Tuesday, September 30

• Mitzi Betman named USPS VP and chief of staff
  USPS News Link Comment
• Mail truck flips after crash in Fort Myers FL
  postalnews.com Comment
• AmazonFresh prepares to take on US east coast
  IGD Retail Analysis Comment
• USPS Management’s Dysfunctional and Failing Culture
  Mark Jamison for the Angry Bear blog Comment
• Video: No mail, Georgia residents upset post office is treating their townhouse as a college dorm
  postalnews.com Comment
• Video: California woman concerned over stolen packages at front door
  KGTV San Diego Comment
• Video: Latest on USPS investigation into mysterious mailers
  WFTX-TV Fort Myers/Naples, FL Comment

  Monday, September 29

• It's a federal crime to dress up as a postal worker if you're not one
  Gizmodo Comment
• Batman Honored by USPS to Celebrate 75 Years of the Timeless Super Hero
  stamps.postalnews.com Comment
• Video: Linns Stamp News Monday Morning Brief for September 29
  postu.be Comment
• Congresswoman Calls for IG Review of Brooklyn Post Office
  postalnews.com Comment
• Pay, pensions, premiums. Going up!
  Federal News Radio Comment
• Is USPS Adequately Overseeing Its Approved Shippers Program?
  Ecommerce Bytes Comment
• Home-care nurse honored for work with injured letter carrier
  Press of Atlantic City Comment

  Sunday, September 28

• Letter: Postal worker lends a helping hand
  postalnews.com Comment
• Forever Stamps: Not a Sexy Investment
  Dead Tree Edition Comment
• UK: Mail union not amused as pet company releases treat for dogs called ‘Postman’s Leg’
  postalnews.co.uk Comment

  Saturday, September 27

• Hopes dimming for postal service reform
  (How could they get any dimmer than they've been for the last few years?)
  TheHill Comment
• Ireland is just now getting around to introducing postal codes
  postalnews.co.uk Comment
• Indiana PMR Charged with Embezzlement
  postalcrime.com Comment
• Video: USPS denies insurance claim, but pays up after TV news reporter asks about it
  WCNC Charlotte Comment
• 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 Comment

  Friday, September 26

• NYC fireman fired for racist assault on letter carrier
  New York Daily News Comment
• Portland OR letter carrier arrested for stealing "thousands" of pieces of mail
  KOIN TV Portland Comment
• New York letter carrier helps sick customers
  good.postalnews.com Comment
• Video: PMG Donahoe’s September State of the Business message for postal employees
  postu.be Comment
• Postal revenue enhancement, Russian style: selling booze on credit
  postalnews.com Comment
• Five Celebrity Chefs Immortalized On Forever Stamps
  stamps.postalnews.com Comment
• 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 Comment
• Report: USPS is building a database of employees’ personal health records
  postalnews.com Comment
• Highway project, meant to demolish post office, now goes around it (link corrected)
  San Antonio Express-News Comment
• Amazon's Grand Plan to Avoid Holiday Delivery Snafus Again
  Businessweek Comment

  Thursday, September 25

• Brooklyn mailman arrested for not delivering 40,000 pieces of mail
  New York Daily News Comment
• Iowa rural carrier rescues elderly woman after wheelchair tips over
  good.postalnews.com Comment
• Tennessee letter carrier extinguishes house fire
  Columbia Daily Herald Comment
• Palo Alto: Pair faces mail theft charges
  San Jose Mercury News Comment
• Drone delivery: DHL 'parcelcopter' flies to German isle
  Reuters Comment
• Best excuse for not delivering a package: “Bear at Door”
  CanadaPostNews.com Comment

