Mitzi Betman named USPS VP and chief of staff

USPS News Link

Mail truck flips after crash in Fort Myers FL

postalnews.com

AmazonFresh prepares to take on US east coast

IGD Retail Analysis

USPS Management’s Dysfunctional and Failing Culture

Mark Jamison for the Angry Bear blog

Video: No mail, Georgia residents upset post office is treating their townhouse as a college dorm

postalnews.com

Video: California woman concerned over stolen packages at front door

KGTV San Diego

Video: Latest on USPS investigation into mysterious mailers

WFTX-TV Fort Myers/Naples, FL

It's a federal crime to dress up as a postal worker if you're not one

Gizmodo

Batman Honored by USPS to Celebrate 75 Years of the Timeless Super Hero

stamps.postalnews.com

Video: Linns Stamp News Monday Morning Brief for September 29

postu.be

Congresswoman Calls for IG Review of Brooklyn Post Office

postalnews.com

Pay, pensions, premiums. Going up!

Federal News Radio

Is USPS Adequately Overseeing Its Approved Shippers Program?

Ecommerce Bytes

Home-care nurse honored for work with injured letter carrier

Press of Atlantic City

Letter: Postal worker lends a helping hand

postalnews.com

Forever Stamps: Not a Sexy Investment

Dead Tree Edition

UK: Mail union not amused as pet company releases treat for dogs called ‘Postman’s Leg’

postalnews.co.uk

Hopes dimming for postal service reform

(How could they get any dimmer than they've been for the last few years?)
TheHill

Ireland is just now getting around to introducing postal codes

postalnews.co.uk

Indiana PMR Charged with Embezzlement

postalcrime.com

Video: USPS denies insurance claim, but pays up after TV news reporter asks about it

WCNC Charlotte

Blues on Wheels

When a writer becomes a carrier for the USPS, she discovers screams, threats, lies, labor violations, and dog attacks
The Morning News

NYC fireman fired for racist assault on letter carrier

New York Daily News

Portland OR letter carrier arrested for stealing "thousands" of pieces of mail

KOIN TV Portland

New York letter carrier helps sick customers

good.postalnews.com

Video: PMG Donahoe’s September State of the Business message for postal employees

postu.be

Postal revenue enhancement, Russian style: selling booze on credit

postalnews.com

Five Celebrity Chefs Immortalized On Forever Stamps

stamps.postalnews.com

Editorial: In Congress lies the problem

"It’s no longer rain, nor sleet, nor gloom of night that stands in the postman’s way. It’s Congress."
Meriden, CT Record Journal

Report: USPS is building a database of employees’ personal health records

postalnews.com

Highway project, meant to demolish post office, now goes around it (link corrected)

San Antonio Express-News

Amazon's Grand Plan to Avoid Holiday Delivery Snafus Again

Businessweek

Brooklyn mailman arrested for not delivering 40,000 pieces of mail

New York Daily News

Iowa rural carrier rescues elderly woman after wheelchair tips over

good.postalnews.com

Tennessee letter carrier extinguishes house fire

Columbia Daily Herald

Palo Alto: Pair faces mail theft charges

San Jose Mercury News

Drone delivery: DHL 'parcelcopter' flies to German isle

Reuters

Best excuse for not delivering a package: “Bear at Door”

CanadaPostNews.com

Identity thieves find a new way to dupe victims- putting a hold on their mail delivery

WINK-TV Naples FL

Batman stamp issue to debut Oct. 9 in New York City

Linns Stamp News

Teachers Union to Staples CEO: We’re Not Buying

APWU News

US Virgin Islands clerk convicted of embezzling from USPS

postalcrime.com

NALC: MOU allows retired employees to work as Holiday Carrier Assistants in December

NALC News - Facebook comments -

IG finds $22 million in undocumented credit card maintenance charges

postalnews.com

California congressman slams USPS for lack of transparency on plant closings

postalnews.com

USPS to begin expanded market test of morning grocery deliveries next month

postalnews.com

NALC challenger says Rolando “surrendered” to management on CCAs

postalnews.com

NALC and USPS agree to new joint route adjustment process

NALC News

Three dead in shooting at UPS facility in Birmingham AL

UPS gunman, fired Monday, returned today to kill supervisors at Birmingham facility
Birmingham News

