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You Should Be Outraged By What Is Being Done to Our Postal Service

Dave Johnson | Posted 04.13.2013 | Business
Dave Johnson

The story of the intentional destruction of the U.S. Postal Service is one more piece of the story of crisis-after-crisis, all manufactured to advance the strategic dismantling of our government and handing over the pieces to billionaires.

LOOK: The Ridiculous Reason One Landlord Increased Rent By 1 Penny

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.06.2013 | Business

A landlord in Maryland just redefined what it means to be a cheapskate. After the U.S. Postal Service raised the cost of a first-class stamp by a ...

Going for Broke

Paul Gereffi | Posted 04.03.2013 | Business
Paul Gereffi

While everyone is predicting our demise? Instead of blaming the Internet for less mail, let's make the Post Office a place to go for Internet access. Customers could come in and use the Internet, like they do now at some Office Depot or FedEx outlets.

Netflix Is In Trouble With Court

Reuters | Posted 03.13.2013 | Technology

WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that Netflix Inc got an unfair advantage from the U.S. Postal...

Postal Service Looks To New Congress For Rescue

Reuters | Posted 03.06.2013 | Politics

By Elvina Nawaguna WASHINGTON, Jan 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress that expired this week might have steered the nation away from the ...

Postal Service Makes Plan For Survival

AP | Posted 11.28.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The head of the financially struggling U.S. Postal Service says the agency must be allowed to ease the terms of prepayments into a retir...

Mailing A Letter Will Cost You More Next Year

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 12.11.2012 | Home

WASHINGTON — It'll cost another penny to mail a letter next year. The cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service said Thursday that it will raise postag...

A Different Kind of Love Letter

Elisabeth Egan | Posted 10.23.2012 | Parents
Elisabeth Egan

I'm a ferocious communicator, firing off texts, e-mails and tweets at all hours, but I'd forgotten how much I love the ritual of collecting my thoughts and writing them down, in pen.

FedEx CEO's Nice Little Payday

AP | SAMANTHA BOMKAMP | Posted 08.14.2012 | Business

NEW YORK -- The founder and top executive at FedEx Corp. received a pay package worth $13.7 million in the most recent fiscal year, nearly double a ye...

U.S. Postal Service May Soon Be Unable To Borrow Money

Reuters | Posted 10.09.2012 | Business

* USPS net loss $5.2 bln vs $3.1 bln a year earlier * Mail volume down, shipping and packages up * Officials call on Congress to overhaul ag...

Dave Jamieson

Mail Fail: Postal Service To Default As Congress Breaks For Recess

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 07.31.2012 | Business

At midnight Wednesday, the U.S. Postal Service is expected to default on a multi-billion dollar payment owed to the Treasury, highlighting financial s...

How Phantom Accounting Is Destroying The Post Office

David Morris | Posted 07.25.2012 | Politics
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.

White Powder Mailing Case Costing Taxpayers Millions

AP | DANNY ROBBINS | Posted 07.17.2012 | Politics

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...

Postal Service Suffers Significant Losses

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 07.10.2012 | Politics

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...

Feds Intercept Pot Shipment Sent To Publishing House

Posted 03.21.2012 | Books

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

Big Postal Service Cuts Coming In May

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 04.24.2012 | Politics

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...

Things Get Worse For U.S. Postal Service

Reuters | Posted 04.10.2012 | Business

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

The 5 Best Sendable Valentine's Day Treats

Small Kitchen College | Posted 08.31.2012 | Taste
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.

How Obama Can Guarantee a Second Term

David Morris | Posted 03.24.2012 | Politics
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."

Is Booze The Key To Saving The Postal Service?

Posted 12.14.2011 | Politics

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...

Startup Updater Sees Goldmine In 'Snail Mail'

Reuters | Posted 01.15.2012 | Small Business

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

Take Me to the Post Office

Juanita MORE! | Posted 12.24.2011 | San Francisco
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!

More on the Case for the Post Office

David Morris | Posted 12.03.2011 | Politics
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.

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

AP | By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 11.15.2011 | Politics

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

EXCLUSIVE: New Revelations From PostSecret

Frank Warren | Posted 11.14.2011 | Books
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.