  Wednesday, September 24

• Identity thieves find a new way to dupe victims- putting a hold on their mail delivery
  WINK-TV Naples FL Comment
• Batman stamp issue to debut Oct. 9 in New York City
  Linns Stamp News Comment
• Teachers Union to Staples CEO: We’re Not Buying
  APWU News Comment
• US Virgin Islands clerk convicted of embezzling from USPS
  postalcrime.com Comment
• NALC: MOU allows retired employees to work as Holiday Carrier Assistants in December
  NALC News - Facebook comments - Comment
• IG finds $22 million in undocumented credit card maintenance charges
  postalnews.com Comment
• California congressman slams USPS for lack of transparency on plant closings
  postalnews.com Comment
• USPS to begin expanded market test of morning grocery deliveries next month
  postalnews.com Comment

  Tuesday, September 23

• NALC challenger says Rolando “surrendered” to management on CCAs
  postalnews.com Comment
• NALC and USPS agree to new joint route adjustment process
  NALC News Comment
• Three dead in shooting at UPS facility in Birmingham AL
  UPS gunman, fired Monday, returned today to kill supervisors at Birmingham facility
  Birmingham News Comment
• Postal Rates in 2015 Could Rise or Fall -- or Do Both (link corrected)
  Dead Tree Edition Comment
• Video: If it fits it ships? Maybe not!
  postu.be Comment
• With letters in decline, Loyola University rips out mailboxes
  Baltimore Sun Comment

  Monday, September 22

• Ohio VMF manager gets 46 months in prison for taking bribes
  postalcrime.com Comment
• APWU Wins Major Victory on Staffing ‘POStPlan’ Offices
  APWU News Comment
• Mail Handlers Challenge Planned Closures and Consolidations via National Level Grievance
  postalnews.com Comment
• Decision is Reached on POStPlan Arbitration
  NAPUS Comment
• OIG says USPS understaffed Iowa City PO, resulting in excessive letter carrier overtime
  postalnews.com Comment
• Wish we could return this Bronx post office sale to sender
  New York Daily News Comment
• Letter carrier gets six years for child molestation
  Victorville CA Daily Press Comment

  Sunday, September 21

• 71-year-old part time postal worker (among many other jobs) not ready to quit working
  (link corrected) San Angelo TX Standard Times Comment
• Congressman confirms closure of Texas post office; USPS says otherwise
  Bryan-College Station TX Eagle Comment
• Video: Union, along with community protest USPS relocating Florence SC plant
  WBTW TV Florence Comment
• Real estate appraiser says community mailboxes decrease home values
  Winnipeg Free Press Comment

  Saturday, September 20

• APWU: Maintenance Craft Defeats Improper Excessing
  APWU News Comment
• Prolific US stamp designer Howard Paine dies
  Linns Stamp News Comment
• Looks like Wilt Chamberlain is finally getting his stamp
  CBS Sports Comment
• Unions protest Postal Service processing plant relocation from Industry to Santa Ana CA
  San Gabriel Valley Tribune Comment
• Red-letter retirement for Ohio postmaster
  Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune Comment

  Friday, September 19

• Video: letter carrier stranded in Houston flood
  postalnews.com Comment
• USPS seeks employees for holiday ad campaign
  USPS News Link Comment
• Video: Fraud ring caught stealing from Georgia mail boxes
  postalcrime.com Comment
• USPS found to be at fault in Missouri letter carrier’s heat death in 2012
  Fox Kansas City Comment
• Mitch McConnell, Kentucky GOP reps meet with PMG over plant closings
  postalnews.com Comment
• USPS Forever stamps celebrate Hudson River School masterpieces
  stamps.postalnews.com Comment
• Through Rain and Snow and Sleet, Should Nonprofits Back Up the USPS?
  Nonprofit Quarterly Comment
• Startup creates a three word address code for every spot on the planet
  CNN Comment
• BB gun shooter accused of hitting postal truck
  Albany Times Union Comment

  Thursday, September 18

• Video: Hero mailman appears on Ellen DeGeneres show
  postu.be Comment
• FedEx Rises as Buyback-Aided Profit Tops Estimates
  Bloomberg Comment
• What will be the mail truck of the future?
  Washington Post Comment
• Wisconsin man upset about postage due faces disorderly conduct charge
  WISC TV Madison Comment
• Ellen DeGeneres to honor postal hero today
  good.postalnews.com Comment
• Louisiana postal employee busted taking marijuana from packages
  postalcrime.com Comment
• Everett WA mailman caught on camera sideswiping car, driving off
  KCPQ TV Seattle Comment
• British postman who dumped mail avoids prison because most of it was “junk”
  BBC via postalnews.co.uk Comment