Postal Rates in 2015 Could Rise or Fall -- or Do Both (link corrected)

Dead Tree Edition

Video: If it fits it ships? Maybe not!

postu.be

With letters in decline, Loyola University rips out mailboxes

Baltimore Sun

Ohio VMF manager gets 46 months in prison for taking bribes

postalcrime.com

APWU Wins Major Victory on Staffing ‘POStPlan’ Offices

APWU News

Mail Handlers Challenge Planned Closures and Consolidations via National Level Grievance

postalnews.com

Decision is Reached on POStPlan Arbitration

NAPUS

OIG says USPS understaffed Iowa City PO, resulting in excessive letter carrier overtime

postalnews.com

Wish we could return this Bronx post office sale to sender

New York Daily News

Letter carrier gets six years for child molestation

Victorville CA Daily Press

71-year-old part time postal worker (among many other jobs) not ready to quit working

(link corrected) San Angelo TX Standard Times

Congressman confirms closure of Texas post office; USPS says otherwise

Bryan-College Station TX Eagle

Video: Union, along with community protest USPS relocating Florence SC plant

WBTW TV Florence

Real estate appraiser says community mailboxes decrease home values

Winnipeg Free Press

APWU: Maintenance Craft Defeats Improper Excessing

APWU News

Prolific US stamp designer Howard Paine dies

Linns Stamp News

Looks like Wilt Chamberlain is finally getting his stamp

CBS Sports

Unions protest Postal Service processing plant relocation from Industry to Santa Ana CA

San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Red-letter retirement for Ohio postmaster

Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune

Video: letter carrier stranded in Houston flood

postalnews.com

USPS seeks employees for holiday ad campaign

USPS News Link

Video: Fraud ring caught stealing from Georgia mail boxes

postalcrime.com

USPS found to be at fault in Missouri letter carrier’s heat death in 2012

Fox Kansas City

Mitch McConnell, Kentucky GOP reps meet with PMG over plant closings

postalnews.com

USPS Forever stamps celebrate Hudson River School masterpieces

stamps.postalnews.com

Through Rain and Snow and Sleet, Should Nonprofits Back Up the USPS?

Nonprofit Quarterly

Startup creates a three word address code for every spot on the planet

CNN

BB gun shooter accused of hitting postal truck

Albany Times Union

Video: Hero mailman appears on Ellen DeGeneres show

postu.be

FedEx Rises as Buyback-Aided Profit Tops Estimates

Bloomberg

What will be the mail truck of the future?

Washington Post

Wisconsin man upset about postage due faces disorderly conduct charge

WISC TV Madison

Ellen DeGeneres to honor postal hero today

good.postalnews.com

Louisiana postal employee busted taking marijuana from packages

postalcrime.com

Everett WA mailman caught on camera sideswiping car, driving off

KCPQ TV Seattle

British postman who dumped mail avoids prison because most of it was “junk”

BBC via postalnews.co.uk

Video: Swapbox looks to replace your mailman with a kiosk

Yahoo Finance

Video: Private “mail store” leaves doors unlocked, mail and packages exposed

postalnews.com

FedEx to Increase Shipping Rates 4.9%

postalnews.com

UPS will hire over 90,000 seasonal workers for holiday delivery surge

postalnews.com

Continuing Resolution won’t include action on USPS

postalnews.com

PMG addresses NAPUS convention

NAPUS

Kentucky Mailman Accused of Making Death Threats within Community

WEHT Henderson KY

Video: USPS recruiting more city carrier assistants

USPS News Link

NYC firefighter charged with racist assault on letter carrier

New York Post

South Dakota postmaster tells residents no more home delivery

Black Hills Pioneer

Almost half of USPS EEO complaint dismissals are reversed on appeal

Government Executive

Protecting the public's interest: a model

PRC Chairman Ruth Goldway in the Federal Times

Anaheim letter carrier helps save man’s life using CPR

good.postalnews.com

NAPUS Works to Adjust to a Changing Postal Environment

Report from the 2014 NAPUS National Convention
NAPUS

Jury finds St. Louis Mail Handlers Union local President guilty of embezzlement

postalcrime.com

And Now, A Word About the Postal Service and Public Service

PostalVision 2020

Video: Egyptian Suez stamp features wrong canal

Linns Stamp News Monday Morning Brief via postu.be

USPS actions may impact FedEx profits

Wall Street Journal

Footprints on your brain: USPS OIG wants to do neuroscience research

postalnews.com

APWU: USPS plans involuntary reassignments in Oakland, other Pacific Area offices

postalnews.com

Companies looking to same-day shipping to gain market share

Los Angeles Daily News

Residents say non-career postal carriers deliver more panic than mail

Santa Fe New Mexican

FOIA request reveals lackluster sales for Inverted Jenny stamp

Linns Stamp News

Massachusetts letter carrier honored for rescuing truck driver in crash

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Lower Mail Rates For Big Shippers Are Winning Over Small Businesses As Well

