United States Postal Service

A USPS Cover-Up? Sickening Package Mystery Heats Up

AP | Posted 05.13.2012

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- A postal worker says a mysterious leaking package from Yemen has left him seriously ill, but the U.S. Postal Service denies the packa...

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Post Offices To Disappear In One State

AP | JEFF KAROUB | Posted 05.18.2012

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DETROIT (AP) — An ailing U.S. Postal Service is preparing to close and consolidate processing facilities across Michigan, from its capital city to a...

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Occupy The Post Office?

Pamela Powers Hannley | Posted 02.29.2012

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As more than 500 Tucsonans listened to a presentation by USPS rep Brian McCoy this week and waited to voice their opinions at the open mike, protesters from Jobs with Justice, Occupy Tucson, and the local postal workers' union chanted, waived signs, and signed petitions outside...USPS proposes to cut the number of facilities from 487 to 252 and reduce the workforce through lay-offs and attrition

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Fixing the United States Postal Service

Gabe Zichermann | Posted 02.17.2012

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The USPS has tremendous potential to innovate itself out of the hole it's in. Why oversee the demise of postal delivery when you can reinvent the organization for the future?

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Metro Detroit Post Offices Slated For Closure

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.13.2011

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Wyandotte's Post Office has become the latest casualty of cuts to the nation's postal service. The office which has operated since 1855, is scheduled ...

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Business Owners Brace For Massive USPS Cuts

HuffingtonPost.com | Nate C. Hindman | Posted 12.09.2011

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 12.09.2011

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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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Worker Goes Postal In Mail Room

AP | PHILLIP RAWLS and JEFF MARTIN | Posted 02.01.2012

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A 29-year-old postal employee was charged with two counts of attempted murder Friday after authorities said he used two guns ...

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W.Va. Post Office Evacuation Blamed On Malfunctioning Light Bulb

AP | Posted 01.04.2012

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RANSON, W.Va. -- A reported exploding package and spray of white powder that sent emergency units rushing to a small-town post office turned out to be...

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Senators Save Postal Service From The Brink

AP | By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 01.02.2012

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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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Apple's New App: A Hallmark Killer?

The Huffington Post | Timothy Stenovec | Posted 12.04.2011

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At Tuesday's "Let's Talk iPhone" keynote event, Apple announced Cards, a new app that allows iPhone and iPad users to create custom greeting cards tha...

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Obama Says Postal Service Should Deliver One Less Day A Week

AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 11.19.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Monday the U.S. Postal Service should be allowed to reduce mail delivery to five-days-a-week to help cu...

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10 Stamps We'd Like To See Before The USPS Closes

Posted 11.15.2011

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The United States Postal Service is having some serious cash flow problems which are forcing them to consider major cutbacks. However, if tightening t...

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Postmaster General Warns Of Default, Pleads For Congressional Help

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 11.06.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The postmaster general pleaded with lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to pass legislation that would help the postal service right it...

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U.S. Postal Service Proposes Cutting 120,000 Jobs, Pulling Out Of Federal Benefit Plans

AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 10.11.2011

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WASHINGTON — The financially strapped U.S. Postal Service is considering cutting as many as 120,000 jobs. Facing a second year of losses totali...

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Postal Service Targets The Bronx: 17 Stations Could Be Closed Under 'Expanded Access' Study

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 09.25.2011

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The United States Postal Service announced on Tuesday that up to 34 retail offices in New York City could be closed starting in January. A full half o...

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Special Delivery? Misaddressed Marijuana Goes To Elderly Couple

AP | Posted 11.15.2011

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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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WATCH: Happy Tax Day From The U.S. Postal Service

Posted 06.19.2011

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So you got all your receipts and forms together, filled everything out, packaged it up and dropped it off in your mailbox with plenty of time to spare...

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What We're Losing With the Closure of 2000 Post Offices

Sarah Blake | Posted 06.06.2011

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But what is lost by shutting the brick and mortar buildings, the descendants of the taverns and the coffeehouses of the past?

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David Schmauder, Postal Employee,

9News | Jeffrey Wolf and Kyle Clark | Posted 05.25.2011

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HIGHLANDS RANCH - An overnight mail handler stole more than 100 packages per week for years before he was caught by federal agents, 9Wants to Know has...

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NO MAIL On Saturday?

AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The post office is renewing its drive to drop Saturday delivery – and plans a rate increase – in an effort to fend off ...

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Post Office Holidays 2010: MLK Day And 9 Other Federal Holidays Impacting Mail Delivery This Year

Posted 05.25.2011

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Martin Luther King Day is one of 10 official 2010 post office holidays, meaning mail will not be delivered today and post offices will be closed. The...

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