postalnews.com: March 2008

Monday, March 31

Alabama post office robbed
WVUA TV Tuscaloosa Comment
Sunday, March 30
Chicago postal worker in critical condition after crash
Chicago Sun Times Comment
Missouri postmaster on leave during probe of alleged rules violations
Southeast Missourian Comment
Saturday, March 29
FBI Focusing on 'About Four' Suspects in 2001 Anthrax Attacks
FOXNews.com Comment
New Campaign and Improved Tools Target Unscheduled Absences
Postal Bulletin Comment
North Andover residents say post office too slow
Lawrence (MA) Eagle Tribune Comment
Friday, March 28
FMLA: Here We Go Again
Bush Keeps Trying to Chip Away at Workers’ Rights
APWU News Comment
NY Metro APWU local to join May Day war protest
Democrats.com Comment
Mailboxes barricaded for winter
Meriden (CT) Record Journal Comment
Wyoming: USPS will install cluster boxes in all new developments
Jackson Hole Star Tribune Comment
Thursday, March 27
Postal Service Can't Account for Millions, Audits Say
Bloomberg Comment
Michigan post office stops recycling?
Lansing State Journal Comment
Pittsburgh letter carrier shot in holdup attempt
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Comment
Wednesday, March 26
Illinois letter carrier dies in crash
Chicago Sun-Times Comment
Ex-letter carrier says he hid 18,000 items
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Comment
Tuesday, March 25
USPS Truck Crashes; Some Mail Destroyed
KSAT San Antonio Comment
1-cent postage increase not likely to make waves
Daytona Beach News Journal Comment
Stamp price hike needn't raise mailing costs
Chicago Tribune Comment
Higher Postage and Lower Response Squeeze Direct Mail
DIRECT Comment
APWU: PRC Ruling Exposes Unhealthy Relationship Between USPS and Influential Mailers
APWU News Comment
Monday, March 24
Arkansas Man Crashes Into Post Office Twice in One Day
KAIT TV Jonesboro Comment
Sunday, March 23
Residents Blame Post Office For Jail Time, Late Fees
KFOX TV El Paso Comment
Funding shortfall causes Iowa post office closing
Washington (IA) Evening Journal Comment
Saturday, March 22
National Level grievance filed on the 2008 mail count
Rural Carrier Updates blog Comment
Keys, snow and poop: More than mail is collected
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Comment
Ex-postmaster accused of $100,000-plus theft
Buffalo News Comment
Former Postal Worker Implicated In ID Theft Ring
WFOR TV Miami Comment
Man attacked postal worker, cops say
Framingham (MA) MetroWest Daily News Comment
Friday, March 21
Steven Forte is new AVP for NY Metro Area
USPS News Link Comment
Editorial: Removal of Stamp Machines A Bad Idea
Wheeling (WV) Intelligencer Comment
Ex-Postal Manager Sentenced In Sex Assault Case
WCVB TV Boston Comment
Tiny Harper, Iowa, fighting to save post office
Cedar Rapids Gazette Comment
Ex-postal worker denies disability fraud charges
Billings Gazette Comment
Thursday, March 20
USPS to eliminate 2400 Supervisor positions?
Hierofont News Comment
Valpak to help promote NALC food drive
Press release Comment
Mail Carrier Accused Of Stealing Customer's Identity
WESH TV Orlando Comment
Wednesday, March 19
Texas Post Office suffers under workload
Bandera Bulletin Comment
Letter carrier charged with throwing away mail
He tells agents he couldn't keep up
Detroit Free Press Comment
Efforts to Block Junk Mail Slowed
Postal Service Argues Against Registries to State Lawmakers
Washington Post
(and read one letter writer's argument that banning "junk" mail is a security threat) Comment
The Do Not Mail Storm is Brewing
Mailing Systems Technology Comment
Tuesday, March 18
USPS Offers Free Recycling Through the Mail
Press release Comment
Mail delivery doldrums: Makeshift boxes sprout up amid snowbanks
Laconia (NH) Citizen Comment
USPS: No material in or on mailboxes without stamps
Lawrence (MA) Eagle Tribune Comment
Postal Service seeks to detain TelAmerica's incoming mail
Company is accused of fraudulent solicitations
Dallas Business Journal Comment
Monday, March 17
Residents Angry Post Office Fails To Deliver
WOWT TV Omaha Comment
Commentary: Don't Go Postal
"Michigan and Florida Democrats are wise to steer clear of mail-in ballots."
Wall Street Journal Comment
Editorial: We pay the price for a postal policy
USPS "policy requires that Staten Island letter carriers go to full-service gas stations every other time they fill up the tanks of their vehicles"
Staten Island Advance Comment
Sunday, March 16
Spring Brings Hope for a Sunnier Shipping Climate
Logistics Today Comment
USPS searching for 1,000 missing ballots in Florida election
Bay News 9 Tampa Comment
Saturday, March 15
Police: Creative thief used change-of-address forms to steal IDs
KGW TV Portland (OR) Comment
Friday, March 14
Pitney Bowes Urges Voting by Mail
Wall Street Journal Comment