Dead Tree Edition

Alert postal carrier credited with saving woman’s life

Manchester CT Journal Inquirer

Woman fires gun at ex-boyfriend in post office lobby

KYTX TV Tyler TX

North Carolina town bans curbside mailboxes in historic district

Salisbury Post

Kentucky postal worker sentenced to prison on federal drug and theft charges

postalcrime.com

'Hooded Bandit' bank robbery suspect embezzled $122K from USPS as a clerk in the 90's

Chicago Tribune

Royal Mail may not deliver to an independent Scotland under EU law, expert warns

Daily Mail

The Postal Service is losing millions a year to help you buy cheap stuff from China

Washington Post

Video: Strangest Things Sent In The Mail

Huffington Post

Video: USPS denies customer’s insurance claim, but pays up after news media asks about it

WFTS Tampa Bay

IRS Can Now Withdraw Money from Your TSP Account to Collect on Tax Debts

Government Executive

Postal workers join with customers to support moratorium on plant closings

postalnews.com

USPS Slashes Rates, But Can it Handle the Surge?

Spend Matters

APWU: PMG ‘Wanted’ in Salt Lake City

APWU News

Tennessee: Drunk driver runs stop sign, hits postal carrier

WBIR TV Knoxville

Letter carrier hospitalized after pit bull attack in Springfield MA

WWLP Springfield

Pennsylvania RCA charged with mail theft

postalcrime.com

Postal Service Offering Reward After Armed Robbery In Hartford

Fox Connecticut

Postal Problems in Bluffton SC: no mail delivery for months

WSAV Savannah

Where have all the mailboxes gone?

Burlington Free Press

COO says USPS will preserve standards for most current overnight mail volume despite plant closings

postalnews.com

Why do you have to buy an iPhone 6 to get a working digital wallet, when the USPS could do it?

The Guardian

Judge dismisses whistleblower suit against Northrop over botched FSS contract

Law360

PMG tells customers that mail’s value to business is increasing

postalnews.com

Video: ‘Her car started floating'; Tucson postal worker saves woman from flooded vehicle

postalnews.com

Video: USPS Nixes Delivery To Some Brooklyn Residents With Low Mail Slots In Doors

Updated: USPS backs off on demands, says it will resume mail delivery CBS New York

Video: PMG Pat Donahoe interview at KUTV, Salt Lake City

postalnews.com

USPS wants to replace LLV chassis, keep the bodies

postalnews.com

Fight for Postal Service is a progressive fight

Madison Capital Times

Video: Florida RCA charged in missing mail case

postalnews.com

Grand jury fails to indict Ft Worth letter carrier in death of customers pet Yorkie

postalnews.com

USPS stops delivering to Brooklyn residents because their mail slots are "too low"

CBS New York

Alabama rural carrier charged with delivering mail under the influence

Birmingham News

Video: USPS denies insurance claim for damaged package (until TV reporter gets involved)

KUTV Salt Lake City

Illinois PSE admits stealing debit card from mail

postalcrime.com

Nebraska rural carrier helps man who fell off mobility scooter

good.postalnews.com

Trouble in the air: USPS may sell rights over Old Chelsea post office

Save the Post Office

Ex-Idaho City postmaster pleads guilty to misdemeanor theft

Idaho Statesman

One Map to Show Where USPS Will Cut 7,000 Jobs

Government Executive

Carper sides with Republicans to oppose USPS plant closure moratorium

postalnews.com

50-year postal career wins stamp of approval

The State (Columbia SC)

UPS and FedEx Rate Hikes Threaten Free Shipping and Lost Business

"but a rate cut the U.S. Postal Service just won might give it a competitive advantage the delivery giants won't be able to overcome"
Motley Fool

