postalnews.com: April 2008

Wednesday, April 30

Postal inspector in Arizona seeks to boost staff
Tucson Citizen Comment
Texas carrier placed dog in a box on mayor's doorstep
Dallas Morning News Comment
Carrier convicted of mail fraud after claiming disability
Nashua Telegraph Comment
Mail halted by spit spat
Vallejo (CA) Times Herald Comment
Tuesday, April 29
Rush is on for Forever stamps
Boston Globe Comment
Postal optimization: A growing business imperative
BtoB Magazine Comment
Monday, April 28
Matinicus Island's Post Office burns to the ground
Knox County (ME) Times Comment
Rally to protest New Jersey post office closing
Jersey Journal Comment
Missouri postmaster reassigned after investigation
Southeast Missourian Comment
Sunday, April 27
Post office’s plastic gear lost to offices, recyclers
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Comment
Saturday, April 26
Postal Service Advised to Steer Customers Online
Bloomberg Comment
Congress Considers Requiring Charities to File Fund-Raising Details With Postal Service
Chronicle of Philanthropy Comment
Rural carrier indicted for mail theft
Fargo (ND) Forum Comment
Friday, April 25
Ask President Burrus: Why are clerk jobs decreasing while mail handlers increase?
APWU News Comment
Take Two on Time Off
Sweeping Changes Debated for Landmark Family and Medical Leave Act
Washington Post Comment
Postal Debate: Time Inc. vs. The Nation
Magazines on opposite sides of the shape-based postal rate structure.
Folio Comment
Attacker of postal worker gets 7 years
Albany Times Union Comment
Pissed at the post office
Rural carriers say skewed system steals money out of their pockets
Las Vegas CityLife Comment
Thursday, April 24
Postmaster convicted in scheme to murder his rural carrier wife
Gaston (NC) Gazette Comment
Mail carrier carjacked in California
Visalia (CA) Times-Delta Comment
Honduran man charged in attack on postal worker in Atlantic City
Press of Atlantic City Comment
Ex-letter carrier convicted of stealing mail
Richmond Times Dispatch Comment
Wednesday, April 23
Congressman backs bill to "protect" stamp vending machines
Press release Comment
UPS, FedEx Decline Points to Continuing Recession
Bloomberg Comment
Thrift Savings Plan's Stock Funds Take a Hit
Washington Post Comment
Queens Residents Protest Poor Post Office Service
NY1 New York Comment
Eliminating Smoke and Mirrors in the Mail
House committee to hold hearing on cigarette mailings, nonprofit rate rules
Press release Comment
Tuesday, April 22
PRC seeks comments on postal monopoly, universal service
Press release Comment
Vermont postal worker sentenced for embezzlement
Rutland Herald Comment
Long Island clerk accused of stealing gift cards from mail
Newsday Comment
Heaven-sent delivery
Postal carrier arrives at house just in time to stop baby's fall
Albany Times Union Comment
San Francisco Postal Workers Picket Against "Abusive Boss"
Indybay.org Comment
Monday, April 21
Retired postal workers have town to call their own
Palm Beach Post Comment
Raleigh Post Offices Make Up Own Rules For PO Boxes
Raleigh Chronicle Comment
Expanding Competition Risks Universal Service
also: Is Lobbying Recession Proof?, and Pelican State Primary Victory
eNAPUS Legislative and Political Newsletter Comment
Sunday, April 20
Officials ID bicyclist killed by postal truck
Denver Post Comment
Women who collected completed tax forms weren't postal workers
Orange County Register Comment
To-die-for ZIP is code for 'made it'
Crain's New York Business Comment
Saturday, April 19
Man in postal uniform robs bank
Fremont (CA) Argus Comment
Mail carrier climbs on car to fend off dogs
Salem (OR) Statesman Journal Comment
Nebraska rural carrier dies in traffic accident while delivering mail
Wauneta (NE) Breeze Comment
Downtown Tallahassee merchants call for later postal pickup times
Tallahassee Democrat Comment
APWU Opposes NLRB/USPS Settlement Agreement Relating To Weingarten Violations
APWU News Comment
Friday, April 18
Postal Service Lax on Worker Credit-Card Oversight, Audit Says
Bloomberg Comment
Mailhandler pleads guilty to stealing merchandise from mail
DOJ Press release Comment
Credit card mailings at lowest level since 2004
New York Times Comment
Texas post office worker charged with stealing from mail
McAllen Monitor Comment
Thursday, April 17
Mail carrier accused of vandalizing trees on route
Vancouver (WA) Columbian Comment
Regular postal hours catch last-minute taxpayers off guard
Tuscaloosa News Comment
Wednesday, April 16
Iowa town's post office gets reprieve
Quad City Times Comment
Arrest made in shooting of mail carrier in St. Louis
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Comment
Boston postal complex sale near
Boston Herald Comment
Postal worker shoots 2 neighbors, then himself, in Harlem
New York Daily News Comment
Postal police captain fined for involvement in gambling ring
New York Post Comment
Tuesday, April 15
RI postmaster says ‘stolen’ van was a lesson for carrier
