Sunday, August 31
Postal cutbacks deliver harsh blow to little Nemo SD
Rapid City Journal
For thirty years, Michigan letter carrier delivered sunshine along with the mail
Muskegon Chronicle
Saturday, August 30
Old Cases, Not Recent Injuries, Are Driving Up USPS's Workers' Comp Costs
Dead Tree Edition
Maine postmaster accuses employer of retaliation after death threats against her
Portland Press Herald
Friday, August 29
Strike a blow for democracy - save a post office
San Francisco Chronicle
Video: Colorado couple’s birthday gift is stuck in endless USPS loop for over a month
The Colorado Channel
Video: Mail thefts becoming more common in Wichita
KSNW Wichita
Customs inspectors intercept "giant millipedes" at San Francisco mail facility
Government Security News
Connecticut postal workers fight for jobs
Waterbury Republican American
Letter Carrier Heroes of the Year to be honored
postalnews.com
Thursday, August 28
Donahoe turns to trusted friends for stamp committee
Linns Stamp News
OIG: USPS has lost track of 35 trailers in the Northeast Area
postalnews.com
Postal worker sent to hospital after vehicle rollover in Niskayuna NY
Albany Times Union
150th Anniversary of Railway Mail Service
National Postal Museum
Editorial: Post office questions warrant answers
Rocky Mount NC Telegram
Wednesday, August 27
Video: That E-mail’s Not From The Post Office
postalnews.com
Video: Postal “reform” proposals drawing consumer anger
KGTV San Diego
Driver crashes through wall of Fairfield MT Post Office
Great Falls Tribune
Tuesday, August 26
Union says loss of Erie postal facility would end next-day delivery
Erie Times-News
It’s all about making efficient delivery drones
Boston Globe
USPS Asks, How Much Does a One-Pound Box Weigh?
EcommerceBytes
Minnesota: Outstate cities fight postal service closings
Minneapolis Star Tribune
USPS Sets Up Alternate Mail Service In Earthquake Area
CBS San Francisco
Monday, August 25
No national count of rural routes in September
Ruralinfo.net
Biggest California quake in 25 years damages Napa post office
postalnews.com
Sunday, August 24
Are USPS Changes Leading to More Work-Related Injuries?
Dead Tree Edition
Cleanup on its way for Nevada post office
Reno Gazette Journal
Lansing IL mailman will be missed
The Times of Northwest Indiana
'Right at the top' : Forest City 's post office mural
Forest City, Iowa Summit
Saturday, August 23
Volunteer group complains about cost of shipping to soldiers overseas
Kingston NY Daily Freeman
Friday, August 22
How to Save the Postal Service and Boost the Savings Rate
Businessweek
Sneak peek at upcoming USPS stamp issues
stamps.postalnews.com
Video: USPS tracks 1 billion events per day- How the Internet changed mail
Interview with USPS CIO Jim Cochrane
postu.be
postu.be
USPS issues “guidance” on ice bucket challenge
USPS News Link
PMG appoints four new members to stamp advisory committee
postalnews.com
Protesters picket appearance of Deputy PMG in Vancouver WA
The Oregonian
Thursday, August 21
Louisiana postal worker admits to stealing DVDs, cash
Shreveport Times
Kentucky mailman accused of stealing drugs from packages mailed to veterans
WAVE TV Louisville
My Plan to Replace the Postal Service's Truck Fleet
Direct Marketing News
Letter carrier finds young man dead at East St. Louis home
Belleville News Democrat
Wednesday, August 20
Former Waynesboro PA postal worker sentenced for failing to deliver
Chambersburg Public Opinion
Indiana rural carrier arrested after allegedly stealing mail
WBIW Indianapolis
Battle Over Postal-Service Cuts Looms in September
National Journal
Senate Ignores Postal Issues - Until They Could Impact Elections
EcommerceBytes
NALC fights back against plant closures, consolidations
postalnews.com
NY rural carrier rescues man injured in lawn mower mishap
good.postalnews.com
USPS Lowers Priority Mail Rates for Business Shippers
Direct Marketing News
Tuesday, August 19
Postal Service releases schedule of plant consolidations set for 2015
Save the Post Office
Why we should bring back the Postal Banking system
Marketplace.org
Postal Inspectors return $14 million to victims of MoneyGram scam
postalcrime.com
Video: South Carolina letter carrier saves baby's life
WYFF TV Greenville SC
Should the Postal Service continue its consolidation plan?