What Went Wrong with the Postal Rate Hike?
Nothing, says Time Inc.’s mail czar.
Folio Comment
Postal Service offers free mail as publicity stunt
Associated Press Comment
OIG: USPS wasted $17.8 million flying non-pref mail on FedEx
USPS OIG web site Comment
Thursday, March 13
Church tells carrier to stop delivering messages from God
Springfield (MA) Republican Comment
UPS says Feb volumes down, could hurt earnings
Reuters Comment
Editorial: Slow delivery
New Orleans Times-Picayune Comment
Blogs, e-mails land feds in trouble with Hatch Act
Federal Times Comment
Postal system being blamed for late unemployment checks
Beckley (WV) Register-Herald Comment
Wednesday, March 12
New Postal Shipping Rates Set
Associated Press
click here for the full text of the USPS notice of pricing changes Comment
Postal worker charged in stealing Netflix DVDs
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Comment
Forever Stamp Sales Up Sharply
Associated Press Comment
Tuesday, March 11
Postal Service freezes hiring at headquarters
Federal Times Comment
Congressman introduces bill requiring USPS to provide stamp vending machines
Library of Congress Comment
MSPB sustains removal of Tucson Plant Manager
Merit Systems Protection Board Comment
MSPB rejects appeal in brain tumor case
Doctor says brain tumor led carrier to discard mail
Merit Systems Protection Board Comment
Postal worker still fixing dents at 89
Chicago Sun Times Comment
Legislation would allow more feds to cash out sick leave at retirement
Government Executive Comment
Mail-in ballot suggested as possible Florida-Michigan fix
CNN Comment
Monday, March 10
Mass mailers try to lick rising postal rates
Crain's Detroit Business Comment
Sunday, March 9
Contractor carried mail and meth
Chico (CA) Enterprise Record Comment
Mail Delivery Suspended In 2 Iowa Counties After Explosions
KMTV Omaha Comment
Arizona residents irked by mail woes
Arizona Republic Comment
Saturday, March 8
Couple victimized hundreds by stealing mail from collection boxes
Houston Chronicle Comment
El Paso Neighborhood With No Postal Service
KFOX-TV El Paso Comment
P.O.'d at the P.O.
Jersey City wants branch open, and won't take 'no' for an answer
Jersey Journal Comment
Postal Service relents; church sign can stay at coffee shop
The Oregonian Comment
Friday, March 7
USPS to announce major shipping news March 11
USPS News Link Comment
New Mexico postmaster sentenced for taking $16,000
Valencia County News-Bulletin Comment
Teen pleads guilty in shooting of mail carrier
Omaha World-Herald Comment
Mad as Hell!
Postcom's Gene Del Polito responds to direct mail's opponents
Postcom.org Comment
'Do Not Mail' Proposal Hits Postal Resistance
New York Sun Comment
Health Costs: Bad News/Good News
Mike Causey's Federal Report Comment
Thursday, March 6
Postman charged in mail theft
Detroit News Comment
Postal officials routinely OK requests to monitor mail
Indianapolis Star Comment
Pedestrian struck and killed by postal truck in NYC
Associated Press Comment
Postal Service Feels Weight Of 'Junk Mail'
Washington Post Comment
These Ads Send a Message — by Mail, Of Course
New York Times Comment
Postal supervisor takes plea
Lockport (NY) Union-Sun & Journal Comment
Wednesday, March 5
DM Growth Continues But Slower
DIRECT Comment
UK: We're all poorer for making the Post Office turn a profit
The Guardian Comment
Collection box broken into at Oregon PO
Portland Bee Comment
Tuesday, March 4
Postal possibilities
Great Falls Tribune Comment
U.S. Economic Woes Hit USPS
also: Nanci Langley, Former Akaka Staff Member Nominated to PRC
eNAPUS Legislative Newsletter Comment
$50K Reward Offered in North Carolina Post Office Robbery
WRAL TV Raleigh Comment
Letter Carriers Slipping, Tripping in Ice and Snow
WBAY-TV Green Bay Comment
Court rules demotion of supervisor was excessive punishment for timekeeping error
Appeals Court for the Federal Circuit Comment
Postal worker pleads guilty to stealing cash from mail
Quad City (IA) Times Comment
OPM losing hope for passage of bill allowing annuitant rehiring
Federal Times Comment
Three postal workers dividing $1M lottery prize
Charlotte Observer Comment
Post-employment FAQ for former postal workers
USPS Keeping Posted.org Comment
Monday, March 3
Aliso Viejo residents, officials address proposed postal facility
Orange County Register Comment
USPS employee pleads guilty to mail fraud
Press release Comment
Sunday, March 2
Dog attack: Mail carrier gets three new tires
Hanover (PA) Evening Sun Comment
Saturday, March 1
"Intelligent Mail" requirement pushed back to May 2009
Postcom.org Comment
Postal worker charged with witness tampering
Manchester (CT) Journal Inquirer Comment
Postal reforms deliver freedom to compete, transparency, officials say
Federal Times Comment

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