Post Office

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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Postal Service Halts Controversial Plan

AP | DAVID PITT | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Post Office Closures, Video, Postal Service, Post Office, Post Office Closing, Usps, Politics News

DES MOINES, Iowa — The U.S. Postal Service said Monday its decision to halt the closing of more than 3,700 post offices includes roughly 600 urb...

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Post Office Bans Shipment Of iPads To Troops Overseas

AP | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Video, Lithium Battery, Lithium Ion Battery, Post Office, Ap, Post Office Lithium Battery, Usps, Technology News

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service is banning international shipments of electronics with lithium batteries such as smartphones, laptops and ...

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Postal Service Wants Wide Authority To Make Big Changes

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Postal Service Jobs, Video, Post Office Closings, Postal Service, Post Office, Usps, Saturday Delivery, Postal Reform House, Postal Reform, Politics News

WASHINGTON — With financial losses mounting, the nearly bankrupt U.S. Postal Service is urging the House to quickly pass legislation that would ...

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Senate Passes Bill Affecting Post Offices

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Postal Bill, Video, Post Office Bill, Postal Reform Senate, Post Office, Postal Reform Bill, Usps, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Senate offered a lifeline to the nearly bankrupt U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday, voting to give the struggling agency an $11 ...

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McCain Blasts Proposal To Keep Post Offices Open

Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Video, John McCain, Post Office Closings, Post Office Cuts, Mail Delivery, John Mccain Post Office, Postal Service Bill, Post Office, Saturday Mail, Usps, Postal Service Cuts, US Postal Service, Politics News

By HOPE YEN, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON -- A Senate bill aimed at saving the U.S. Postal Service would make it harder to close thousands of lo...

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Senate Weighing Postal Service Measures

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Post Office Closures, Video, Post Office Cuts, Postal Cuts, Postal Service, Saturday Mail Delivery, Senate Post Office, Post Office, Usps, Saturday Delivery, Politics News

WASHINGTON — With big postal cuts looming, the Senate is deciding whether to stabilize the ailing U.S. Postal Service with a short-term cash inf...

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Don't Show Up To A Closed Post Office On Tax Day

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Taxes, Video, Tax Season, Post Offices Tax Day, Tax, Post Offices, Post Office, Tax Season 2012, Tax Day, Tax Day 2012, Tax-Day-Post-Offices, Tax Day Post Offices, Post-Offices-Tax-Day, Money News

If you plan on mailing in your taxes minutes before midnight on Tuesday, you might want to reconsider your plans. Most post offices are not staying...

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Banks Finding Opportunity In Postal Service Woes

Reuters | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: JPMorgan Chase, Checks, Video, U.S. Postal Service, Citigroup Inc, First Class Mail, Post Office, Revenue, Wells Fargo, Reuters, President Obama, Banks, Electronic Payments, Service Cuts, Aite Group, Bank of America Corp, Business News

* Banks see an opening in calls to end Saturday deliveries * Chance of slower mail argues for electronic payments * Bank...

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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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Undead Letter Office

Laurence Hughes | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Book News, Post Office Cuts, Dracula, Books, Post Office, Usps, Classic Books, Epistolary Novel, Comedy News
Laurence Hughes

The Count returned last night in a foul mood, his attempt to acquire stamps foiled because the village post office closed before dark. "Fools!" he raged. "Eliminating evening hours -- I shall make them pay!"

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These Are The States With The Most Post Office Closings

Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: US Post Office, Post Office Closings, Post Office Cuts, U.S. Postal Service, Budget Cuts, Post Office, Mail-Carriers, Business News, U.S. Post Office, Business News

The U.S. Postal service plans to close nearly half of the nation’s mail processing centers beginning May 15th. The move, which follows a five-month ...

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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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Native And Rural Communities Face Devastating Post Office Closures

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: US Post Office, Winona LaDuke, Video, Indian Reservations, Poverty, Minnesota, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe, White Earth, Post Office, Collin Peterson, Amy Klobuchar, Wounded Knee, Impact News
Georgianne Nienaber

While winter has spared remote areas of Minnesota this year, proposed budget cuts will slam the North Country if the U.S. Post Office abandons its location in Ponsford.

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Report Holds Grim Sign For Postal Service

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Video, US Postal Service Broke, Usps Loses, Postal Service, Postal Service Loses, Post Office, Usps, US Postal Service Losses, Postal Service Broke, US Postal Service, Usps Losses, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, the U.S. Postal Service's quarterly loss ballooned to $3.3 billion amid declining mail volume...