  Wednesday, September 17

• Video: Swapbox looks to replace your mailman with a kiosk
  Yahoo Finance Comment
• Video: Private “mail store” leaves doors unlocked, mail and packages exposed
  postalnews.com Comment
• FedEx to Increase Shipping Rates 4.9%
  postalnews.com Comment
• UPS will hire over 90,000 seasonal workers for holiday delivery surge
  postalnews.com Comment
• Continuing Resolution won’t include action on USPS
  postalnews.com Comment
• PMG addresses NAPUS convention
  NAPUS Comment

  Tuesday, September 16

• Kentucky Mailman Accused of Making Death Threats within Community
  WEHT Henderson KY Comment
• Video: USPS recruiting more city carrier assistants
  USPS News Link Comment
• NYC firefighter charged with racist assault on letter carrier
  New York Post Comment
• South Dakota postmaster tells residents no more home delivery
  Black Hills Pioneer Comment
• Almost half of USPS EEO complaint dismissals are reversed on appeal
  Government Executive Comment
• Protecting the public's interest: a model
  PRC Chairman Ruth Goldway in the Federal Times Comment
• Anaheim letter carrier helps save man’s life using CPR
  good.postalnews.com Comment
• NAPUS Works to Adjust to a Changing Postal Environment
  Report from the 2014 NAPUS National Convention
  NAPUS Comment

  Monday, September 15

• Jury finds St. Louis Mail Handlers Union local President guilty of embezzlement
  postalcrime.com Comment
• And Now, A Word About the Postal Service and Public Service
  PostalVision 2020 Comment
• Video: Egyptian Suez stamp features wrong canal
  Linns Stamp News Monday Morning Brief via postu.be Comment
• USPS actions may impact FedEx profits
  Wall Street Journal Comment
• Footprints on your brain: USPS OIG wants to do neuroscience research
  postalnews.com Comment
• APWU: USPS plans involuntary reassignments in Oakland, other Pacific Area offices
  postalnews.com Comment
• Companies looking to same-day shipping to gain market share
  Los Angeles Daily News Comment
• Residents say non-career postal carriers deliver more panic than mail
  Santa Fe New Mexican Comment

  Sunday, September 14

• FOIA request reveals lackluster sales for Inverted Jenny stamp
  Linns Stamp News Comment
• Massachusetts letter carrier honored for rescuing truck driver in crash
  Worcester Telegram & Gazette Comment

  Saturday, September 13

• Lower Mail Rates For Big Shippers Are Winning Over Small Businesses As Well
  Dead Tree Edition Comment
• Alert postal carrier credited with saving woman’s life
  Manchester CT Journal Inquirer Comment
• Woman fires gun at ex-boyfriend in post office lobby
  KYTX TV Tyler TX Comment
• North Carolina town bans curbside mailboxes in historic district
  Salisbury Post Comment
• Kentucky postal worker sentenced to prison on federal drug and theft charges
  postalcrime.com Comment
• 'Hooded Bandit' bank robbery suspect embezzled $122K from USPS as a clerk in the 90's
  Chicago Tribune Comment
• Royal Mail may not deliver to an independent Scotland under EU law, expert warns
  Daily Mail Comment

  Friday, September 12

• The Postal Service is losing millions a year to help you buy cheap stuff from China
  Washington Post Comment
• Video: Strangest Things Sent In The Mail
  Huffington Post Comment
• Video: USPS denies customer’s insurance claim, but pays up after news media asks about it
  WFTS Tampa Bay Comment
• IRS Can Now Withdraw Money from Your TSP Account to Collect on Tax Debts
  Government Executive Comment
• Postal workers join with customers to support moratorium on plant closings
  postalnews.com Comment

