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How Phantom Accounting Is Destroying The Post Office

David Morris | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Unified Budget, Privatization, Deficit, Postal Service, Accounting, Mail, Post Office, Usps, Politics News
David Morris

The post office deficit that is driving management to commit institutional suicide by ending six-day delivery, closing half of the nation's post offices and mail-processing centers, and laying off more than 200,000 workers, is make-believe.

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White Powder Mailing Case Costing Taxpayers Millions

AP | DANNY ROBBINS | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: White Powder Mailing Case, Amanda McMurrey, Post, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Mail, White Powder, Usps, Video, Politics News

DALLAS — Federal authorities are tracking what they call the most prolific mailer of white powder in U.S. history with an eye toward solving a c...

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Postal Service Suffers Significant Losses

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Video, U.S. Postal Service, Postal Service, Postal Service Losses, Usps, Postal Service Quarterly Losses, Mail Service, Mail, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Drowning in red ink, the U.S. Postal Service on Thursday reported a quarterly loss of $3.2 billion and blamed Congress for blocking...

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Feds Intercept Pot Shipment Sent To Publishing House

Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: St Martins Press Pot, St Martin's Press, Pot Intercepted, Video, Marijuana, Post Office, Usps, Pot, Mail, Books News

Crime-related documents website The Smoking Gun reported yesterday that three parcels, containing 11 pounds of pot, were intercepted on their way to p...

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Big Postal Service Cuts Coming In May

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: U.S. Postal Service, Postal Service, Mail Delivery, Mail Delivery Cuts, Post Office, Postal Service Cuts, Postal Service Budget, Mail, Video, Politics News

WASHINGTON — With no financial relief in sight, the U.S. Postal Service is pushing ahead with planned cuts to more than 260 mail processing cent...

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Things Get Worse For U.S. Postal Service

Reuters | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Video, Holiday Shopping, Congress, Shipping Services, Bankruptcy, Retirement Pension, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe, Stamps, Usps, Reuters, Mail, US Postal Service, Health Benefits, Business News

* Postal Service says mail volume down 6 pct * Package business grew due to holiday shopping * Agency lost $5.1 bln last...

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The 5 Best Sendable Valentine's Day Treats

Small Kitchen College | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Snail Mail, Lemon, Sweets, Dessert, Peanut Butter, Brownies, Mail, Cookies, Flavored Syrups, Valentine, Simple Syrup, Diy, Alcohol, Valentine's Day, Booze, Cake Pops, Cakes, Gifts, Blondies, Homemade Gift Ideas, KitchenDaily News
Small Kitchen College

As the saying goes, the way to someone's heart is through his or her stomach -- so I've compiled a list of simply delicious treats that act as blank canvases for the personal touches and creativity that make a good gifts unforgettable.

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How Obama Can Guarantee a Second Term

David Morris | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Letters, Elections, Closings, Democratic Party, Post Office, Kentucky, Obama, Arizona, Occupy, Mail, Oregon, Republicans, Politics News
David Morris

Let me suggest a surefire way Barack Obama can win a second term: stand in the doorway of a post office scheduled for closing and declare, "Not on my watch."

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Is Booze The Key To Saving The Postal Service?

Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Susan Collins, Scott Brown, Fedex, Video, Ups, Congress, U.S. Postal Service, Postal Service Alcohol, Alcohol, Joe Lieberman, Postal Service Wine, Mail, Tom Carper, 21st Century Postal Service Reform Act, Postal Service Beer, Politics News

The eagle is struggling to fly. Growing financial grief has placed the U.S. Postal Service in a difficult bind. As it plans to close hundreds of m...

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Startup Updater Sees Goldmine In 'Snail Mail'

Reuters | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: Snail Mail, Tech Startups, Small Business, Postal Service, Startup, Small Business News and Trends, Technology, Mail, Small Business News

(Deborah L. Cohen) - One entrepreneur's shrinking, outdated market is another entrepreneur's goldmine. Traditional mail may be on the wane, but tha...

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Take Me to the Post Office

Juanita MORE! | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: San Francisco, Drag Queens, Usps, Letters, Post Office, US Post Office Financial Crisis, Greeting Cards, Mail, Holiday Cards, San Francisco News
Juanita MORE!

I admit it I'm an old-fashioned gal. I like to get a real card or letter from someone I care about in my real mailbox!

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More on the Case for the Post Office

David Morris | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Privatization, Fedex, Express Mail, Unions, Mail, Darrell Issa, Post Office, Post Office Funding, Post Office Privatization, Politics News
David Morris

The refusal of Congress has led the USPS to embrace strategies that may save money in the short term but will undermine if not destroy the public mission of the post office in the long term.

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No More Next-Day Mail? Postal Service Proposes New Cuts

AP | By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: United States Postal Service Cuts, U.S. Postal Service, Postal Service, Mail Delivery, Budget Cuts, Mail, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The financially troubled Postal Service said Thursday it may close more than 250 mail processing facilities across the country and plans...

