January 25
FedEx to buy DHL?
Reuters
Comment
Connecticut Postal Worker Pleads Guilty To Taking Money Out Of Mail
WVIT TV Hartford
Comment
Postal Service driver robbed in San Diego
San Diego Union Tribune
Comment
Undelivered mail found in abandoned house
Eden (NC) Daily News
Comment
Track & Confirm tool allows man to track his package to nowhere
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Comment
Mailman charged with assaulting cop, hassling cop's wife
Jersey Journal
Comment
Thursday, January 24
Mailman delivers love to divorcee, seals it with proposal
Arizona Republic
Comment
Supervisor who allegedly falsified records set for trial March 5
Lockport (NY) Union-Sun & Journal
Comment
Interstate crash leads to hot mail
New Orleans Times Picayune
Comment
Missouri postmaster indicted
Accused of embezzling $52,678
KSPR TV Springfield MO
Comment
Fuel for Thought
Package shipping surcharges add up
Motley Fool
Comment
Zip codes do a number on new city
They're meant to help with mail delivery, not a community's identity
Indianapolis Star
Comment
A shrinking window of opportunity
No more 24 hour window service in Dallas
Dallas Morning News
Comment
Cops: USPS clerk stole cards from mail
New York Daily News
Comment
Wednesday, January 23
Big pay increases approved for top Postal Service officers
Linn's Stamp News
Comment
U.S. business mailers prepare for 31-digit intelligent mail bar codes
Linn's Stamp News
Comment
USPS issues warning about laptops after battery explodes
USPS News Link
Comment
Tuesday, January 22
Former APWU local president gets jail time in theft case
Press release
Comment
Postal Service makes play
Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
Comment
Letter: Assistance dogs OK in post office
Baton Rouge Advocate
Comment
Monday, January 21
Interview with Dan G. Blair, chairman, Postal Regulatory Commission
DMNews.com
Comment
Postal workers face the elements to get the job done
Worthington (MN) Daily Globe
Comment
Sunday, January 20
PO'ed by life without a post office
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Comment
Buffalo postal employee convicted of stealing
Associated Press
Comment
Saturday, January 19
Limiting advertising mail would cost jobs
(Response to an earlier
"junk mail" op-ed column
)
Concord Monitor
Comment
Police: Mail Carriers Played Video Poker In Mini-Mart Back Room
WTAE TV Pittsburgh
Comment
Rochester postal worker returning from Florida to face charges
Rochester (NY) Democrat & Chronicle
Comment
NAPUS testifies at GPO/WEP hearing
eNAPUS Legislative Newsletter
Comment
Friends send love letter to postman
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Comment
Belleville postal worker charged with molesting woman is released
Belleville News Democrat
Comment
Friday, January 18
Postal Service Says It Will Request Proposals to Outsource BMC Activities
APWU News
Comment
NALC, APWU sue over alleged OIG privacy violations
APWU News
see also the
NALC statement
. The APWU has posted
a copy of the actual complaint
.
Comment
USPS Contractor lost laptop containing postal employees' personal information
Postalflame.org
Comment
Florida postal workers sentenced for thefts
Northwest Florida Daily News
Comment
Maryland brothers get prison time for assaulting postal supervisor
Press release
Comment
Six post offices facing closure
Rochester (NY) Democrat & Chronicle
Comment
Illinois mailman accused of sexually assaulting woman on his route
Belleville (IL) News Democrat
Comment
Postal rig hits FDNY truck in Queens
New York Daily News
Comment
USPS will charge extra for Express Mail Sunday/holiday delivery, introduces New large flat-rate box
USPS News Link
Comment
Thursday, January 17
Mail Recovered From Downed Plane To Be Destroyed
KGMB TV Honolulu
Comment
Homewood residents miss their post office
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Comment
U.S. Postal collection box stolen
KBAK Bakersfield
Comment
Wednesday, January 16
Semi loses load of letters
Anoka County (MN) Union
Comment
Postage Stamp Has Small Error in Formula
Associated Press
Comment
Postal Service hunts missing mail
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Comment
Clerk charged with diverting mail
Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
Comment
Fired letter carrier stashed mail in car, authorities charge
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Comment
Quebecor World pummelled on uncertainty
(Quebecor is said to be the largest (or second largest) commercial printer in the world, producing catalogs, ad mail, newspaper inserts, etc.)
Globe and Mail
Comment
Wall Street Hates Your TSP
Federal News Radio
Comment
Illinois newspaper switches to postal delivery
Macomb Journal (
the first comment
on the paper's web site is interesting)
Comment
FTC issues report on postal competition under PAEA
Postcom.org (Postcom has also provided a copy of a
partial dissent by two commissioners
who were critical of some portions of the report.)
Comment
TrackingTheWorld Designs G.P.S Letter Logger for U.S. Post Office
Press release
Comment
Tuesday, January 15
Twenty Years of Service Don't Save Carrier's Job
FedSmith.com
click here
to read the Appeals Court decision.
Comment
Mail Plane Crashes in Hawaiian Seas
Associated Press
Comment
Monday, January 14
NALC/USPS Q&A on "transitional" city carriers
NALC web site (.pdf)
Comment
Netflix expands Internet viewing option
Associated Press
Comment
Sunday, January 13
Rumor: 2.9% rate increase coming?
Postcom.org
Comment
Malcolm Harris is largely responsible for the cost of your postage stamps
Wichita Eagle
Comment
Going postal, or at least online, in the fight against junk mail
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
related:
Capital One cuts profit forecast on loan losses
Business Day
Comment
How much to mail it?
