Post Office

Post Office Lost $3.8 billion Last Year

AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — The Postal Service reported a loss of $3.8 billion last year, despite a reduction of 40,000 full-time positions and other cost-cutt...

Postal Worker Stole 3,000 Netflix DVDs

The Smoking Gun | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business


SEPTEMBER 22--A postal worker who stole more than 3000 DVDs mailed by Netflix to its customers pleaded guilty yesterday to federal theft charges....

Postal Service Looking To Close Nearly 1,000 Offices

AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 09.03.2009 | Home


WASHINGTON — A pillar of U.S. communities since the nation's founding, the post office is facing the prospect of closings or consolidation of se...

Dean Hudson, Postal Worker, Gets 5 Months For Stealing Kids' Birthday Cash

AP | Posted 08.18.2009 | Home


SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Northern California postal worker has been sentenced to five months in federal prison for stealing money from children's ...

White House Pressured To Fix Postal Budget Crisis

The Hill | Walter Alarkon | Posted 08.18.2009 | Politics


Postal workers say a congressional plan to fix the budget shortfalls at the United States Postal Service (USPS) is short sighted and have asked the Wh...

Post Office Offering Early Retirement To 150,000 Workers, Cutting Managers

AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 04.20.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — Battered by the economy, the post office is offering early retirement to 150,000 workers, cutting management and closing offices, t...