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EXCLUSIVE: New Revelations From PostSecret

Frank Warren | Posted 11.14.2011

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Frank Warren

I started PostSecret six years ago in Washington DC by passing out postcards to strangers and inviting them to illustrate a secret and mail it to me. Here are some exclusive secrets, only for Huffington Post readers.

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What Would America Do Without Mail?

AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 11.10.2011

Read More: Congress, Postal Service, Post Office, Letter Carriers, Mail Industry, Postal Service Struggles, Mail, Postal Workers, Mail Workers, Postal Service Default, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Imagine a nation without the Postal Service. No more birthday cards and bills or magazines and catalogs filling the mailbox. It's ...

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Post Office Loses $3.1 Billion, Could Default

AP | By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: Post Office Losses, Post Office Possible Default, Mail Delivery, Postal Service, Mail, Post Office, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Postal Service said Friday it lost $3.1 billion in the April through June period and could be forced to default on payments due to t...

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Postal Service Ends Special Sunday Delivery For Adventist Community

Posted 07.27.2011

Read More: Sunday Delivery, Adventists, Ruth Gomez, U.S. Postal Service, Postal Service, Mail Delivery, Seventh Day Adventist, Loma Linda Adventists, Mail, US Postal Service, Loma Linda, Religion News

By Albert Sabate Religion News Service LOMA LINDA, Calif. (RNS) Postal carrier Ruth Gomez had prayed and waited for five years to be transferred t...

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Special Delivery? Misaddressed Marijuana Goes To Elderly Couple

AP | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Senior Citizens, Pennsylvania, United States Postal Service, Weird Pennsylvania, Marijuana, Usps, Drugs, Pot, Upper Darby, Weird Crime, Mail, Seniors, Weird News News

UPPER DARBY, Pa. -- Police say an elderly Pennsylvania couple was the unintended recipient of a very seedy delivery: a five-pound brick of marijuana. ...

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The Kyocera Echo a Sprint Exclusive

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Two Screens, Touch Screens, Night Sprint, Auto Focus, Touchscreen, Dual Core Processor, Katsuki, Mail, Dual Screen, First Impressions, Pivot Hinge, Spare Battery, Microsd Card, Dan Hesse, 720p, Hd Camcorder, Kyocera, Snapdragon, Technology News
Ramon Nuez

Last night Sprint and Kyocera held a press event at New York City's Edison Ballroom. Around 6:30 p.m. Dan Hesse, CEO of Sprint, took the stage and ann...

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Cuba Halts All Mail To U.S.

AP | ANDREA RODRIGUEZ | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Cuba, Cuba Suspends US Mail, US-Cuba Relations, Cuba Embargo, Fidel Castro, Raul Castro, Mail, US-Cuba Policy, Cuba Mail. Cuba US Mail, Cuba, World News

HAVANA — Cuba suspended indefinitely all mail service to the United States on Friday, extending a ban announced in November and expanding it to cove...

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Saturday Mail Delivery Poised To Become A Thing Of The Pas

Washington Post | Ed O'Keefe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: US Post Office, Mail Saturdays, Mail, Usps, Business News

Check your mailbox. If the U.S. Postal Service has its way, this could be one of the last Saturdays you receive mail....

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Letter From 1930s DELIVERED At Last In California

Yahoo! News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Letter From 1930s Delivered, Sacramento-California, U.S. Postal Service, Letter From 1930's Finally Delivered, Letter From 1930s, Letter From 1930's Delivered, Mail, California, Los Angeles News

A letter was finally delivered to a Stockton business was originally sent in the 1930s... 73 years ago....

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Woman Finds Marijuana In Mail In Michigan

CBS News | Font Size Print E | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arizona, Woman Marijuana in Mail, Marijuana, Marijuana Mail, Michigan, Mail, Chicago News

Indeed, police say a surprise 2-pound package of marijuana arrived in the mail last week at one elderly woman's home in southern Michigan's Blackman T...

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Suspicious Package Found At Atlanta Federal Building

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Grenade, Irs, Apd, Social Security, Federal Building, X-Ray, Peachtree Summit, Atlanta, Georgia, Peachtree Summit Federal Building, Mail, Bomb Squad, Suspicious Package, Home News

ATLANTA (AP)- Police say they evacuated a federal building in downtown Atlanta and sent in the bomb squad after a suspicious package was found. Atlan...

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US Postal Service Takes First Step Towards Cutting Saturday Delivery

AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hours, Congress, Delivery, Friday, Mail Delivery, Post Offices, Monday, Usps, Email, Mail Boxes, Postal Service, Saturday, Postal Regulatory Commission, Mail, Home News

WASHINGTON — The Postal Service took the first formal step Wednesday toward cutting mail delivery to five days a week. The postal governing boa...

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