Raleigh News and Observer
Comment
Postal Service reorganization must consider the poor
Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
Comment
Saturday, January 12
Rurals Still Waiting for Portion of Missing Paychecks
WTVR TV Richmond
Comment
Postal Worker Accused of Dealing Drugs
Fox 25 Boston
Comment
Presidential Politics Essential and Distracting
eNAPUS Legislative Newsletter
Comment
How long should a window transaction take?
WOS Time Factors- Source: APWU News
Comment
Vermont clerk guilty of embezzlement
Brattleboro Reformer
Comment
Florida I-4 Accident Destroyed Some Mail
Lakeland Ledger
Comment
Friday, January 11
Postal carrier pleads to stealing holiday gifts
Albany Times Union
Comment
Postal career workforce continues decline
postalnews blog
Comment
Man with 'bomb' robs post office of $40
Boston Globe
Comment
Snowstorms bury Tahoe mailboxes
Fallon (NV) Eagle Standard
Comment
OpEd: Make it easy to end flood of junk mail
Concord Monitor
Comment
Dog owners may face jail time after attack on carrier
KCBD TV Lubbock
Comment
Thursday, January 10
Reward Offered For Fake Mail Carrier Robbery Suspect
KTTV Los Angeles
Comment
Before a face adorns a stamp, there are challenges to lick
Baltimore Sun
Comment
USPS spent $1 million repairing mostly vacant building
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Comment
Western NY Letter Carrier Arrested For Stealing Mail
WGRZ TV Buffalo
Comment
Tennessee mail carrier accused of theft
Kingsport Times News
Comment
Wednesday, January 9
Postal officer charged with assaulting fellow employees
Associated Press
Comment
Burrus Asks Locals, States To Seek Support for Subcontracting Legislation
APWU News
Comment
Mail More, Pay Less: A Postal Strategy
multichannelmerchant.com
Comment
Postal clerk sentenced in identity thefts
Reading Eagle
Comment
Postal Service plans to save $1B this year with automation, cost cutting
Federal Times
Comment
Tuesday, January 8
TSP to Frequent Traders: "Go Play Somewhere Else"
FedSmith.com
see also:
Thrift Savings Plan Growing and Changing
in the Washington Post
Comment
Man jailed for cheating on Worker's Compensation
Oneida (NY) Daily Dispatch
Comment
Lack of postal service a dilemma for residents in Texas development
KVIA TV El Paso
Comment
Burrus: They Love to Hate Us
APWU News
Comment
Monday, January 7
Convicted murderer sentenced for slaying of California postmaster
Redlands Daily Facts
Comment
Light Bulb Shipments Pose Problems for Post Office
WTOP Washington
Comment
Almost perfect delivery
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Comment
Vancouver area seeing surge in mail theft
KOMO-TV Seattle
Comment
Valpak's new look seeks better targeting
DMNews.com
Comment
Sunday, January 6
Mail theft plagues area
Coos Bay (OR) World
Comment
Don't get tagged as junk mailer
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Comment
Flashback: Early 20th century height of 'postcard craze'
Northwest Arkansas Times
Comment
Saturday, January 5
APWU: Primaries Offer a Ray of Hope
APWU Burrus Update
Comment
FedEx drivers use IRS review as leverage
Contractors ask federal judges to consider them as full-time employees for '02 tax filing purposes
Akron Beacon Journal
Comment
Did you say “junk mail”?
postalnews blog
Comment
Activist claims USPS improperly stopped selling bound printed matter service
postalnews blog
Comment
Mail mix-up may cost charity thousands
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Comment
Friday, January 4
IT crucial to USPS’ updated business strategy
Federal Computer Week
Comment
Rising postal costs contribute to layoffs at Lillian Vernon
Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot
Comment
Mail carrier, 78, retires after 57-plus years
San Antonio Express-News
Comment
Friendly rural mailboxes becoming a thing of the past
North Forty News (CO)
Comment
2007 Tax Information for Postal Employees
Postal Bulletin
Comment
35 Routes Down in Garland, TX on Christmas Eve?
Postalmag Blog
Comment
Thursday, January 3
Maine Postal Worker Charged With Theft
WABI TV Bangor
Comment
Carrier takes pride in postal delivery
Salisbury (MD) Daily Times
Comment
Syracuse mail handler gets jail for workers comp fraud
Empire State News
Comment
Netflix Partners With LG to Bring Movies Straight to TV
New York Times
Comment
Disgraced former VP wants to handle your PR needs
postalnews blog
Comment
Wednesday, January 2
Letter carrier's book of short stories brings Minneapolis neighborhood to life
Workday Minnesota
Comment
Valassis shifting coupons from mail, newspaper inserts to web
Goodbye ADVO, hello RedPlum.com?
New York Times
Comment
"Humor" columnist tries again
Reading Eagle
Click here
to read the original column, or
here for more from our blog
.
Comment
Tuesday, January 1
Borough mail boxes deliver postal history
Harrisburg Patriot News
Comment
Appeals court reverses dismissal of PA postmaster's discrimination suit
US Appeals Court for the Third District, Philadelphia (.pdf file)
Comment
Mail carrier recovering from severe crash injuries
Sawyer County (WI) Record
Comment
Thieves target mailboxes; neighbors frustrated over post office's response
KBFX TV Bakersfield
Comment
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