Through rain, snow, sleet ... and bees

Worcester mailman calls it a career after 43 years
Worcester Magazine

Heading into 2015, USPS looks to tech to reshape model

FedScoop

Acting PRC chair bans all agency travel

postalnews.com

Video: Hawaii PO threatened by lava flow to remain open for now

Hawaii 24/7

Old mail found at former home of retired letter carrier

Hardin KY News Enterprise

Postal Service poised to begin controversial plant closures next week

Washington Post

Feds charge West Virginia PMR with issuing money order without payment

Charleston Gazette

Ohio letter carrier helps injured customer

Good.postalnews.com

USPS: Priority Packages Not Guaranteed To Arrive In 2 Days

CBS New York

The U.S. Parcel -- uh, Postal -- Service Presents Its Wish List to Congress

Dead Tree Edition

Maryland CCA Sentenced for Delivering Drugs

postalnews.com

Small U.S. Firms May Struggle With New UPS, FedEx Dimensional Prices

New York Times

USPS Not Letting Go of Holiday Package Business

Direct Marketing News

Tampa postal worker charged with murder

postalnews.com

NAPUS: Could Retirement Benefits be at risk?

NAPUS Legislative and Political Bulletin (.pdf file)

Police arrest suspect who hit Pennsylvania mailman

WHP TV Harrisburg

Beloved Parsippany mailman making final deliveries

Parsippany NJ Daily Record

Outgoing Postal Regulator Sets the Record Straight

EcommerceBytes

Police: Teen breaks in to South Norwalk CT Post Office

The Hour (Norwalk CT)

How Obama Can Help Rescue the Postal Service Right Now

The Fiscal Times

Postal truck hits house in Osceola, Indiana after two vehicle accident

WSBT TV South Bend

Pennsylvania: Postal worker hit, vehicle flees scene

WGAL Harrisburg

Postal workers comp fraud rises as mail volume falls

Baltimore Sun

Good samaritan on a kayak helps nab suspected mail thief

Q13 FOX Seattle

Please don’t, mister postman: how to respond when the Postal Service claims that you underpaid postage

Lexology

Delivering life-saving service

Mitchell SD Daily Republic

Postal workers adopt Pontiac family as mother fights cancer

Oakland MI Press

Out for delivery: Post office helps Santa in Winona, one package at a time

Winona Daily News

How Much Do You Tip Your Postal Carrier?

EcommerceBytes

Video: Topeka Man Writes Letter To Santa And Receives Christmas Miracle

postalnews.com

Editorial: U.S. Postal Service needs a major fix

Denver Post

USPS still delivering on Christmas Day

NBC Flint MI

USPS eyes e-commerce to offset declining mail

Reuters

Postal bike thief on South Beach faces special delivery to jail

Miami Herald

The Last Christmas for the Postal Service? It Doesn't Have to Be

Huffington Post

USPS Works Through Christmas Eve to Deliver Packages On Time

WGRZ Buffalo

The Magi celebrated on Christmas stamps

Linns Stamp News

UPS, FedEx Cap Deliveries Amid Late Holiday Surge

Wall Street Journal

For a letter to Santa, nothing beats pen and paper

Baltimore Sun

Dear Santa: North Pole’s blizzard of mail

Hudson NY Daily Mail

Once A Year: Mailed From The Little Town Of Bethlehem

New Hampshire Public Radio

USPS is setting new records as Christmas nears

USPS News Link

USPS plans early closings and mail collection on Christmas Eve and New Years Eve

postalnews.com

Send a Letter. It's Safer

After witnessing the Sony cyberattacks, we should be grateful for the U.S. Postal Service.
US News

Postal service helps fulfill kids’ holiday wishes

Boston Globe

Video: Driver chases FedEx truck that was losing Christmas packages out back door

postu.be

Video: USPS wins shipping competition

KFSN TV Fresno

Thank Postal Workers By Fighting To Save the Postal Service

The Nation

Video: Holidays mean big business for USPS

NBC News

The Impact of Plant Closures: Beyond the Postal Sphere

APWU News

USPS cyber intrusion update

USPS News Link

Carper: Senate needs to act on postal nominees

TheHill

Another year … a different mood.