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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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My 2011 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 2]

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.24.2012

Read More: Mark Udall, Elizabeth Warren, Tea Party, Leon Panetta, Andy Rooney, Ron Paul, Best Government Dollar Spent, Awards, Worst Political Theater, Eric Holder, Sarah Palin, Ows, Warren, Most Overreported Story, Public Sector, No Budget No Pay, Pern, Union, Worst Political Scandal, Rick Perry, Sorry to See You Go, National Jukebox, Steve Jobs, The Pill, Marco Rubio, Unemployment Benefits, Labor, Rick Santorum, Democrat, Most Underrated, Newt Gingrich, Democrats, Frank Buckles, Barack Obama, Geraldine Ferraro, Best Idea, David Wu, Predictions, Constitution, Michele Bachmann, Jon Huntsman, 15 Minutes of Fame, Donald Trump, Fast and Furious, State of the Union, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Post Office, Best Spin, President, Destined for Political Oblivion, Third Party, President Obama, John Boehner, Cdc, Obama, Iraq, Democratic, Occupy Wall Street, Most Overrated, Media, Republican, Job Creators, Mclaughlin, Destined for Political Stardom, Biggest Government Waste, Rubio, Chris Lee, Anthony Weiner, Americans Elect, Msm, McLaughlin Group, Government Shutdown, Most Underreported Story, Best Political Theater, Boldest Political Tactic, 2011, 99 Percenters, Mainstream Media, Supercommittee, Wisconsin, Chris Weigant, Herman Cain, Stamps, Libya, Most Honest Person, Fox News, Tim Pawlenty, Zombie Apocalypse, Schwarzenegger, Worst Idea, Anne Mccaffrey, Politics News
Chris Weigant

This year we turn to the Democrats to find the winner of Destined For Political Stardom. If Elizabeth Warren manages to wrest Teddy Kennedy's old Senate seat away from the Republican usurper, she will indeed be on the road to Democratic stardom.

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The Post Office Shutdown: Answers To Your Most Important Questions

Gene Marks | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Small Business, Postal Service, Government Shutdown, Small Business Postal Service, Post Office, Netflix, Mailman, Small Business America, Small Business News
Gene Marks

So what if, with all this talk of deficits and national debt and budget overages, our government takes the unprecedented step of shutting down its mail services? Many small business would worry. But I say to my fellow small business owners: do not fear.

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Nate C. Hindman

Business Owners Brace For Massive USPS Cuts

HuffingtonPost.com | Nate C. Hindman | Posted 12.09.2011

Read More: Small Business Shipping, Video, Small Business Owners, Small Business, Post Office Closings, United States Postal Service, Sustainable Shipping, Postal Service, Small Business Operation, Post Office, Small Business News and Trends, Postal Service Cuts, Shipping, Small Business News

"Grandma may soon have to get in the car and drive 100 miles for her medicine," worried Bill Snodgrass, the owner of a USave Pharmacy in a small Nebra...

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The Public Be Damned: Using the Amtrak Script to Kill the Post Office

Kelly Kleiman | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: U.S. Post Office, Postal Service, African American, Public Utility, Amtrak, Post Office, U.S. Postal Service Cuts, Postal Service Amtrak, Postal Service Default, Politics News
Kelly Kleiman

There is an alternative to the current flood of crocodile tears over the death of written communication. We could return to the social compact that regarded mail service as something to be paid for by the people who benefit from it most.

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Matt Sledge

Santa's Elf At The Postal Service Confronts His Biggest Challenge Yet, The Economy

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 12.09.2011

Read More: Miracle on 34th Street, Christmas Presents, United States Postal Service, Holiday Presents, Post Office, Usps, Christmas, Operation Santa, Impact News

NEW YORK -- Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen and Recession. Santa's got a new reindeer to wrangle, and it's sending hundr...

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Dave Jamieson

Postal Service On The Chopping Block

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Patrick Donahoe, United States Postal Service Cuts, Labor, Video, National Association of Letter Carriers, Post Office, Usps, Unions, Labor Unions, Fred Rolando, Postmaster General, Business News

WASHINGTON -- The United States postmaster general and the leader of a major postal workers' union offered competing views on Monday of how to deal wi...

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Them That Go Down to the River

Aaron Handelsman | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Riverside Park, j.w. Westcott Company, Southwest Detroit, Floating Post Office, Nautical Mail Delivery, Detroit Around Town, Post Office, Detroit News
Aaron Handelsman

Not only must J.W. Westcott Company's crew adhere to the USPS's creed of delivering through rain, sleet, and snow, they must also battle fast-moving currents and factory-sized freighters that do not stop for their deliveries.

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Senators Save Postal Service From The Brink

AP | By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Susan Collins, Scott Brown, Video, United States Postal Service, Postal Service, Post Office, Postal Service Pension Costs, Usps, Pension Costs, Joe Lieberman, Tom Carper, US Postal Service, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Senators announced a bipartisan plan Wednesday to help keep the financially ailing Postal Service solvent and continue six-day mail deli...

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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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