"... police were not amused..."
Providence Journal Comment
Remote Texas post office robbed at knifepoint
McAllen (TX) Monitor.com Comment
Congressman wants to name PO for lobbyist
"...legislation started moving through the House on the same day the lobbyist's employer donated $5,000 to him."
Washington Post Comment
Mail carrier shot, wounded on his rounds
St Louis Post-Dispatch Comment
Mail carrier robber imprisoned
Detroit News Comment
Monday, April 14
Postal rate increase makes business more expensive
Lancaster Eagle-Gazette Comment
Postal service truck robbed
York (PA) Daily Record Comment
Letter carrier saves woman's life
WCTV Tallahassee Comment
Sunday, April 13
Postal protest: Mansfield employees say move is hurting service
Mansfield (OH) News Journal Comment
Saturday, April 12
Louisana postal workers accused of stealing mail
Associated Press Comment
Check's in the mail: McCausland gets donation from APWU for post office
Quad City (IA) Times Comment
Bill the Mailman: A grateful farewell
Syracuse Post-Standard Comment
Friday, April 11
APWU decries bulk mailing change
New Haven Register Comment
Postal Service $13,000 dinner = good PR for Ruth's Chris
see also "Save yourself, postal service money"
Orlando Sentinel Comment
Former rural carrier sues USPS for age discrimination
MetroWest (MA) Daily News Comment
Thursday, April 10
Postal officials defend $13,500 steak dinner
Orlando Sentinel Comment
Editorial: Postal Service cuts and runs
Jersey Journal (NJ) Comment
Post office heist nets $21G; 3 put in vault
Jersey Journal (NJ) Comment
The Pro-Junk Mail Lobby: Fighting to Sustain the Unsustainable?
Center for Media and Democracy Comment
Wednesday, April 9
APWU Endorses Sen. Barack Obama
APWU News Comment
Stocks head to lower open after UPS cuts earnings estimates
CNN Comment
Mail contractor killed in highway accident
Greeley (CO) Tribune Comment
Inspection service seeks tracking technology for vehicles, packages and people
click here for more information
FedBizOpps.gov Comment
"Cheaper" is the magic word at the PO?
WRC-TV Washington Comment
Millions Squandered On Gov't Cards
USPS employees "separately billed more than $14,000 to government credit cards for Internet dating services and a dinner ... for 81 people at a cost of $160 each for steaks and crab...and more than $3,000 worth of wine and brand-name liquor"
Associated Press
click here for the full report Comment
Ex-postmaster pleads guilty to taking funds
Joplin (MO) Globe Comment
Collection box break-ins investigated
Berkshire Eagle Comment
Tuesday, April 8
USPS: NJ post office closed as unprofitable
USPS spokesman: "it doesn't make a profit and we are under a congressional mandate that post offices make a profit"
Jersey Journal Comment
NAACP sides with Richmond-area postal workers about "unrealistic goals"
Richmond Times Dispatch Comment
First it was dogs; now . . . turkeys?
Wisconsin State Journal Comment
Letter carrier finds small token from an anonymous toker
Wenatchee (WA) World Comment
Postal Service offers outreach to Hispanics
Trenton Times Comment
Monday, April 7
U.S. Postal Service Again Honored as 'Most Trusted'
Press release Comment
Battle looms over Alaskan bypass mail
Seward Phoenix Log Comment
In the mail soon — a new generation of direct marketing
The Tennessean Comment
Sunday, April 6
Postal Service Again Vexes Penny Pinchers
New York Times Comment
Saturday, April 5
Credit-Card Companies Cut Back On Direct Mail
Marketing Daily Comment
Senator Collins addresses NAPS Conference
Press release Comment
Friday, April 4
No Excuse Absentee Balloting Clears First Hurdle
also: Moran Introduces Leave Equity Bill
eNAPUS Legislative and Political Newsletter Comment
Letter carrier attacked in Mobile
WALA TV Mobile Comment
San Antonio APWU calls for boycott of "Unity Day"
San Antonio APWU web site
click here to read the exchange of letters between APWU and USPS Comment
Thursday, April 3
Postman saves family from watery ditch
Gary Post-Tribune Comment
ID theft traced to bogus postal form
Queens Courier Comment
Postmaster guilty of throwing out mail
Columbus Dispatch Comment
Wednesday, April 2
UK: Marketers who ignore "do not call" (and do not mail?) could face prison
DMA Press release Comment
New equipment to lower USPS costs as revenue declines
Federal Times Comment
Employees say new postmaster is abusive
KGBT TV Harlingen (TX) Comment
Update: Postal Workers Are Tested For TB
Washington Post Comment
Judge rules in favor of ban on politicking at PO
Berkshire Eagle Comment
Two Letter Carriers Recovering After Attacks
WTMJ TV Milwaukee Comment
Man Sets California Post Office On Fire, Police Say
KERO TV Bakersfield Comment
Rains collapse roof at Florida Post Office
WTSP TV Tampa Comment
Tuesday, April 1
How to Outlast the Do-Not-Mail Movement
multichannelmerchant.com Comment
Clerk indicted for theft of mail
KTRK TV Houston Comment

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