  Thursday, September 11

• USPS Slashes Rates, But Can it Handle the Surge?
  Spend Matters Comment
• APWU: PMG ‘Wanted’ in Salt Lake City
  APWU News Comment
• Tennessee: Drunk driver runs stop sign, hits postal carrier
  WBIR TV Knoxville Comment
• Letter carrier hospitalized after pit bull attack in Springfield MA
  WWLP Springfield Comment
• Pennsylvania RCA charged with mail theft
  postalcrime.com Comment
• Postal Service Offering Reward After Armed Robbery In Hartford
  Fox Connecticut Comment
• Postal Problems in Bluffton SC: no mail delivery for months
  WSAV Savannah Comment
• Where have all the mailboxes gone?
  Burlington Free Press Comment
• COO says USPS will preserve standards for most current overnight mail volume despite plant closings
  postalnews.com Comment
• Why do you have to buy an iPhone 6 to get a working digital wallet, when the USPS could do it?
  The Guardian Comment
• Judge dismisses whistleblower suit against Northrop over botched FSS contract
  Law360 Comment

  Wednesday, September 10

• PMG tells customers that mail’s value to business is increasing
  postalnews.com Comment
• Video: ‘Her car started floating'; Tucson postal worker saves woman from flooded vehicle
  postalnews.com Comment
• 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 Comment
• Video: PMG Pat Donahoe interview at KUTV, Salt Lake City
  postalnews.com Comment
• USPS wants to replace LLV chassis, keep the bodies
  postalnews.com Comment
• Fight for Postal Service is a progressive fight
  Madison Capital Times Comment

  Tuesday, September 9

• Video: Florida RCA charged in missing mail case
  postalnews.com Comment
• Grand jury fails to indict Ft Worth letter carrier in death of customers pet Yorkie
  postalnews.com Comment
• USPS stops delivering to Brooklyn residents because their mail slots are "too low"
  CBS New York Comment
• Alabama rural carrier charged with delivering mail under the influence
  Birmingham News Comment
• Video: USPS denies insurance claim for damaged package (until TV reporter gets involved)
  KUTV Salt Lake City Comment
• Illinois PSE admits stealing debit card from mail
  postalcrime.com Comment
• Nebraska rural carrier helps man who fell off mobility scooter
  good.postalnews.com Comment
• Trouble in the air: USPS may sell rights over Old Chelsea post office
  Save the Post Office Comment
• Ex-Idaho City postmaster pleads guilty to misdemeanor theft
  Idaho Statesman Comment
• One Map to Show Where USPS Will Cut 7,000 Jobs
  Government Executive Comment
• Carper sides with Republicans to oppose USPS plant closure moratorium
  postalnews.com Comment
• 50-year postal career wins stamp of approval
  The State (Columbia SC) Comment

  Monday, September 8

• 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 Comment
• Mississippi father and son plead guilty to stealing USPS equipment, selling it for scrap
  postalcrime.com Comment
• “I had fallen and I couldn’t get up”… and then the mailman arrived
  good.postalnews.com Comment
• IG finds more problems with USPS IT management
  postalnews.com Comment
• USPS reveals celebrity chef stamp subjects (and then unreveals them…)
  stamps.postalnews.com Comment
• The Postal Service rolls the delivery dice
  DC Velocity Comment
• Direct Mail Remains Impactful
  Direct Marketing News Comment
• Inside the Retirement Community for Mail Carriers
  ABC News Comment
• Editorial: Back from yet another vacation, Congress plans to do nothing
  Washington Post Comment

  Sunday, September 7

• Royal Mail begins seven day delivery pilot
  The Telegraph Comment
• Video: “USPS Fail”- customer disappointed by USPS package delivery
  postu.be Comment
• Postal Service's big delivery edge: no parking tickets
  San Francisco Chronicle Comment
• USPS: No more home delivery for this guy
  Lockport NY Union-Sun & Journal Comment