Office of Inspector General blog
Monday, August 18
Video update: Co-workers wrestled Albuquerque postal gunman to the ground
KQRE Albuquerque
Video update: Delaware letter carrier’s school-supply drive receives an A +
Wilmington News Journal
Former CSAC member endorses Bailar’s comments on stamp program
Linns Stamp News
Good News-Bad News: Priority Mail Rates Change Next Month
EcommerceBytes
Sunday, August 17
Update: we found another “last politically appointed postmaster”
postalnews.com
Michigan rural carrier injured in collision
Coldwater Daily Reporter
The “Inverted Jenny” Air Mail Stamp Will Land in Hartford, August 24
stamps.postalnews.com
Postal Service isn't transparent with proposals
Bemidji Pioneer
Saturday, August 16
Tennessee letter carrier chosen to appear in new TV commercial
Rogersville Review
Friday, August 15
Video: Fort Lauderdale postal worker injured by lightning strike
WPLG TV Fort Lauderdale
OIG reviews USPS plans to track letter carriers using GPS
postalnews.com
New From 500-Year-Old Deutsche Post: Self-Destructing Encrypted Chats
Wall Street Journal
U.S. Postal Service posts big loss or small profit
Linns Stamp News
Editorial: "Congressional anchor" may sink the USPS
Raleigh News & Observer
Video Update: Federal Lawmakers call for action on Cape Girardeau delayed mail
Postal spokesperson says whistleblowers "damaged the integrity of their workforce"
KFVS TV Cape Girardeau
KFVS TV Cape Girardeau
Residents in northeast Calgary shocked as mailbox left wide open
CTV Calgary News
Thursday, August 14
Tracking data is driving business, USPS CIO Cochrane says
USPS News Link
AP corrects story, says “increases in compensation and benefit costs” DIDN’T cause USPS “loss”
... but they still get the story wrong
postalnews.com
postalnews.com
Louisville post office employee accused of hiding, throwing away mail
WDRB Louisville
Wednesday, August 13
Oklahoma rural carrier killed in crash while delivering mail
Ponca City News
Post office orders customers in Missouri town to move mailboxes to curb
Dexter Daily Statesman
That ultimatum to move your mailbox? Just an empty threat
Chicago Tribune
Tuesday, August 12
Man Arrested For Attacking Oklahoma Postal Worker
KOTV Tulsa
Man to be sentenced for Henning TN Post Office murders
Associated Press
The Postal Service, E-Government, and You
Office of Inspector General blog
So, Does the Postal Service Deliver on Customer Satisfaction?
PostalVision 2020
Inspection Service: $100K reward in 2013 murder of Maryland letter carrier
WUSA TV Washington
Monday, August 11
NALC: USPS fiscal turnaround continues in Q3 2014
National Association of Letter Carriers
Video: Linns Stamp News Monday Morning Brief for August 11
stamps.postalnews.com
Postmark for Batman’s 75th anniversary in Bat Cave, N.C
Linns Stamp News
Postal worker makes special delivery to children
... helps organize events to benefit children inn need on his route
Wilmington DE News Journal
Wilmington DE News Journal
More on the Postal Service as financial service provider
Off the Kuff
Sunday, August 10
Online Postage Services Part 1: Endicia Innovates
EcommerceBytes
Video: Ripley’s contest again solicits weird objects by mail
Orlando Sentinel
USPS honors groundbreaking singer Janis Joplin on Forever stamp
stamps.postalnews.com
Saturday, August 9
Video update: USPS suspends Ohio worker who dumped mail
Fox19 Cincinnati
Friday, August 8
Google and Barnes & Noble Unite to Take On Amazon
New York Times
Letter carrier runs into burning house to rescue dogs
Detroit Free Press
Hawaii letter carrier sentenced for theft
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Video: Cape Girardeau MO mail being delayed on purpose?