Quad/Graphics Leading Change blog

Video: Dead rats prompt evacuation of Florida post office

WESH TV West Palm Beach

UPS worker helps capture man who stole a USPS package

KVUE Austin

Mail delivery problems persist on Shelter Island NY

Shelter Island Reporter

How the Postal Service uses tech for your holiday stamps

FedScoop

Video: A Test for UPS: One Day, 34 Million Packages

Wall Street Journal

Video: Rush of holiday packages means more work for postal workers, police

Fox13 Salt Lake City

Curbside mailboxes a thorn for some in historic district

Brunswick News

Amarillo Police investigating stolen mail from several post offices

KFDA Amarillo

Part-time rural carriers claim they’re treated like ‘junk mail’

Killeen Daily Herald
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Video: APWU President Mark Dimondstein talks about planned changes at the USPS

CSPAN's Washington Journal

Video: Postal workers fulfill kids’ letters to Santa

KCRA Sacramento

GAO finds fault with FBI’s handling of 2001 anthrax investigation

postalnews.com

New Hampshire PO still closed 6 months after car crashed into it

Keene Sentinel

Man fed up with package thefts leaves 'bait box' on his porch

Homeowner surprised by how quickly fake package was taken
KCRA Sacramento

Customers are getting more nighttime visits from postal carriers

Los Angeles Times

USPS sets records for package deliveries, online visits

postalnews.com

Texas postal worker contracts tuberculosis

Victoria Advocate

Lance Armstrong co-defendants reach settlement in USPS case

USA Today

1.16 Million Payment Cards Breached in Staples Hack

"If news of a Staples hack sounds familiar, that's because it is."
Gizmodo

USPS Tells Customers: Get Postal Discounts at Staples

APWU News

Medical and bank records of USPS workers comp employees may have been compromised

postalnews.com

Video: Behind the Scenes: USPS busy as Christmas nears

postalnews.com

After 13 years, carrier tells customer his mailbox is too short

Jacksonville IL Journal Courier

OIG: USPS Parcel Tracking System is vulnerable to attack by hackers

postalnews.com

Video: Package stolen off Chicago porch

WLS Chicago

Mail thieves targeting Fairbanks neighborhoods

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

USPS network operations in full force for the holidays

USPS News Link

Video: Being a mail carrier on the busiest delivery day of the year

postalnews.com

North Carolina city carrier charged with theft from mail

New Bern Sun Journal

Video: APWU President Mark Dimondstein on The Ed Show

Passports no more?
postalnews.com

USPS truck flips, spills packages along Bay area roadway

FOX 13 News

Another post office gets annexed: North Platte to relocate from downtown to industrial tract

Save the Post Office

Amazon Confirms Rollout of One-Hour Delivery Service

Wall Street Journal

Video: Expect more shipping delays from USPS starting next year

KTRK Houston

Legal trick means no postage increase- for now

Dead Tree Edition

Video: ‘Parcel Pirates’ Following Delivery Trucks, Stealing Packages

postalnews.com

Western NY postal worker admits stealing Victorias Secret coupons

Buffalo News

Criminals go postal, target cluster boxes

Folsom Telegraph

Video: Most Packages Safe Following Ohio Post Office Fire

WBNS TV Columbus

Royal Mail privatisation £180m underpriced, review says

postalnews.co.uk

Shipping Comparison: FedEx vs. UPS vs. US Postal Service

Consumer Reports

A friendly face at the door

Call & Check is a new community care service where Jersey Post staff call and check up on island residents who are either living alone or are isolated.
Post & Parcel

UK: Celebrate decent jobs on National Postal Workers Day

postalnews.com

Jason Chaffetz Lays Out Different Direction for House Oversight Panel: No More Issa (or Benghazi!)

Roll Call

Akron woman’s ashes recovered after getting lost in the mail

postalnews.com

Carper calls charges he tried to “strong-arm” colleagues on postal bill “hogwash”

postalnews.com

Ex-postal worker sentenced in $1 million tax fraud scheme

Atlanta Journal Constitution

Postal workers overwhelmed by flood of Amazon Sunday deliveries

GeekWire

Brooklyn letter carrier fails to deliver more than 2,500 pieces of mail

New York Post

Post office pays for broken antique, but how much?

Asbury Park Press

The Case for Postal Banking

APWU News

Lacking a quorum, Board of Governors creates emergency committee to run USPS

postalnews.com

USPS inspector general questions Sunday delivery program

Linns Stamp News

Video: Congresswoman in Talks with USPS Over “Don’t Call 911″ Policy

postalnews.com

Amazon Extends Holiday-Shipping Deadlines

Wall Street Journal

FedEx, UPS and Postal Service scramble to cope with peak holiday shipping days

Los Angeles Times

How a Major Postal Overhaul Nearly Made Its Way Into the CRomnibus

Government Executive

Video: USPS Halts Mail Delivery to Garden City TX Home for Weeks

postalnews.com

Video: ‘I’m just plain disgusted with the mail service': Akron woman’s ashes lost in mail

Fox 8 Cleveland

Video: California’s Lone River-Route Postal Carrier Says “It’s No Big Deal”

NBC Bay Area

Long Island Postal Worker Pilfered Credit Cards For Shopping Spree

North Country Gazette

Lines out the door at the post office for the busiest mailing day of the year

WGEM TV Quincy IL

The United States of . . . check-writing?