  Saturday, September 6

• An amazing story: postal workers rescue child from sexual predator
  National Association of Letter Carriers Comment
• A Manhattan Post Office Is the Only Address Some People Have
  New York Times Comment
• New OIG report faults USPS on post office relocations
  Save the Post Office Comment
• Two Baltimore station managers, contractor plead guilty in bribe scheme
  postalcrime.com Comment
• Letter carrier honored for saving burning man along route
  Columbus Dispatch Comment

  Friday, September 5

• USPS Expanded Package Pickup Options effective September 7
  postalnews.com Comment
• Delivery Dichotomy: How will Phase II of network consolidation affect mail delivery?
  Quad/Graphics Leading Change blog Comment
• Video: Mailman Parks In Handicap Spot
  postalnews.com Comment
• Police hold suspect in North Carolina PO robbery attempt
  Carteret County News-Times Comment
• FedEx, UPS Howl as USPS Lowers Certain Prices as Much as 58%
  Wall Street Journal Comment
• Elderly woman crashes car into WV post office
  Logan Banner Comment

  Thursday, September 4

• USPS Commits to Maintain Service Hours at 30 North Dakota Post Offices in the Bakken After Senators Complain
  postalnews.com Comment
• USPS delivering groceries for Amazon in San Francisco
  Wall Street Journal Comment
• Senate Majority Leader Backs Bid to Stop Postal Service Cuts
  postalnews.com Comment
• No jail for sisters who stole from USPS
  WIVB TV Buffalo Comment
• Letter carrier’s alertness leads to arrest of mail thief
  good.postalnews.com Comment
• CBRE arranges sale of Bronx GPO to one of its clients
  Save the Post Office Comment
• Video: USPS addresses mail mystery in Arlington VA neighborhood
  WJLA TV Washington Comment
• Australia Post won’t divulge boss’s salary as letters profit dives 35 per cent
  The Age Comment
• Video: Frustrated for years by mail carrier, woman posts video to Facebook and gets results
  WDAF Kansas City Comment
• Video: Armed robbery investigated at Florida postal credit union
  WKMG Orlando Comment
• Can Sellers Afford Not to Offer Free Shipping on Amazon?
  EcommerceBytes Comment

  Wednesday, September 3

• Postal Service Tests Parcel Lockers
  Direct Marketing News Comment
• Postal Service to reduce N.D. hours: Heitkamp says it is breaking promise
  Jamestown Sun Comment
• Beware! 8 sinister consequences of Google and Amazon drones
  CNET Comment
• Video: USPS tells NC city council it’s changing home delivery methods
  WNCT Greenville NC Comment
• Video: Postal Service Resumes, Uncertainty Remains in Remote Alaska Town
  KTUU TV Anchorage Comment

  Tuesday, September 2

• Royal Mail profiteers quietly cashed in- at the expense of the taxpayer
  The Independent via postalnews.co.uk Comment
• Will USPS Lose Your Direct Mail Files?
  Target Marketing Comment
• Video: Brockport NY fire lieutenant charged with robbing letter carrier at gunpoint
  postalcrime.com Comment
• USPS Employment Levels Have Stabilized
  Dead Tree Edition Comment
• Startup Aims to Give Everyone the Mighty Shipping Power of Amazon
  WIRED Comment

  Monday, September 1

• Rural Alaska Community Suffering from Post Office Closure
  KTUU Anchorage Comment
• Israel: postal strike expands to Tel Aviv
  World.PostNe.ws Comment
• Here’s Why We Celebrate Labor Day
  TIME Comment
• Video: Guy walks into the PO with a $49,000 check…
  postalcrime.com Comment
• Canada Post honors Canadian comedians with stamp series
  CanadaPostNews.com Comment
• Video: Linns Stamp News Monday Morning Brief for September 1
  stamps.postalnews.com Comment
• False rumor of U.S. stamp excites Indian movie fans
  Linns Stamp News Comment
• ‘Snail mail’ still kinda cool
  Fairfield-Suisun CA Daily Republic Comment

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