KFVS TV Cape Girardeau MO
Thursday, August 7
On this Day in 1902: The first rural carrier to deliver mail using a car
National Postal Museum via twitter
Restoration Hardware’s "Mail"-Order Extravagance
17 pound catalogs delivered by UPS
New Yorker
New Yorker
Publishers Still Waiting For The Tablet Revolution
Media Daily News
Postal Service is far from a loser
Jim Hightower in the Stillwater OK News Press
Connecticut postal worker faces court today in theft of cocaine package
Waterbury Republican American
Video: Village post office opens inside Kentucky liquor store
postalnews.com
Postal Service needs leaders who are qualified
The Buffalo News
Wednesday, August 6
IG: USPS facility nearly 4 months late paying contractors
FierceGovernment
Arkansas man arrested for threatening postal worker
Baxter Bulletin
Texas: Two postal workers sent to hospital after suspicious package scare
KGBT TV Harlingen TX
Amazon Same-Day Delivery Expanding to Six More Cities
postalnews.com
Retirement Claims Backlog Inches Back Up
Government Executive
Tuesday, August 5
Mailbox fishing scheme targets personal info in Eastchester NY
News 12 Westchester
Another collection box vandalized, mail stolen in Pennsylvania
Easton PA Express-Times
Amazon to Open 15 Sortation Centers in 2014
Multichannel Merchant
South Carolina letter carrier celebrates 50 years with USPS
Myrtle Beach Sun News
To fight privatization dogma, look to the US military
The Guardian
Monday, August 4
Does the USPS really make money delivering for FedEx and UPS?
postalnews.com via Wall Street Journal
USPS continues to shred Imagination Library books
Maryville TN Daily Times
Nader's post office speech fails to deliver
The Daily Californian
USPS threatened Postmaster with “life changing” criminal charges after he filed an EEO complaint
Labor Relations Manager found to have destroyed evidence in case
postalnews.com
Former law enforcement officer faces sentencing for postal embezzlement
Charlotte Observer
Former PMG quits Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee
"Bailar suggested that the committee has become overly concerned about trying to raise money for the cash-poor U.S. Postal Service and less worried about what message U.S. stamps offer the world."
Linns Stamp News
Linns Stamp News
An unlikely survivor in the digital age: political mail
POLITICO.com
Sunday, August 3
The Biggest Problem With Amazon Prime
"Amazon relies on the USPS, UPS and FedEx to deliver goods to customers and if these entities raise costs, which they've slowly done over time, there's little Amazon can do in response..."
Motley Fool
Motley Fool
NALC Legislative Update
National Association of Letter Carriers
Swapbox offers package delivery lockers (for a fee)
New York Post
Arkansas post office retiring along with staff of 1
Arkansas Online
Saturday, August 2
Video: Mailboxes stolen from California post office
KABC TV Los Angeles
Video: Rocky road leaves Wakefield RI residents without mail
WJAR TV via postalnews.com
Former postmaster: Consolidation a drag
Eureka CA Times-Standard
Friday, August 1
Rivals’ unfair advantage contributes to Royal Mail shares plunge
postalnews.co.uk
2015 USPS Price Changes (Part 2)
Quad/Graphics Leading Change blog
Hewlett-Packard Agrees to Pay $32.5 Million for Overbilling USPS
postalcrime.com
82 More Postal Facilities to Close; Mailers Expect Not to Notice
"the USPS has become very good at closing and consolidating postal facilities"
Direst Marketing News
Direst Marketing News
Post office: Sorry, never mind that ban on mailing packages to Israel
Detroit Free Press
Audio: Lawyer discusses USPS's trumped up "terrorist" charge against whistleblower
FederalNewsRadio.com
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