Mississippi father and son plead guilty to stealing USPS equipment, selling it for scrap

postalcrime.com

“I had fallen and I couldn’t get up”… and then the mailman arrived

good.postalnews.com

IG finds more problems with USPS IT management

postalnews.com

USPS reveals celebrity chef stamp subjects (and then unreveals them…)

stamps.postalnews.com

The Postal Service rolls the delivery dice

DC Velocity

Direct Mail Remains Impactful

Direct Marketing News

Inside the Retirement Community for Mail Carriers

ABC News

Editorial: Back from yet another vacation, Congress plans to do nothing

Washington Post

Royal Mail begins seven day delivery pilot

The Telegraph

Video: “USPS Fail”- customer disappointed by USPS package delivery

postu.be

Postal Service's big delivery edge: no parking tickets

San Francisco Chronicle

USPS: No more home delivery for this guy

Lockport NY Union-Sun & Journal

An amazing story: postal workers rescue child from sexual predator

National Association of Letter Carriers

A Manhattan Post Office Is the Only Address Some People Have

New York Times

New OIG report faults USPS on post office relocations

Save the Post Office

Two Baltimore station managers, contractor plead guilty in bribe scheme

postalcrime.com

Letter carrier honored for saving burning man along route

Columbus Dispatch

USPS Expanded Package Pickup Options effective September 7

postalnews.com

Delivery Dichotomy: How will Phase II of network consolidation affect mail delivery?

Quad/Graphics Leading Change blog

Video: Mailman Parks In Handicap Spot

postalnews.com

Police hold suspect in North Carolina PO robbery attempt

Carteret County News-Times

FedEx, UPS Howl as USPS Lowers Certain Prices as Much as 58%

Wall Street Journal

Elderly woman crashes car into WV post office

Logan Banner

USPS Commits to Maintain Service Hours at 30 North Dakota Post Offices in the Bakken After Senators Complain

postalnews.com

USPS delivering groceries for Amazon in San Francisco

Wall Street Journal

Senate Majority Leader Backs Bid to Stop Postal Service Cuts

postalnews.com

No jail for sisters who stole from USPS

WIVB TV Buffalo

Letter carrier’s alertness leads to arrest of mail thief

good.postalnews.com

CBRE arranges sale of Bronx GPO to one of its clients

Save the Post Office

Video: USPS addresses mail mystery in Arlington VA neighborhood

WJLA TV Washington

Australia Post won’t divulge boss’s salary as letters profit dives 35 per cent

The Age

Video: Frustrated for years by mail carrier, woman posts video to Facebook and gets results

WDAF Kansas City

Video: Armed robbery investigated at Florida postal credit union

WKMG Orlando

Can Sellers Afford Not to Offer Free Shipping on Amazon?

EcommerceBytes

Postal Service Tests Parcel Lockers

Direct Marketing News

Postal Service to reduce N.D. hours: Heitkamp says it is breaking promise

Jamestown Sun

Beware! 8 sinister consequences of Google and Amazon drones

CNET

Video: USPS tells NC city council it’s changing home delivery methods

WNCT Greenville NC

Video: Postal Service Resumes, Uncertainty Remains in Remote Alaska Town

KTUU TV Anchorage

Royal Mail profiteers quietly cashed in- at the expense of the taxpayer

The Independent via postalnews.co.uk

Will USPS Lose Your Direct Mail Files?

Target Marketing

Video: Brockport NY fire lieutenant charged with robbing letter carrier at gunpoint

postalcrime.com

USPS Employment Levels Have Stabilized

Dead Tree Edition

Startup Aims to Give Everyone the Mighty Shipping Power of Amazon

WIRED

Rural Alaska Community Suffering from Post Office Closure

KTUU Anchorage

Israel: postal strike expands to Tel Aviv

World.PostNe.ws

Here’s Why We Celebrate Labor Day

TIME

Video: Guy walks into the PO with a $49,000 check…

postalcrime.com

Canada Post honors Canadian comedians with stamp series

CanadaPostNews.com

Video: Linns Stamp News Monday Morning Brief for September 1

stamps.postalnews.com

False rumor of U.S. stamp excites Indian movie fans

Linns Stamp News

‘Snail mail’ still kinda cool

Fairfield-Suisun CA Daily Republic