Postal inspector in Arizona seeks to boost staff

Tucson Citizen

Texas carrier placed dog in a box on mayor's doorstep

Dallas Morning News

Carrier convicted of mail fraud after claiming disability

Nashua Telegraph

Mail halted by spit spat

Vallejo (CA) Times Herald

Rush is on for Forever stamps

Boston Globe

Postal optimization: A growing business imperative

BtoB Magazine

Matinicus Island's Post Office burns to the ground

Knox County (ME) Times

Rally to protest New Jersey post office closing

Jersey Journal

Missouri postmaster reassigned after investigation

Southeast Missourian

Post office’s plastic gear lost to offices, recyclers

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Postal Service Advised to Steer Customers Online

Bloomberg

Congress Considers Requiring Charities to File Fund-Raising Details With Postal Service

Chronicle of Philanthropy

Rural carrier indicted for mail theft

Fargo (ND) Forum

Ask President Burrus: Why are clerk jobs decreasing while mail handlers increase?

APWU News

Take Two on Time Off

Sweeping Changes Debated for Landmark Family and Medical Leave Act
Washington Post

Postal Debate: Time Inc. vs. The Nation

Magazines on opposite sides of the shape-based postal rate structure.
Folio

Attacker of postal worker gets 7 years

Albany Times Union

Pissed at the post office

Rural carriers say skewed system steals money out of their pockets
Las Vegas CityLife

Postmaster convicted in scheme to murder his rural carrier wife

Gaston (NC) Gazette

Mail carrier carjacked in California

Visalia (CA) Times-Delta

Honduran man charged in attack on postal worker in Atlantic City

Press of Atlantic City

Ex-letter carrier convicted of stealing mail

Richmond Times Dispatch

Congressman backs bill to "protect" stamp vending machines

Press release

UPS, FedEx Decline Points to Continuing Recession

Bloomberg

Thrift Savings Plan's Stock Funds Take a Hit

Washington Post

Queens Residents Protest Poor Post Office Service

NY1 New York

Eliminating Smoke and Mirrors in the Mail

House committee to hold hearing on cigarette mailings, nonprofit rate rules
Press release

PRC seeks comments on postal monopoly, universal service

Press release

Vermont postal worker sentenced for embezzlement

Rutland Herald

Long Island clerk accused of stealing gift cards from mail

Newsday

Heaven-sent delivery

Postal carrier arrives at house just in time to stop baby's fall
Albany Times Union

San Francisco Postal Workers Picket Against "Abusive Boss"

Indybay.org

Retired postal workers have town to call their own

Palm Beach Post

Raleigh Post Offices Make Up Own Rules For PO Boxes

Raleigh Chronicle

Expanding Competition Risks Universal Service

also: Is Lobbying Recession Proof?, and Pelican State Primary Victory
eNAPUS Legislative and Political Newsletter

Officials ID bicyclist killed by postal truck

Denver Post

Women who collected completed tax forms weren't postal workers

Orange County Register

To-die-for ZIP is code for 'made it'

Crain's New York Business

Man in postal uniform robs bank

Fremont (CA) Argus

Mail carrier climbs on car to fend off dogs

Salem (OR) Statesman Journal

Nebraska rural carrier dies in traffic accident while delivering mail

Wauneta (NE) Breeze

Downtown Tallahassee merchants call for later postal pickup times

Tallahassee Democrat

APWU Opposes NLRB/USPS Settlement Agreement Relating To Weingarten Violations

APWU News

Postal Service Lax on Worker Credit-Card Oversight, Audit Says

Bloomberg

Mailhandler pleads guilty to stealing merchandise from mail

DOJ Press release

Credit card mailings at lowest level since 2004

New York Times

Texas post office worker charged with stealing from mail

McAllen Monitor

Mail carrier accused of vandalizing trees on route

Vancouver (WA) Columbian

Regular postal hours catch last-minute taxpayers off guard

Tuscaloosa News

Iowa town's post office gets reprieve

Quad City Times

Arrest made in shooting of mail carrier in St. Louis

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Boston postal complex sale near