Boston Globe

Postal workers protest at Portland OR Staples store

KPTV Portland OR

Local postal worker ‘saves lives’

Zanesville Times Recorder

Wisconsin post office pays homage to famous reindeer

Only about 500 people live in Rudolph, but well over 10,000 Christmas cards, with origins from all around the world, are mailed from the village every year.
Fond du Lac Reporter

APWU: Maintenance Craft Wins $8.64 Million Remedy for Improper Subcontracting

APWU News

Postal Service gets high marks from the public

Baltimore Sun

The Post Office in Black and White, 1935-1944

Save the Post Office

WV letter carrier comes to the aid of fallen customer

Good.postalnews.com

Video: USPS “Important Moments” Holiday ad

postu.be

Video: USPS investigating cause of stalled deliveries as complaints rise in Houston

KTRK TV Houston

PRC rejects NAPS call for new inquiry on plant consolidations, service cutbacks

postalnews.com

Postal Service workers and rural communities fear post office closures

Al Jazeera America

Going postal before it's passé

Ridgewood NJ Town Journal

Ruth Goldway responds to Washington Post story on her replacement as PRC chair

Washington Post

Former Washington postal worker gets four months for jewelry theft

Islands' Weekly

‘We’re ready for the rush,’ PMG says

Monday is busiest mailing day, Wednesday and Thursday biggest delivery days
USPS News Link

Video: Southern California Mail Thefts Linked to Organized Crime

NBC Southern California

NLRB Charges Postal Service With Illegal Spying on Staples Protests

APWU News

Video: USPS expects billions of pieces of mail during holidays

postalnews.com

Senate gridlock freezes Postal Service board

TheHill

Connecticut postal supervisor gets three years in prison for stealing drugs from mail

postalcrime.com

USPS tracks holiday deliveries on Times Square billboards

postalnews.com

Man used bad checks to buy $58K worth of stamps

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

Video: Mail carrier saves puppies from burning shed

postu.be

Layoff threat sparks strike of Royal Mail support staff

postalnews.co.uk

Community mailbox gets knocked down, USPS says it will replace it- in six months or so...

WCJB TV Gainesville

Video: Retired postal worker seeks $50K refund for insurance “overpayment”

WLS Chicago

Reward Offered for Man Who Robbed Letter Carrier at Gunpoint in Bridgeport

NBC Connecticut

Omnibus spending bill requires USPS to continue 6 day delivery

postalnews.com

Here's Why Retailers Keep Sending You Catalogs

WBUR Boston

North Carolina USPS contractor faces embezzlement charge

New Bern Sun Journal

Man tries to rob Vermont PO at knifepoint, rides his bike home empty-handed

postalnews.com

Tennessee mail carrier indicted for misconduct, theft

Cookeville TN Herald-Citizen

USPS to be Left ‘Twisting in the Wind’ in 2015?

Target Marketing

Video catches postal worker throwing package

KPRC Houston

Pot Has Gone Postal: The Risk of Mailing Marijuana

The Leaf

Video: Stalled USPS deliveries disrupting eBay seller’s business

KTRK Houston

Hammond, Langley nominations to PRC confirmed by voice votes

Senate Democrats web site

Knoxville postal worker injured in motor vehicle accident

WBIR Knoxville

Hoffa to Congress: Stop Bailout For UPS, Protect Retiree Benefits

postalnews.com

Junk mailer thrives amid Post Office problems

Philadelphia Inquirer

Former USPS cyber security chief hired by federal IT contractor

postalnews.com

Michigan postal worker stole mail because she was “bored”

postalcrime.com

USPS in deal with Blackhawk Network to sell gift cards at post offices

postalnews.com

Video: letter carrier knocks down mailbox

postu.be

USPS May Seek a Rate Hike After All

Dead Tree Edition

APWU Wins $56 Million Remedy for Postmasters Performing Craft Work

APWU News

World's oldest post office gets a new postmaster

BBC News

Audio: Mark Dimondstein is the guest on the Ralph Nader Radio Hour

postalnews.com

Canada Post carrier hurt badly in hit-and-run

CanadaPostNews.com

What Will Megan Do?

PostalVision 2020

OIG says outsourcing processing and distribution would harm USPS and its customers

postalnews.com

Maine mail carrier's special delivery a win-win

Waterville Morning Sentinel

Digital SOS: How technology can save the USPS

Computerworld

Postal Vehicle Crashes Into Car, Pickup In Tennessee

The Chattanoogan

Mail volume surges as holidays near

Charleston WV Daily Mail

‘Substantial Amount’ Of Mail Damaged In USPS Truck Fire En Route From San Francisco To Los Angeles

CBS San Francisco

Royal Mail launches 3D printing trial with iMakr

postalnews.co.uk

Is 2014 the year the Christmas card died?