Boston Herald

Postal worker shoots 2 neighbors, then himself, in Harlem

New York Daily News

Postal police captain fined for involvement in gambling ring

New York Post

RI postmaster says ‘stolen’ van was a lesson for carrier

"... police were not amused..."
Providence Journal

Remote Texas post office robbed at knifepoint

McAllen (TX) Monitor.com

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

Mail carrier shot, wounded on his rounds

St Louis Post-Dispatch

Mail carrier robber imprisoned

Detroit News

Postal rate increase makes business more expensive

Lancaster Eagle-Gazette

Postal service truck robbed

York (PA) Daily Record

Letter carrier saves woman's life

WCTV Tallahassee

Postal protest: Mansfield employees say move is hurting service

Mansfield (OH) News Journal

Louisana postal workers accused of stealing mail

Associated Press

Check's in the mail: McCausland gets donation from APWU for post office

Quad City (IA) Times

Bill the Mailman: A grateful farewell

Syracuse Post-Standard

APWU decries bulk mailing change

New Haven Register

Postal Service $13,000 dinner = good PR for Ruth's Chris

see also "Save yourself, postal service money"
Orlando Sentinel

Former rural carrier sues USPS for age discrimination

MetroWest (MA) Daily News

Postal officials defend $13,500 steak dinner

Orlando Sentinel

Editorial: Postal Service cuts and runs

Jersey Journal (NJ)

Post office heist nets $21G; 3 put in vault

Jersey Journal (NJ)

The Pro-Junk Mail Lobby: Fighting to Sustain the Unsustainable?

Center for Media and Democracy

APWU Endorses Sen. Barack Obama

APWU News

Stocks head to lower open after UPS cuts earnings estimates

CNN

Mail contractor killed in highway accident

Greeley (CO) Tribune

Inspection service seeks tracking technology for vehicles, packages and people

click here for more information
FedBizOpps.gov

"Cheaper" is the magic word at the PO?

WRC-TV Washington

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

Ex-postmaster pleads guilty to taking funds

Joplin (MO) Globe

Collection box break-ins investigated

Berkshire Eagle

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

NAACP sides with Richmond-area postal workers about "unrealistic goals"

Richmond Times Dispatch

First it was dogs; now . . . turkeys?

Wisconsin State Journal

Letter carrier finds small token from an anonymous toker

Wenatchee (WA) World

Postal Service offers outreach to Hispanics

Trenton Times

U.S. Postal Service Again Honored as 'Most Trusted'

Press release

Battle looms over Alaskan bypass mail

Seward Phoenix Log

In the mail soon — a new generation of direct marketing

The Tennessean

Postal Service Again Vexes Penny Pinchers

New York Times

Credit-Card Companies Cut Back On Direct Mail

Marketing Daily

Senator Collins addresses NAPS Conference

Press release

No Excuse Absentee Balloting Clears First Hurdle

also: Moran Introduces Leave Equity Bill
eNAPUS Legislative and Political Newsletter

Letter carrier attacked in Mobile

WALA TV Mobile

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

Postman saves family from watery ditch

Gary Post-Tribune

ID theft traced to bogus postal form

Queens Courier

Postmaster guilty of throwing out mail

Columbus Dispatch

UK: Marketers who ignore "do not call" (and do not mail?) could face prison

DMA Press release

New equipment to lower USPS costs as revenue declines

Federal Times

Employees say new postmaster is abusive

KGBT TV Harlingen (TX)

Update: Postal Workers Are Tested For TB

Washington Post

Judge rules in favor of ban on politicking at PO

Berkshire Eagle

Two Letter Carriers Recovering After Attacks

WTMJ TV Milwaukee

Man Sets California Post Office On Fire, Police Say

KERO TV Bakersfield

Rains collapse roof at Florida Post Office

WTSP TV Tampa

How to Outlast the Do-Not-Mail Movement

multichannelmerchant.com

Clerk indicted for theft of mail

KTRK TV Houston