The Guardian

Postal workers excluded from extra Christmas holiday on December 26

postalnews.com

Video: Bernie Sanders on Protecting Our Postal Service

postu.be

Prez throws PRC Chair under the bus, WaPo misses the bus completely

Save the Post Office

Tester tells USPS to stop "crusade against rural America"

KTVQ Billings, Montana

Donahoe Will Be in Good Shape When He Leaves U$P$

Dead Tree Edition

Arson Suspected in Iowa Post Office Fire

WHO TV Des Moines

Former Beulah ND postmaster sentenced for theft of postal funds

Bismarck Tribune

Postal Service again considering closure of New Orleans processing facility

New Orleans Times Picayune

Report: Tucson would lose $49M in postal consolidation

Arizona Daily Star

“Secure” Canada Post community mailboxes breached

CanadaPostNews.com

Regular mail delivery service now less so in remote Alaska village after only worker resigns

Minneapolis Star Tribune

Sale of air rights over Old Chelsea post office causes controversy

Save the Post Office

Video: Former Postal Employee Pleads Guilty to Stealing Veteran’s Medication

postalnews.com

Major civil rights coalition opposes postal consolidation; hits official’s appointment

Washington Post

Video: California man receives mail 2 years late; mail carrier fired

postalnews.com

New Jersey letter carrier honored for saving customer's life

Somerville NJ Courier News

USPS to boost capital spending in FY 2015

Husch Blackwell LLP

President Obama Designates Robert G. Taub Acting PRC Chairman

postalnews.com

Connecticut man gets prison for selling drugs stolen from the mail

postalcrime.com

More Cases of ‘Delayed Medical Treatment’ at the USPS

NBC Bay Area

Buyer opts out of purchase of historic Berkeley Post Office

Save the Post Office

Tester to Postal Service: Stop digging a deeper hole

TheHill

Video: Ohio Postal Worker Caught Throwing Mail Away

postalnews.com

PMG-designate Brennan will need friends on Capitol Hill

Linns Stamp News

California letter carrier charged with stealing cell phones from the mail

postalcrime.com

Pittsburgh mail handler charged with theft

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Group says USPS BOG chairman has conflict of interest

Barnett was a lobbyist for payday lenders
Washington Post

Why Did the USPS Make a Useless Augmented Reality App?

Popular Mechanics

Video: Waxhaw NC residents complain about misdelivered mail

WSOC TV Charlotte

Postal service mistake or criminal act?

WINK TV Fort Myers

OSHA sues USPS for firing mail handler who was injured on the job

Norwalk (OH) Reflector

Eight Postal Workers Arrested On Long Island For Mail Theft And Marijuana Distribution Conspiracy

postalnews.com

Video: Armed man barricaded in Arizona post office surrenders

postalnews.com

Congress Could Soon Deliver the Postal Service Its Biggest Blow Yet

Government Executive

Video: Man finds mail scattered in car wash

WBTV Charlotte

Charlotte letter carrier recovering from dog attack

WBTV Charlotte

Iowa mail theft possibly linked to gang in Atlanta

Des Moines Register

The new postmaster general delivers a blow to the glass ceiling

Sacramento Business Journal

USPS launches annual Operation Santa program

postalnews.com

USPS launches secure mail destruction service

Post & Parcel

POStPlan Implementation: Just 1,600 post offices to go, but far from done

Save the Post Office

Bipartisan group of Senators demands delay in USPS plant consolidations

postalnews.com

Royal Mail ‘scaremongering’ over rural deliveries rubbished by regulators

postalnews.co.uk

UPU: World consumer spend on postal services rises again

postalnews.com

Two Maryland Postal Workers Suspected in Theft of $9,500 in Gift Cards

NBC4 Washington

NAPS urges PRC to open inquiry into expected slowdown of nation’s mail

National Association of Postal Supervisors

NAPS Legislative Update: Mail Processing Consolidations Loom

National Association of Postal Supervisors

Amazon gives European postal firms a run for their money

BusinessTech

The Mailing and Shipping Industry, the Posts, and Global E-Commerce: Building a Better Business Case

PostalVision 2020

Consumer Reports Video: Best way to ship packages

"The U.S. Postal Service was the least expensive every time. "
Consumer Reports

The changing makeup of the letter carrier’s mailbag

National Journal

Package theft in Massachusetts town up 64 percent over last year

Brookline TAB

Worried About Cuts to Your Federal Benefits? Don’t Panic!

FedSmith.com